We took a couple of weeks off over Christmas / New Year and spent the time driving around in the new car (working out how to drive it / charge it / where the cup holders are - all that sort of stuff), and managed a couple of days of long meanders with the dogs when it wasn't hot enough to melt concrete. Also did some reading - some of which was catchup / some f2f bookclub and some, just because. All of them are marked as review to come as it'll take me a little while to tick off the general admin / email backlog / what was I doing before the break work stuff.






























Two men.
One woman.
A blood feud.
The birth of the Italian mafia in Australia.
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Cover reveal time, with the announcement from newly formed Corella Press (https://www.austlit.edu.au/corellapress) of their upcoming initial releases: BRIDGET'S LOCKET AND OTHER MYSTERIES by Waif Wander (aka Mary Fortune) and THE MILLWOOD MYSTERY by Jeannie Lockett.
These beautiful covers were created by Kathleen Jennings (https://www.kathleenjennings.com/) whose paper cut silhouettes are amazing.
Corella Press state on their website:
The Mentone Public Library are showcasing local crime fiction author Alison Knight.
Time: 11am-1.30pm
Date: Saturday, 31 August 2019
Venue: Mentone Public Library
Address: Rear, 36 Florence Street, Mentone VIC 3194
Entry: Gold coin (for tea, coffee, biscuits)
Alison will be discussing her three crime novels:
1) Peter Stone
2) The Close
3) The Undiscovered Room and Other Stories






Young offenders, criminal histories:
Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed
An extraordinary literary tag-team is among several tales inspired by historic events to be named today on an eclectic longlist for the 2019 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel.






