A book with its own mixtape: Barry Divola’s debut novel is straight from a music nerd’s heart
The author of Driving Stevie Fracasso shares influences and origins behind his debut novel – a story about brothers, US road trips and rock n roll.
Ceridwen Dovey | Life After Truth
The multi-award-winning author, Harvard graduate and prolific essayist Ceridwen Dovey has released a new novel less than a year after publishing her profoundly moving portrait series, Inner Worlds Outer Spaces. A perceptive and lingering page-turner, Life After Truth reflects upon how time has a tendency to estrange old friends from each other; and from who we […]
Lucky’s: A sprawling family epic about a Greek-Australian diner franchise
Read an extract and review of Andrew Pippos’ debut novel, hailed as an ‘unforgettable epic’.
Book launch | Bluebird by Malcolm Knox
Walkley award-winning author and former SMH literary editor Malcolm Knox is launching his stunning new work of fiction, Bluebird, for an exclusive Roaring Stories event. Joining him in conversation is Australia’s most preeminent crime writer, Michael Robotham (Good Girl, Bad Girl, When She Was Good). The launch will be live-streamed for free via the Roaring […]
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.
Finding Eadie, Alice and mystery in wartime London
Author Caroline Beecham shares the rich history behind her new historical fiction, Finding Eadie.
Review: How Much of These Hills is Gold
‘It’s a novel exactly like the tigers that prowl the story’s edges – ferocious, gleam-eyed, fearsome-beautiful.’
Buckley’s hope and a ghost hunt through time
Author Adam Courtenay shares the process behind researching his new historical fiction novel on William Buckley.
How corona-kindness restored Cassie Hamer’s faith in humanity
Author Cassie Hamer talks horror neighbours and corona-kindness.