From rising living costs and digital disconnection to climate disasters, many of us worry about our childrens future. Drawing on a lifetime of observation, this book reveals the links between todays crises and offers practical ways to restore agency, reconnect with nature and each other, and build a more balanced, resilient life. (348 characters)
Squizzy Taylor’s Storied Life – As told by his friends and foes is a historical fiction inspired by the life and crimes of fearsome criminal Squizzy Taylor who worked his way up through the ranks.
Spanning Nazi Germany and postwar America, this novel tells a gripping story of survival and reckoning. In 1938, young Sarah Frank escapes a deadly SS officer and finds refuge in a traveling circus, discovering courage amid rising terror. In 1957 New York, a shocking discovery inside a zoo lion sparks an investigation that uncovers Sarah’s buried ......
Dog follows an Israeli officer returning from service who spirals into heroin addiction under the weight of PTSD. Among Tel Aviv’s marginalised drug community, an unexpected bond with a stray dog offers fragile hope. The novel explores trauma and physical and moral injury, revealing how redemption can emerge from unlikely connections.
Born with an acquired brain injury, Davey Kanatopsky grew up in a loving Melbourne family before being placed at 16 with the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God. There, he suffered severe abuse. Exposed by the Royal Commission, the Order’s failures revealed systemic injustice.
When a body is found in the mangroves of Queens Bay, Councillor Maggie Ashburn must act fast to stop her partner Mark being charged with murder. Battling threats at home and Sydney’s criminal underbelly, Maggie teams up—uneasily—with rival detective Keith Corvallis to uncover smugglers, corruption, and the truth that could save Mark.
Set in neon-lit inner Brisbane, In Dreams follows neurologist Garrick Willis as his violent premonitions blur with reality, leading to a murder he foresees—but can’t prevent.
Golden Days is Brenda Eldridge’s tender poetry collection chronicling her husband’s battle with cancer and his choice of Voluntary Assisted Dying, celebrating love, compassion, and courage in the face of loss.
In Flights of the Mind Lorraine James brings to life everyday experiences and common memories, with stories straddling the twentieth century up to the present. Seen through the daily struggles of individuals and families, the self-satisfaction of the wealthy, the hopes of the downtrodden, joys of beachside holidays, and, as a bonus, ......
