Runt by Craig Silvey Allen & Unwin Fremantle author Craig Silvey’s novels are heart-warming coming-of-age stories where the protagonists have to find out who they are in order to live their best lives. Set in Fremantle, his first novel Rhubarb is a touching love story between two damaged people. His next novel Jasper Jones told […]
Western Australian author Craig Silvey is among the shortlisted authors for the 2021 Indie Book Awards with his third novel Honeybee. Silvey previously won the awards top honour with his previous work Jasper Jones. Honeybee is a first-person account of a traumatised teenager and covers serious themes including suicide, child abuse, post-traumatic stress, gender dysphoria. Twenty-four […]
Gay and Lesbian Rights in Ageing Inc. (GRAI) are launching a book club for local LGBTQIA+ folks are you’re invited! GRAI’s Queer Book Club will be reading and discussing LGBTQIA+ books, authors and topics across all genres, with a focus on fiction. Each meeting will focus on one book (with free copies available for those […]
Honeybee by Craig Silvey Allen & Unwin When fourteen year-old Sam Watson climbs over the rail of the traffic overpass late at night, Sam wonders if it is going to do will hurt or if death would be instant. Having a slight pang of sympathy for whoever would find what remained, Sam notices an old […]
