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Cyclone Tracy caused havoc and young girls on a camping trip disappeared with no tracks and no bodies until one returns 30 years later, who is it and how did she survive? Their families want answers in Jane R Miles book, ‘Stayed Buried’.The outback of Australia is a rich landscape of people and minerals like diamonds for which many are prepared to kill in 'No Good Deed' by Katherine Kovacic.
Longing, hope and grief are emotions shared by woman in the mothering of a child and if that son grows up and goes to war, also by their wives. Lenny Robinson has written stories of women, war and motherhood , about taking of life and giving it in ‘And In The Morning’ 'Blue Giant' is Jordan Prosser's debut novel that satirises the excesses of our current social condition when the protagonist,…
When an ancient roman treasure is illegally dug up, three 12 year olds and a ghost go into pursuit, in ‘Hunt for the Nighthawks’. A children’s book that parents will enjoy reading too! Written by prolific author Felice Arena.‘The Picasso Ransom’ by Aidan Prewett is a funny, copy crime novel inspired by the Weeping Woman theft.
Within a quirky neighbourhood the body of a judge is found trussed up as a scarecrow suggesting the characters and events within that community hide darker secrets in Lauren Williams' debut novel, ‘Neighbourhood Watch’.The complexity of growing up: learning about yourself, changing friendships, and if tragedy happens knowing what to do is all in ‘Tight Lines’ as well as dares, humour, surfing and…
'The Ruiners' by Ellena Savage appeals to several literary tropes as the protagonists, with the greatest of expectations, fall into a self destructive cycle that undermines their ideals and ambitions.As author Ed Coper writes ‘If you don’t want to live in a world of angry racist trolls, manufactured culture war outrage and authoritarian destruction’ you should read his book ‘Angertainment’. I did…
The seeds of a new war are sown between East and West just as Europe is liberated from the Nazis. Anthony Byrt sets his thriller, 'Dying Days', within this febrile environment as partisans, facists, communists and allies confront each other in Trieste.Can a top-tier law firm be made accountable for silencing the protests from environmental damage in another country or hiding a paedophile killer.…
'Where Truth Ends' reveals just how narrow the gap can be between protest and terrorism and it's the latest novel by Mark Smith.There are two bookshops in different countries and at different time frames but connected by more than just their names in 'The Bookshop of Buried Pasts’. Sarah Clutton has woven together a family saga, Celtic mythology, unmarried mothers and a love of antiquarian books.
'How to Love the World' by Ilka Tampke is a literary thriller and a meditation on nature and healing.Just who is informing on whom is the question behind the murder that takes place in 'The Informant' by Christine Gregory.
50 years for 3CR and 50 years of writing programs. Sherryl Clark was a presenter on Writers at Work for many years and talks about her own writing on our Radiothon program.
We would like to believe Elspeth, a successful investigative journalist, is telling the truth but when it comes to her own family, she is damaged. Readers will not be sure whether than can feel for her, or fear her. Mali Cornish has many twists and turns in ‘The Missing Mother’.The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne plays a pivotal role in developing the culture of writing not just in Victoria but…
