In 1941, Rob Coram is six. The war feels far removed from his world of aunties and cousins and the beautiful, dry landscape of Geraldton in Western Australia. But when his favourite, older cousin, Ric
Patrol Officer Alistair Cawdor's suicide triggers a colonial inquest in New Guinea. Five testifying witnesses reveal disturbing stories. First published in 1979,Visitants was informed by the author's
Laid low by a tropical disease, Crispin Clare returns home to East Anglia. Local folklore seeps into his fever dreams and his writing, and the lines between reality and myth blur. Stow's tale of illne
"Intense and extraordinary."SpectatorThe once prosperous outback town of Tourmaline is dying, gripped by drought. The remaining townspeople have little to do but drink. When a mysterious wat
