THE BREAKING Download The Breaking Book Club Conversation Starters Listen to Irma on ABC South East, interviewed by Paul West. They talk about making the cross from short fiction to writing novels, how working as an editor impacts the writing process, where the seed for the novel The Breaking came from, the research process inRead More »
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WHERE THE HEART IS Buy the English edition. Buy the Spanish edition. Buy the Chinese edition. Get the teachers’ notes. Watch Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York read Where the Heart Is. Listen to a review of Where the Heart Is on the popular Your Kid’s Next Read podcast (starts at 14:55), including suggestions on howRead More »
THE SOUND OF SILENCE Winner, ACT Writing and Publishing Awards for Nonfiction, 2012 Winner, Canberra Critics Circle Award for Literature, 2011 Miscarriage is so common and yet it is an unspeakable subject. Women often grieve alone, mourning a child they have never met but whose future they have already imagined. It is a private, hiddenRead More »
THE INVISIBLE THREAD Winner, Canberra Critics Circle Award for Literature, 2013 Winner, special one-off award at the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards for ‘Outstanding Service to Writing and Publishing in the ACT and Region’, 2013 Official publication of the National Year of Reading 2012 Official publication of the Centenary of Canberra 2013 Featuring Judith WrightRead More »
TWO STEPS FORWARD Winner, Canberra Critics Circle Award for Literature, 2011 Shortlisted, Most Underrated Book Award, 2012 Shortlisted, ACT Writing and Publishing Awards for Fiction, 2012 It’s easy to get stuck in a rut. What binds the characters in Two Steps Forward is an indomitable desire to climb their way out. Located in familiar AustralianRead More »