We’re back with our Behind the Book segment with the amazing Saman Shad for her highly anticipated debut book- The Matchmaker! Saman Shad is a writer, editor, journalist and teller of stories. Much of her work is inspired […]
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Tag: Fiction
Luke Rutledge on his writing journey: The dream was always to be published
We’re back with our Behind the Book segment with the highly talented- Luke Rutledge as he gears up for his big debut novel- A Man and His Pride! Luke Rutledge has worked as a communications specialist since 2014. […]
Book Review: Her Fidelity
Synopsis Kathy has worked at beloved Brisbane indie record store Dusty’s Records for half her life. She arrived as a teenager high on her dad’s supply of Led Zeppelin, stayed through her twenties and suddenly […]
Katharine Pollock on becoming a published author: It Feels surreal and thrilling
We’re back with our Behind the Book segment with the amazing Katharine Pollock, for her highly anticipated debut book- Her Fidelity! Katharine Pollock worked in independent record stores in Brisbane and Sydney for many years. She was a […]
Book Review: The Angry Women’s Choir
Synopsis Freycinet Barnes has built herself the perfect existence. With beautiful children, a successful husband and a well-ordered schedule, it’s a life so full she simply doesn’t fit. When she steps outside her calendar and […]
I learnt first-hand how the expectations of women haven’t changed despite all the glass ceilings that have been smashed: Meg Bignell
Today we’re talking to Meg Bignell, author of three books, for our ‘Behind the Book’ segment. Meg was a nurse and a weather presenter on the telly before she surrendered to a persistent desire to […]
Book Review: Sixty-Seven Days
Synopsis Evie has been raised in the heart of Aboriginal Redfern, by a proud trailblazing Wiradjuri family. She remembers so much about the previous world – the Dreamtime, the ancestors, and the knowing – but […]
Book Review: Abomination
Synopsis: Melbourne 1999: Ezra and Yonatan are best friends whose lives are forever changed when their school, the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Yahel Academy, is rocked by a scandal, and they are thrown onto divergent paths. Twenty […]
Ashley Goldberg on Abomination—after holding onto this story for so many years it’s left me now, gone out into the world, and that’s a scary thought
Today we’re in conversation with the very gifted writer Ashley Goldberg for our ‘Behind the Book’ segment. Ashley is an Australian writer based in Melbourne. His fiction has appeared in New Australian Fiction 2021, Meanjin, […]
BOOK REVIEW: A GOOD WINTER
Synopsis: When Olga’s friend Lara becomes a grandmother, Olga helps out whenever she can. After all, it’s a big imposition on Lara, looking after her bereaved daughter and the baby. And the new mother is […]
GIGI FENSTER ON HER LATEST NOVEL: WRITE A MONSTER CHARACTER & YOU’LL HAVE PEOPLE SAYING, ‘OH NO, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE FELT THAT PARTICULAR JEALOUSY ONCE OR TWICE’
It is great to have the fantastic Gigi Finster for our ‘Behind the Book’ segment. Gigi Fenster’s first book, The Intentions Book, was a finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards and was longlisted for the […]
The Boy with a Golden Bicycle
Once upon a time there was a very old man whose name was Paul. He lost his family in a house fire tragedy and was survived by his 10-year old only grandchild- Steve; who became […]
Marriage of Two Cities
Rose and Roger’s marriage was fixed for next month. The families who had met through a matrimonial website decided within a day that not much time should be wasted for the couple to get wed […]
Promises Are Meant to be Kept
Many moons ago, there lived a young boy Tom who was madly in love with his long-time girlfriend, Jen. Ever since the beginning Jen’s parents strongly disagreed of her relationship with her boyfriend. Saying that […]
A Tale of Ove and Olive
There lived an old pensioner father Ove whose life revolved around his only son- Olive. Ove usually had whole time to himself since he was retired by profession but like a dutiful father, he dedicated […]