On the Beach
Over four thousand nuclear bombs have been dropped in the northern hemisphere. In Australia the survivors wait, for news, for hope. But the radiation will reach them eventually. All they can do is carry on living. Why should we have…
Friday Brown
My life has been told to me through campfire tales – stories that spill over when the fire has burned low and silence must be filled. Seventeen-year-old Friday Brown has spent all her life travelling from town to town, brought…
The Light Between Oceans
On his return from the First World War to Western Australia, Tom signs up to be a lighthouse keeper. The solitude is what he wants after the horrors of the front. He is lucky to be returning home, so many…
Bereft
“Do you know, Quinn, there isn’t even a single word for a parent who has lost a child? Strange, isn’t it? You would think, after all these centuries of war and disease and trouble, but no, there is a hole…
