2024
From the author of the Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War.
A beautiful, rich and intricately woven novel, To Sing of War asks how one person can make a difference in a world that is wondrous, thrilling and endangered. It insists on our interconnectedness, hums with the energy of the world and is a blazingly powerful and deeply moving account of friendship, love and war..
‘Transcends the boundaries of historical fiction’
Books+Publishing
2017
An ambitious, remarkable and moving novel about who we are: our past, present and future, and our connection to this land. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD. In 1796, a young cabin boy, Will Martin, goes on a voyage of discovery in the Tom Thumb with Matthew Flinders and Mr Bass: two men …
‘Storyland is a worthy contender for the Great Australian Novel – encompassing, ambitious’
Readings
2008
My point is this: who needs enemies when you have a family?’ Claire Delaney, a fiery fifteen-year-old, and her mother, Jackie, are both out of control. They’ve had a lot to deal with after the tragic death of Claire’s father – and they’re driving each other crazy. When Jackie, a forty-something comedian, announces she’s going …
‘A convincing and engaging portrait of a family, with a cast of well-drawn minor characters …’
Sydney Morning Herald