Books, screen, art and environment of lutruwita-Tasmania
A few years ago I was asked to write some plays concerning women who had been incarcerated at one of Van Diemen Land’s places of convict confinement – the Ross Female Factory. Between 1848 and 1854 the Factory had been developed for use with convict women, as a workhouse, staging post for accommodation between assignments …
Recently I read a new book by an author called Jane Harper who has written a number of books, the first one being The Dry. That was turned into a current film. The Survivors is a psychological murder book about a group of friends from childhood all meeting again after good number of years and …
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Deadwood I have just finished a book by an author that I have never heard of who goes by the name of S.J Brown. He lives in the hills above Hobart. It’s a book about a fictional gruesome double murder occurring in Hobart and then a body found up at Bridport in the NE and …
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I’m really pleased to announce the publication, by Bright South, of Tim Slade’s debut collection of poetry, The Walnut Tree. This has been a labour of love for both Tim and myself. It’s the culmination of many years of work for Tim, and for me – this is why Bright South publishes – to showcase top …
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Bright South has been supporting the Tasmanian Poetry Festival a little lately, including hosting their programme. Check it out, and more – get thee there! Read more… (click the heading to do so, and to activate links to the programme and TPF website)
This one is just a quick post to refer you, dear reader, to some books I’ve reviewed recently, and not that recently. How time flies… Poetry Tilting at Time by Greg Tome, Plumwood Mountain Journal, November 2020. When Poets Write Prose, a review of recent collections by Joanne Burns, Stephanie Green and Jane Williams, Cordite, 20 …
Two books I read recently are crime novels by a author who is from England but now lives in Tasmania, Alan Carter. Both books are crime novels both set in New Zealand, in and around Marlborough Sound in the north of the south island. They are both about the same character, a cop from northern …
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Welcome to this new section of Bright South’s website, which is kicking off with two sparkling reviews by Yaffler MacSweeny. They include Kyle Perry’s The Bluffs, and Heather Rose’s Bruny, which are just the first to arrive off the chopping block. Keep an eye on Yaffler! Read on to find out more about the man.
The Bluffs is a new psychological thriller by a new Tasmanian author Kyle Perry, set on and around the great western tiers in the fictional town of Limestone Creek. It is about a group of teenagers who go on a overnight school camping walk where three of them mysteriously disappear and a teacher is found …
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I recently read a Tasmanian based book about Tasmanian issues called Bruny by an author by the name of Heather Rose, who has written quite a few successful novels but this is the first one I’ve read by her. It is a fictional story about a bridge linking Bruny Island to the main land that …
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