Fiction \ Novel

DOWNES, Michael

DOWNES, Michael

In 1825, after a vicious attack on their tribe a young aboriginal mother and her teenage daughter are kidnapped by sealers and taken to the Furneaux Islands of Van Diemen’s Land. The mother finds herself trapped in an abusive relationship whilst the daughter, called Jumbo, is left in much better circumstances with a white trader named Macleod with whom she has a child.

BRADSHAW, Ian

BRADSHAW, Ian

Tensions have always simmered between the Foster and Thompson families since a disputed land deal two generations ago. The very same land that the planned retirement village is to be built on.

GUITON, Paul

GUITON, Paul

What makes Kev Flannery go from the luckiest man in the nursing home to the unluckiest?

Well the object of his desire is over eighty and her heart is fragile. After mourning for some time and a promising start with a new resident perhaps that bad luck might finally turn good. A new lease on life is available for Kev, all he has to do is reach out and grab it.

DARKER, Rene

DARKER, Rene

Fergus was a small cottage lad who had lived his whole life in The Hidden Gully. Unfortunately for Fergus, his most close family member passed. With this, unknown things began to take place. Winds, images and the hearing of silent words.

JAMES, Jane

JAMES, Jane

Jack frequently denies his Christian upbringing, characterising himself with excess and innumerable abominable deeds. He has trouble with the human kind, especially women. He has no trouble waging war. It’s up to you to decide if he is merely a selfish sleeze or a visionary saviour.