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Scrublands filming begins!

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It’s official: production is underway on the streaming/television production of Scrublands – and I could not be happy with the cast, the crew and the production company! Filming is taking place in regional Victoria on the four-part series. It’s being made by production company Easy Tiger in association with Vic Screen. Easy Tiger is the company behind such beloved Australian series as Jack Irish (based on Peter Temple’s crime novels)… Read More »Scrublands filming begins!

Book of the Month

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Publication day!! The hardback of ‘Dead Man’s Creek’ is in UK and European bookstores from January the 5th. And talk about perfect timing – The London Times has named it Crime Book of the Month, together with an extraordinary review from critic Mark Sanderson… “This fantastic crime drama has three timelines: 1943, when Italian prisoners of war are at work in the Barmah-Millewa forest; 1973, when 15-year-old Tessa Waters falls… Read More »Book of the Month

The Tilt longlisted

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The Tilt has had a wonderful reception since its Australian and New Zealand publication in early October. Huge thanks to all those who have bought and/or read it – thanks so much for all the generous feedback. And thank you to all the booksellers who have gotten behind it – your support is so very much appreciated. Speaking of bookseller support – The Tilt has been longlisted in the Indie… Read More »The Tilt longlisted

Cover reveal – The Tilt

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Here it is – the cover to the Australian/New Zealand edition of my new crime novel, The Tilt, to be published on October the 5th. It will be published in early January in the UK and elsewhere with a different title: Dead Man’s Creek. I absolutely love this cover. A huge thanks to the designer Luke Causby, who has designed all the Australian books, including the smaller B-format editions. I… Read More »Cover reveal – The Tilt

New UK Book contract

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Wildfire books in the UK have done a brilliant job publishing my first four crime books – ‘Scrublands’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Trust’ in the Martin Scarsden/Mandalay Blonde series, and ‘Opal Country’, the first in the Nell Buchanan/Ivan Lucic series. Now they’ve signed me up for another two – I could not be happier! Here’s how it was reported in the UK trade magazine ‘The Bookseller’…. Wildfire nets two more in Hammer’s… Read More »New UK Book contract

ABIA longlist for Treasure & Dirt

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I’m very proud of this: Treasure & Dirt has been longlisted for the Australian Book Industry Association (ABIA) General Fiction Book of the Year award for 2022. I’m honoured to be in such fine company. Thanks to all at publishers Allen & Unwin, and a huge thanks to the judges! I might be wrong about this, but I’m told that part of the award is to recognise not just the… Read More »ABIA longlist for Treasure & Dirt

Shortlisted for the Indies!

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Australia’s Independent bookstores are a vital part of the country’s cultural fabric –  championing Australian authors and nourishing their communities through the dark days of covid. We owe them so much, writers and readers alike, from the large inner-city institutions to small country towns. So it is with considerable pride that I have learnt that my book ‘Treasure & Dirt’ has been shortlisted for the 2022 Indie Awards, alongside three… Read More »Shortlisted for the Indies!

UK Publication!

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January 6th is publication day for the Hardback edition of Opal Country in the UK and Ireland. Yee hah!! Opal Country is the same book as Treasure & Dirt – just a different title for different territories – so don’t go out and buy both. It’s already getting a good reception in the UK. The Times has selected it as Crime Book of the Month, with reviewer Mark Sanderson stating… Read More »UK Publication!

Libraries top ten!

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I was so chuffed to see this – Scrublands and Treasure & Dirt topping the list of e-books borrowed from Australian public libraries in 2021. Like an early Christmas present! A huge part of this ranking is due to OverDrive, the company that runs the Libby digital app used by Australian libraries. They featured Scrublands for a couple of weeks in September as part of their ‘Together We Read’ campaign.… Read More »Libraries top ten!

Treasure & Dirt Longlisted!

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I’m feeling very proud today. Treasure & Dirt has been longlisted in the fiction category in the prestigious Indie Book Awards, organised by Australia’s independent bookstores. It’s quite the honour –  a crime fiction book like mine being listed alongside such accomplished literary writers. Huge thanks to all at Allen & Unwin, to the readers and, especially, to all those wonderful Australians book sellers! Please, as we emerge from covid… Read More »Treasure & Dirt Longlisted!