Blogs in January 1970

The Idea of Perfection 1st January 1970

Set in Karakarook, (NSW, pop.1374) a fictional Australian country town with a population of 1,734, the book is about two Sydneysiders-Harley Savage and Douglas Cheeseman-finding themselves and each other. Savage is a tall, bulky and reserved middle-aged woman. Married...

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Diamond Dove 1st January 1970

This terrific debut by Adrian Hyland features Emily Tempest, a half-Aborigine woman who returns to the outback village she grew up in to find an old friend murdered. Hyland promises more books, with Tempest becoming a bona fide police...

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The Family at Misrule 1st January 1970

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The-Merry-go-round in the sea 1st January 1970

In 1941, Rob Coram is six. The war feels far removed from his world of aunties and cousins and the beautiful, dry landscape of Geraldton in Western Australia. But when his favourite, older cousin, Rick, leaves to join the...

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Breath 1st January 1970

The story takes place on the Coast of Australia, a small town which is dominated by its sawmill and little else. Two teenagers, bored by their lives, become friends with an older man, who is, in fact a world-class...

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