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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How is it 2026?
I can’t believe 2026 has well and truly begun. I hope you are reading interesting, informative and enlightening books and I hope, if you’re a writer, that you are carving out the time and space to work on the projects that you are passionate about and that thrill your heart. I’m excited to be in conversation with Sita Walker in March about her novel IN A COMMON HOUR (which I could not put down) – see Events for booking details. And I’m very much looking forward to moderating a panel of criminally good crime writers at the next Sisters in Crime literary dinner in April – again, details on the Events page. There are so many great events and workshops coming up at our Indie bookshops – why not take a look and decide which ones you’d most like to attend? I also recently attended the Brisbane Writers Crew monthly get-together. What a fantastic group of emerging and established authors. It’s a social afternoon, all about connecting, making friends, chatting writing and providing encouragement. Search on Facebook for their next event, epically organised by Rahnia Collins. I hope this year brings great books, excellent words and new writing friendships in this fantastic literary community.
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What Am I Reading?
Sisters in Arms – Sarah Cochrane Ridout
A good book keeps the reader entertained with lively prose, interesting characters and an intriguing plot. A great book does all this but also conveys information and facts, encourages discussion and provides readers the opportunity to learn something or to see the world from a new perspective. SISTERS IN ARMS: Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Kathie Cochran and the battle for the 1967 Referendum (AndAlso Books 2026) does all of this and more. For author Sarah Cochrane Ridout, this part historical, part reimagined fictional tale is the culmination of over 10 years of research, and most importantly, has received the consultation, approval and blessing of the First Nations members of Noonuccal’s family and descendants.
read more…Mantle – Romy Ash
Romy Ash’s second novel MANTLE (Ultimo Press 2025) explores our natural environment, community, isolation, fear, infection, love, desire, death, decay, ends and beginnings. MANTLE is full of contradictions: it is lovely literary prose yet highly engaging and authentic. Its characters are facing illness and death yet simultaneously chasing passion and new love. The narrative is for the most part realistic, yet towards the end a touch of fantasy or magical realism or otherworldliness creeps into the story, framed in such a way that we feel this could really happen, human life could become this way, nature might interweave with humanity in a manner yet unheard of, pandemics and disease could occur in many forms.
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