Books & Poetry
When Rosemary Cadden set out to retrace explorer John McDouall Stuart’s route from Adelaide to Darwin, it led to a much longer and bumpier journey than anticipated. Here, she shares an excerpt from her new book about the eye-opening road trip.
Books & Poetry
Rupert Murdoch’s early years in Adelaide were marked by an unlikely progressive streak stoked by his friendship with crusading editor Rohan Rivett. Neither would last.
Intrigued by the story behind the 3200km-long Overland Telegraph Line, author Rosamund Burton set out to trace its path through the heart of Australia – beginning with a gruelling bike ride from Adelaide to the outback SA town of Farina.
The horror stories in this new Australian YA collection range from ‘straight-up terrifying rollercoaster rides’ to those rooted in society’s deepest fears. The story extracted here takes readers on a mercy-dash road trip that goes chillingly awry.
Adelaide writer Poppy Nwosu’s new young-adult rom-com novel follows a teenager who embarks on a road trip in the South Australian coastal desert region that she hopes will solve all her problems. Except, of course, it doesn’t.
In his imaginative and wryly witty new novel, Sincerely, Ethel Malley, Adelaide author Stephen Orr reimagines Australia’s greatest literary hoax, the Ern Malley Affair.
