
The Promise Seed will move and
mesmerise you.

The development of Cass’ third novel is assisted by a grant gratefully received from the Australia Council for the Arts.

Her stories feature histories, memories and secrets and the way in which troubled families function.

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The collegiality of the Brisbane literary community was on show at Steve MinOn’s debut launch for his autofiction First Name Second Name by UQP. Such a demonstration of strength and support. Look out for more upcoming launches as there are quite a few Queensland authors with new work coming out this year including the fab Laura Elvery with Nightingale. I’m writing again and enjoying immersing myself in words. I hope you are all reading and writing with joy and persistence.
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What Am I Reading?
My Friends – Fredrik Backman
What an absolute delight to read another Fredrik Backman novel, MY FRIENDS (Simon and Schuster 2025). Backman writes with such grace, humour, wisdom, curiosity, tenderness and vulnerability; his characters are flawed, haunting, outlandish, eccentric, unique and thoroughly memorable. If you haven’t yet seen his 4-minute speech on writing and anxiety, please click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSuSyZ92Cjg – you will thank me later.
read more…The Buried Life – Andrea Goldsmith
THE BURIED LIFE (Transit Lounge 2025) by Andrea Goldsmith is a literary work of poetic beauty, brilliant craft, meaningful themes and characters with whom we become deeply invested.
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