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Death of a Whaler

Death of a Whaler

Set in Byron during the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, Death of a Whaler is a vivid and beautiful novel of death, grief, rebirth and reawakening.

Flinch becomes a reclusive loner after he accidentally kills his best friend in a whaling accident. His path crosses with a girl called Karma, who slowly encourages him to embark on a journey to self-forgiveness and redemption through reconnecting with the world around him and the community he lives in. More...

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The Lambing Flat

The Lambing Flat

The Lambing Flat is a novel about belonging. A modern story set in an historical period, it follows the parallel journeys of two main characters: Lok, a young Chinese man who arrives with his father in Australia, in the 1860s, in search of gold; and Ella, a young woman growing up on a cattle property in central Queensland, in an alien, drought-ridden landscape. More...

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