Blogs in January 1970

Blueback: a Fable for All Ages 1st January 1970

From birth Abel lives by, from and for the sea. Set in Western Australia, Abel dives and befriends a grouper fish living in a cove and he comes to rely on the advice from the fish, whom he calls...

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Not Always to Plan 1st January 1970

The Dorman family lives a humdrum existence in a surfing suburb of Sydney until they are rocked by upheaval. Change is inevitable, but is it welcome? All that is certain is that each member of the family will have...

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48 Shades of Brown 1st January 1970

Dan’s sixteen, about to start his final year at school, and his parents have gone overseas for a year. Jacq’s twenty-two, drops by uni for the occasional class, and plays in a rock band that might be called Crimplene....

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Freycinet 1st January 1970

Freycinet is about obsessive love and cruel murder in the Tasmanian wilderness, as Ginny O’Byrne experiences disturbing visions of torturous fates for two missing young women. In Freycinet (pronounced Frey-sin-ay), Ginny is simultaneously enchanted but also strangely horrified by...

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Bad Boys Down Under 1st January 1970

Sizzling in Sydney – Sexy, macho Cameron Crane knows he needs San Francisco marketing guru Jennifer Talbot to take his Australian surf and boogie board business into the lucrative American market. No worries, mate. He’ll just seduce the little...

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