Blogs in October 2020

Maralinga, My Love 29th October 2020

A novel about the British atomic bomb tests at Maralinga, South Australia, and their effect on the Australian Army recruits who set up the sites.

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The Fragments 28th October 2020

Inga Karlson died in a fire in New York in the 1930s, leaving behind three things: a phenomenally successful first novel, the scorched fragments of a second book — and a mystery that has captivated generations of readers. Nearly...

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Only Daughter 26th October 2020

She’d been enjoying her teenage summer break: working at a fast-food restaurant, crushing on an older boy and shoplifting with her best friend. Mysteriously ominous things began to happen—blood in the bed, periods of blackouts, a feeling of being...

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The Dog Runner 27th September 2020

‘That ugly red fungus killed all the wheat for flour, killed all the oat, and sugar cane for sugar and golden syrup, along with all the grass for cows and butter. Killed just about every ingredient that me and...

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One More Chance At Love 23rd August 2020

Thirty years ago, as teenagers, lawyer, Bobby McLean and travel writer, Sicora Clarke shared an intense love affair and had a happy future planned. But when Sicora ended it with no explanation and Bobby never heard from her again,...

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