Autumn Giveaway #5
This is the last in this series of Autumn Giveaways, so don’t miss out! To go in the draw, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Autumn 5′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Monday 6 April 2020. As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, entries from Australian residents only please.
Amanda Niehaus The Breeding Season
This debut novel interweaves the story of a family tragedy with the life history of the northern quoll. When Elise and Dan bury their stillborn son, Elise, a scientist, believes that isolation and punishing fieldwork will heal her pain. Dan, a writer, questions the truths of his life, and looks to art for answers. Worlds apart, Elise and Dan must find a way to forgive themselves and each other before it’s too late. ‘Dark and poetic … beautiful writing’ – Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones
Courtesy of Allen & Unwin
Jannali Jones My Father’s Shadow
From the winner of the black&write! fellowship. Kaya is completing her Higher School Certificate when she is woken in the middle of the night by her mother. They are to pack immediately and go to their holiday home in the Blue Mountains. Her father is ‘not coming back’: he is to give evidence in a court case involving some dangerous criminals. Meanwhile Kaya is still recovering from PTSD after a chilling encounter she can no longer remember. As the mysteries multiply, who can she trust?
Courtesy of Magabala Books
Steve Posselt Tough is not Enough: How a journey through three continents created a climate warrior
In 2015 Steve Posselt set out on the biggest kayak trip of his life: going up the Mississippi, through the canals of the US and the UK, down the Thames, across the channel and up the Seine to Paris to attend the Paris Climate Conference, COP21. Crazy? Steve Posselt is a climate warrior, determined to raise the awareness of climate chaos and its impact on our daily lives. This is a story of despair and redemption as an enthusiastic movement embraced him when he finally returned home to Australia.
Courtesy of Ebono Institute
Rachel Givney Jane in Love
Rachel Giveney’s debut novel imagines what happens when Jane Austen accidentally time-travels to modern-day England and finds herself on the set of an adaptation of Northanger Abbey. Thrilled to learn that she has become a world-famous author, Jane is determined to return to her own time to fulfil her destiny – until she meets siblings Sofia and Fred Wentworth. Will Jane choose to stay with her new friend and the man she loves, or return home to become a writer?
Courtesy of Penguin Random House
Remember, to go in the draw to win all four books, email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Autumn 5’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Monday 6 April 2020.
