Published...Or Not

There is a pathos in Rachel Matthews' novel, 'Siren' which explores the circumstances in society contributing to sexual violence. Anna George centers the challenges and pressures of motherhood across society in 'The Lone Child', a page turning novel.

Alan Brough's, 'Charlie and the Karaoke Cockroaches', continues the delightfully entertaining series and includes an insect orchestra. Mark Baker's memoir, 'Thirty Days', utilizes the Jewish tradition of shloshim or thirty days of mourning as a foundation for a memoir that recounts the life he shared with his wife who passed at fifty-five years of age.

Dennis Glover has fictionalized the life of George Orwell and recounted how the classic dystopian novel, '1984', came to be written.'How to Dress a Dummy' is a frank and funny book by former international model, Cassie Lane, published by Affirm Press.

Melanie Cheng's award-winning collection of short fiction, Australia Day, is published by Text Publishing. Iain Ryan's noir journey, The Student, explores the criminal potential in every university student.

Teenager Josie is in self destrutive behaviour with underage sex and drugs in Moira Burke's 'Losing It'.Innocence meets the dark underbelly of society in Mark Brandi's 'Wimmera'.

False memories can play havoc with a murder investigation making Megan Goldin's 'The Girl in Keller's Way', an intriguing psychological thriller. Can you blame King Arthur or the Hawthorn Football Club for a family falling apart, in Vivienne Kelly's 'The Starlings'.

The digital world is fraught with challenges especially if your adolescent comments go viral.  Gabrielle Williams explores the fallout from such an event in her novel, 'My Life as a Hashtag'.Katherine Boland writes about different cultures, communities an d family expecations in 'Hippy Days, Arabian Nights'.

Jenevieve Chang's, "The Good Girl of Chinatown" is a memoir that takes us on Jenevieve's journey to the land of her ancestors, China, with its growing demand for all things European including the world of burlesque. A Penguin release.

Sally Abbott reveals a dystopian Australia of the not so distant future in 'Closing Down'.Alex Miles talks about her different writing styles in her 'Olive Black' series featuring a 10 year old superstar and her handy guide of 'Sixty Secrets for a Happy Bride'.

'Wedding Bush Road' is a novel about the choices we make, the duty to parents and the regrets that linger by David Francis.'Some Tests' by Wayne Macauley takes us on a surrealistic journey through the labyranthine world of the medical profession.

'The Dark Lake' is a murder mystery by Sarah Bailey set in a small Australian country town. It is part psychological intrigue with a very flawed female detective and a victim with a dubious past. An Allen and Unwin release. Nicolas Brasch is the co-founder of The Garret, a series of podcasts by acclaimed writers on writing. It is available for free via thegarretpodcast.com or itunes.

The Vogel Award winner, Marija Pericic, talks about her novel, The Lost Pages, which not only delves into one of the contemporary world's literary controversies regarding Franz Kafka and Max Brod but raises existential questions of identity and insecurity. The Director of Writers Victoria, Kate Larsen, discusses what the organisation does for the writing community in Victoria.

Bernadette Brennan shines a light on five decades of writing by one of Australia's most important authors in 'A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work'. Published by Text Publishing.'Margaret Flockton' is a biography of Australia's first botanical artist by Louise Wilson. It also includes beautiful coloured photographs of her work. A Wakefield Press release.

Money or a sense of humour - what is worth more? Be amused by Rosemary Macindoe's The Toorak Jackpot. Myth and fable are integral components of Rebecca Rosengrave's Gumtree Gargoyles.

Self storage facilities are the answer for our excess property, but are these storage facilities for the soul? Find out more in David Cohen's, 'Disappearing off the Face of the Earth'.Lia Hills' novel "A Crying Place' makes us question whether Australia's inland desert is the dead centre or the heart of Australia.

Bruce Pascoe's book Mrs Whitlam is fiction for young readers (shorlisted for CBCA 2017 awards), which follows the adventures of Marnie Clark after she acquires a horse named Mrs Whitlam. A Magabala Books release. Steph Bowe's book Night Swimming is young adult fiction exploring the emerging awareness of sexuality within a young teenage girl whose life is a myriad of challenging and conflicting con...

'How to Bee' is a journey into the near fuure where real bees are extinct.  It is written by Bren McDibble. Bullying, teachers, single parents, Henry Lawson and dogs are part of 'Harry Kruize, Born to Lose' by Paul Collins. Bren and Paul talk about the diffficulties and skills in writing for kids.

Klaas Kalma's self-published novel, 'Distant Echoes', takes us back to post-World War Two Australia. Fiona Lowe's novel, 'Daughter of Mine', exposes the secrets within families over time.

Two women who share a love of herbs, but in different places and times is just one of the topics in Kirsty Manning's wonderful debut novel 'The Midsummer Garden'.Peter Polites takes us on a noir journey through the Sydney homosexual community in 'Down the Hume'.

Frank Moorhouse talks about the life of a writer in his Meanjin essay 'Is Writing Still a Way of Life'.Sally van Gent has drawn sketches that enhance the writing of her life's most significant memories in 'The Navy-blue Suitcase'.

R. D. Gennari has a Sci Fi fantasy series,'Battle for Skeptron, The First Uncovering' is the first, set in the land of Numaria.'a chink in a daisy-chain' is Phil Day's divertisment down several rabbit holes. A Finlay Lloyd release.

Jane Rawson takes us on a psycholgical and metaphysical journey in 'From the Wreck'.

The bridge isn't the only thing that has broken in 'All Fall Down', Cassandra Austin has set her book about broken relationships in outback Australia. Ouyang Yu provides an unique insight into Australia's past in his novel 'Billy Sing', a Transit Lounge release.

Sasha's antics will have you laughing and her pastries will also give you pleasure in Lesley Truffle's 'The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte'.Carmel Shute talks about a Sisters-in-Crime event and how the past is fertile ground for story telling. 

Caroline Miley, is an art historian and writes convincingly about an artist's life and difficult times in Georgian England in 'The Competition'.Lorina Hastings is one of 50 writers from around the world contributing to an ebook, 'A Pocketful of Dreams'.