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Tuesday, 3 March 2020
Nick is available for events. For more information about the book, please contact Kirstie Grant.

Reading copy giveaway 

Tuesday, 3 March 2020
We have 30 finished copies to give away. If you’d like to receive a copy of Under Fire, send an email with the subject line ‘Under Fire’ and your postal...

Sample chapter 

Tuesday, 3 March 2020
For a preview of Under Fire, download the first few pages here.

Note from the author 

Tuesday, 3 March 2020
Writing Under Fire felt very different from any other story I’ve researched. By looking into the deep history of Australia’s relationship with firearms I entered a world of imminent, political...

About the author 

Tuesday, 3 March 2020
Nick Brodie is a professional history nerd and acclaimed popular author. Appearing regularly on ABC television, Nick is among the most recognisable of Australia's historians. He is known for bringing...

About the book 

Tuesday, 3 March 2020
From Captain Cook’s first landing to colonisation and settlement, firearms have played an inescapable role in Australian culture. Just as guns have been a part of Australia’s modern identity, so...

Under Fire intro 

Tuesday, 3 March 2020
A history of Australia, measured by the gun. From bushrangers and soldiers to the many farmers and recreational shooters, the firearm is an inescapable part of Australia’s story and its...

About the book 

Friday, 28 February 2020
England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with...

 

Friday, 28 February 2020
‘If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?'

About the author 

Friday, 28 February 2020
Hilary Mantel is the author of fourteen books, including A Place Of Greater Safety, Beyond Black, the memoir Giving Up The Ghost, and the short-story collection The Assassination Of Margaret...

Sample chapter 

Friday, 28 February 2020
Read an extract of The Mirror & the Light here

 

Tuesday, 18 February 2020
‘A landmark in Australian literature—a book written in gouache, acrylic, blood and tears: the story of the modern frontier, where high art, for a brief, magic time, was made from...

About the book 

Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Set in the striking landscape of the East Kimberley, The Stranger Artist is a true story of life, loss and friendship that cuts to the heart of one of Australia’s...