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Emily Paull

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Emily Paull is a Western Australian librarian, author and book reviewer. Having formerly worked in bookselling, Emily is an avid reader and a big supporter of the WA writing community who regularly moderates author interviews around Perth. In 2019, her debut collection of short fiction, Well-Behaved Women, was published by Margaret River Press. Her novel 'The Distance Between Dreams' was shortlisted for the 2023 Fogarty Literary Award. When she’s not writing, she can often be found with her nose in a book. ...more

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	Well-Behaved Women 3.95 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Distance Between Dreams 4.19 avg rating — 140 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joiner Bay & other stories by Ellen Van Neerven, Marian Matta (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Else Fitzgerald really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We'll Stand in that Place, and Other Stories by Michelle Cahill (Editor), Kit Scriven, Catherine Noske (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love, Faith and Numbers: a Muslim Short Story Collection by Raihanaty A Jalil, Emily Paull (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Perth, 1916. When Margaret’s husband is reported missing at the Somme, she finds herself the proprietress of his small bookshop. Three years earlier, their courtship had rescued her from spinsterhood and re-awakened a love of books and reading. But a whirlwind romance hid his darker nature, and she’s relieved to be free of him. Embracing the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of the great Read more of this blog post »

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The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

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