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Authors of the Month
Lucas Jordan
Lucas Jordan grew up in Burekup in Western Australia and studied his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Western Australia
Lucas completed a Bachelor of Education, followed by a Masters in Aboriginal Studies. This led to more than a decade of teaching and research in the Kimberley, Cape York and central Australia.
Lucas lives in Lara, Victoria, with his wife and two sons and enjoys surfing, fossicking around the coast and the bush with his sons, and reading, writing and teaching Australian History.
In-conversation
Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine on 21 February. We would love to see you there.
Elizabeth Coleman
Elizabeth is an author, screenwriter and playwright, who first came to public attention with her wonderfully dark comedy, It’s My Party (And I’ll Die If I Want To).
Elizabeth is also a prolific screenwriter. As well as the television adaptations of Secret Bridesmaids’ Business, she’s written for many drama series including Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, SeaChange and Wanted. Elizabeth’s first novel, Losing the Plot was published in 2019 and A Routine Infidelity was published in 2023.
In-conversation
Elizabeth will be in-conversation with Olivia Wearne on 7 February. We would love to see you there.
Books of the Month
The Chipilly Six by Lucas Jordan.
On 9th August 1918, at Chipilly Spur overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners.
The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 men have fallen. Then, two Australian sergeants,Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of British lines. Seeing that the British advance is stopped, they re-cross the river, gather four mates and return to drive the Germans off the spur.
The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting, bitter Depression, another World War and beyond.
A Dance with Murder by Elizabeth Coleman.
PI Edwina ‘Ted’ Bristol’s latest case is providing complicated. Ballerina Giselle Tereiti is the target of a stalker, but she’s also the ex-wife of Ted’s flame , homicide detective Spike. While the case is a win for Ted, it means she’s forced to distance herself from Spike without telling him why. Meanwhile, talented crafter Cicely is desperate to locate her husband Duncan, who disappeared while surfing a year ago.
As Ted closes in on the stalking culprit and her relationship with Spike hits rock-bottom, Cicely’s case takes a bizarre twist- and then a murder turns everything upside down.
Recommended Reads
Blind Eye | Aline Templeton
DCI Kelso Strang is led to believe that something very odd is going on around the prosperous fishing port of Tarleton on Scotland’s south-east coast.
Firstly, a young detective inspector is traumatised after witnessing a doctor throwing herself off a cliff, and accusations of extortion have riven the local community. When the ugly death of a young farmer sets off a murder investigation, Strang finds himself caught in a spider’s web of criminality.
The Traitor’s Wife | Sarah Steele
Luisa Giordano has faced many losses: her mother to a deadly illness, the man she loved to the Nazis when war came to Italy, and her unborn child at the hands of her own husband. All Luisa has left is her voice, and when she learns her husband is colluding with the enemy, she knows she must use it to fuel the women of Naples with fire.
Hollywood starlet Lola Hart has come a long way from the backstreets of Naples, the glamorous parties a way to dull the pain of the past.
When she is offered the role of a lifetime portraying a heroine of the Italian resistance, she knows returning home means confronting old ghosts, But as she seeks out the story behind the film, she realises there are many in Naples with secrets, and that the woman she is to play held the greatest one of all….
The Mindful Traveller | Nina Karnikowski
A stunning written memoir and manifesto about the ethics of modern travel. In this unique and inspiring book, travel journalist Nina Karnikwski takes an expedition to the very essence of travel, reflecting on the profound and transformative experience to be had heading into the wild or just staying put, and demonstrating how to travel in a way that is as nourishing for the places we visit as they are for us.
Sharing evocative stories from a life spent travelling the world, Nina provides a roadmap for anyone looking to broaden their horizons while better caring for our environment, by hiking, camping, connecting to indigenous communities, forest bathing, gardening, meditating and more.
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