Blogs in December 2023

Dogboy v Catfish 20th December 2023

On the day of her second wedding, Katherine Fisher, aka ‘Catfish,’ set the date for her divorce. In precisely 18 months, she would be entitled to half of their combined assets and receive maintenance payments until her five-year-old daughter,...

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The Artist’s Portrait 18th December 2023

A story about art, murder, and making your place in history. Whatever it was that drew me to Muriel, it wasn’t her charm. In 1992, morning sickness drives Jane to pre-dawn walks of her neighbourhood where she meets an...

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Theft 18th December 2023

Narrated by the twin voices of the artist Butcher Bones, and his ‘damaged two-hundred-and-twenty-pound brother’ Hugh, Theft: A Love Story once again displays Peter Carey’s extraordinary flair for language. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via...

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High Rise 16th December 2023

Fictional Bombora is based on Cronulla. In an Australian beachside suburb, climate change can no longer be ignored… Constant storms have damaged Bombora’s coastline. When rising tides force ‘Vaga’, the beloved beachfront restaurant, to finally close, it is seen...

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The Paris Model 2nd December 2023

Historical fiction based on a true story about an Australian woman who became a Dior model in post-WW2 Paris.

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