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
Welcome to Narratives Library 2020!
We’re back from the holiday break and ready to bring you lots more author’s reads and interviews throughout the coming year.
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In 2019, the Narratives Library website had more than one million hits! Thank you for sharing! This site is all about the importance of the written word and the value of ideas- whether fiction or non-fiction, for all ages.
To start the year off- here is Bruce Pascoe reading and talking about his children’s book – ‘Young Dark Emu’ – which is a smaller version of his previously published work ‘Dark Emu‘ .
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Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2019
In her interview Melissa revealed that she felt her previous novel ‘Mullumbimby’ was too accessible, and in this new novel she wanted her characters to be perhaps a little less likeable, a little more desperate. They are certainly dealing with desperate situations. For her protagonist, the only way up in life is to fight his way through – literally.
Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2018