This read from Ghost Cities should not be considered typical of the whole novel which is a vast, sprawling array of characters and situations. Even the author himself has said he is not sure where it came from or exactly what it all means! It’s an entertaining launch into another world, based partly on the uninhabited mega cities of China and spans across empires of the ages.
Recorded at Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2024
A photographer concerned with documenting the visible evidence of climate change lands on a small island in Northern Europe with her two teenage children. In the first few moments of her landing she witnesses and records a terrible tragedy. Then the house they are given to live in is full of strange markings from the past, carved into the wood of the beams. A novel of changing social mores tangled with superstitions from the past.
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2023
Amie Kaufman’s heroine is a sailor, a shipowner and a magician. This is the introduction to an epic saga that has been translated into 30 languages and won multiple awards
Recorded at Conflux 2023
Matthew R. Davis is an author and heavy metal musician who has published over 70 short stories and poems. This novel follows a young man spiraling disillusionment with life in a small town, and the the danger he places himself and others in as he attempts to change his life.
Recorded at Conflux 2023
It’s one thing to work as a private detective wearing a disguise- but what if you can completely change your form and face at will? Phillip Berrie’s protagonist thinks he is unique , a ‘mutant’, but in investigating another case suddenly finds out a confronting truth about his possible origins and the source of his ‘superpower’.
Recorded at Conflux 2023
The ‘Ghost Bird’ in this novel is an indigenous story told to children around the fire at night. For two sisters, mirror twins , it becomes real when one of them mysteriously disappears. The remaining sister sets out to find her, but must be brave enough to break taboos surrounding the incident.
Recorded at Conflux 2023
In this collection of Speculative fiction you will discover all kinds of worlds ! Kaaron Warren reads from her short story here but she also has many full length novels in publication.
Recorded at Conflux 2023
Counselling could take a new form in the future, but new technology brings new risks.
Recorded at CONFLUX Canberra 2022
International Women’s Day has just passed and it occurs to me that all women who are mothers or not possess Superpowers! This fun account of women who suddenly gain a portal to a parallel world – in the backyard, that grants wishes – need I go on! Needless to say, with Superpower comes Super Responsibility!
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2022
There is no cover for this reading as Sunil was reading from a manuscript – it is a work in progress and we eagerly await it’s publication!