Biographer Stuart Coupe shares ’80s madness and Paul Kelly playlist
A Q& a with Paul Kelly’s former manager and latest biographer.
The lost legend: Olsen Filipaina, Pacific Revolution pioneer
A new biography brings justice to the story of a rugby league hero.
Book extract: Paddy Manning’s new climate emergency tour de force
Read an extract from journalist Paddy Manning’s considered, compassionate new book on the human impact of climate change.
Village of Readers: Anne Cernuta
Librarian Anne Cernuta is a familiar face at Roaring Stories. As our third Village Reader, she shares with us her reading habits, preferences and loves.
Hope near the end of the world: Charlotte McConaghy on her new literary spec-fic
Charlotte McConaghy talks with Roaring Stories on The Last Migration: a wrenching spec fic about desolation, discovery and – finally – hope.
‘Just a joke until it’s not’ – Gabriel Bergmoser’s new thriller takes Australian masculinity to its monstrous extreme
Gabriel Bergmoser on his fast-paced new Australian thriller, The Hunted.
What We’re Reading in July
From the new Kate Grenville, to The Parisian, to a book about humanoid rabbits: here’s what Roaring staff are reading now.
Haunted by the monsters she writes: Q&A with crime thriller author LA Larkin
Local author LA Larkin shares the strange allure and perils of writing crime fiction.
Village of Readers: Nick Rowley
Long-time Roaring Stories patron Nick Rowley shares his reading habits, preferences and loves.
Finding Eadie, Alice and mystery in wartime London
Author Caroline Beecham shares the rich history behind her new historical fiction, Finding Eadie.