Details

ISBN13: 9781761636929
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 272
Edition:
Publication Date: 30 Jun 2026
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
Publication City, Country: Australia
Dimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)
Weight (gm):

Author Biography

Allee Richards' short fiction has been published widely in Australian literary magazines and anthologies. Her debut novel, Small Joys of Real Life, was shortlisted for the 2019 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers and the 2020 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. Her second novel, A Light in the Dark, was published in 2023. Allee lives in Melbourne and works as a theatre lighting technician.

Reviews

‘Tight Lines is storytelling at its finest; a novel highlighting the hidden trauma and secrets that often accompany the "coming of age". Allee Richards balances emotion and drama with superb writing, inviting us to reflect on the complexities and dangers of youth.’
  -- TONY BIRCH, author of Women & Children
‘A heartbreaking, exceptional novel of deep emotional truth. Tight Lines is a profound exploration of growing up in the shadows of tragedy. I loved it.’

  -- MARK BRANDI, author of Wimmera
‘A sun-bleached story of friendship, risk and the strange loyalties that shape young men. Heartfelt, funny and impossible not to love.’

  -- BRANDON JACK, author of Pissants
‘All salt and sunlight, but with the sharpest of edges. Tight Lines earns every ounce of its impact and will leave a mark that won't fade. Like love, like sex, like life: everything is so easy, until it isn’t.’

  -- ROBERT LUKINS, author of Somebody Down There Likes Me
‘Tight Lines is a memorial to the promise and perils of youth, rendered in prose that is bright, tender, warm, and wry. A quiet triumph.’

  -- LIAM PIEPER, author of Appreciation