Harry Saddler writes thoughtful books about what we are doing to the natural world. There are no simple answers to the problems that humans have created for the animal kingdom. In this holiday season, let us all think a little more deeply about our footprint on the natural world.
Trent Dalton’s beautiful sensitive stories about love and devotion sprang from spending two weeks parked on a busy street corner with his trusty blue Olivetti typewriter inviting total strangers to share their stories with him. At times when no-one took up his offer, he would observe and imagine. The end result is an uplifting collection that never slips into over sentimentality.
Jessie Cole tackles one of the most complex issues of the human condition , Desire, by analysing her own actions and feelings. Starting with her response to the vet!
This beautifully crafted novel takes us from Prussia in 1836 to South Australia in 1838. At it’s heart is a love story that transcends societal and cultural boundaries and finally ,death and time itself.
AS we are approaching the festive season I am going to send out two or three new authors each week to give you something to listen to and think about and maybe even go off and read! First up, let’s get deep…
Reality is all around us – or is it? This is a book to make you question everything you see and fell you know.
Pete Smith – The Read
Pete Smith – The interview
Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2022
Jed Hart’s character, Jake Hunt is on the run from a murderous revolutionary group, but they are not just after him – they want to kill his girlfriend Nicole as well. Finally, they have to stop running and take a stand. Jed is a highly decorated Vietnam vet who is now an author , and his writing rings with the authority of lived experience!
Arnold Zable has written a beautiful collection of short stories that are based on tales he has collected from around the world, often passed on to him orally. As he says he has ‘crafted’ them into new stories.
Mark McKenna is an historian and author who has investigated a dreadful murder that went unpunished during the perpetrator’s lifetime -in fact he was celebrated as a hero! The Indigenous relatives of the murdered man passed down the truth for decades waiting for the crime to be solved.
Mark McKenna- Read
Mark McKenna – Interview
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2022
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