Blogs in January 1970

The Hunter 1st January 1970

The hunter arrives in an isolated community in the Tasmanian wilderness with a single purpose in mind: to find the last thylacine, the tiger of fable, fear and legend. The man is in the employ of the mysterious ‘Company’,...

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Everybody Jam 1st January 1970

Danny Dawson lives in the middle of the Australian outback. His older brother Jonny was killed in an accident last year but no-one ever talks about it. And now it’s time for the annual muster. The biggest event of...

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The New Shoe 1st January 1970

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Looking for Alibrandi 1st January 1970

For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it’s just been her, her mther, and her grandmother. Now it’s her final year at a wealthy Catholic high school. The nuns couldn’t be any stricter-but that doesn’t seem to stop...

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Tirra Lirra by the River 1st January 1970

Life has become a series of escapes for Nora Porteous – from small-town family life: the hypocrisy of a mean-hearted husband and in-laws: and the suffocation of Suburbia. Nora endures with courage, intelligence and humour as, in this book,...

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