Review: Eye of a Rook by Josephine Taylor, by Kate Lomas Glendenning
Title: Eye of a RookAuthor: Josephine TaylorGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Fremantle Press Josephine Taylor’s debut novel Eye of a Rook is a gripping read
Review: Over My Dead Body by Dave Warner, by Shelley Timms
Title: Over My Dead BodyAuthor: Dave WarnerGenre: Mystery/ThrillerPublisher: Fremantle Press Dave Warner’s latest thriller is an ambitious mixture of past and present; combing
Review: The Last Bookshop by Emma Young, by Ebony Bryant
Title: The Last BookshopAuthor: Emma YoungGenre: Contemporary RomancePublisher: Fremantle Press Emma Young’s debut novel The Last Bookshop could not have come at a
Review: Little Jiang by Shirley Marr, by Jess Gately
Title: Little Jiang Author: Shirley Marr Illustrator: Katy Jiang Publisher: Fremantle Press Published: 1st October 2020 This review was first published in the Underground
Issue 32: Horror has arrived!
Cover art by Linus Andersson Issue 32: Horror can be downloaded for FREE here Welcome to the final issue of 2020, #32: Horror.
An interview with Maria Papas, winner of the 2020 TAG Hungerford Award, by Shelley Timms
Maria Papas is the winner of the City of Fremantle 2020 TAG Hungerford Award, announced on Thursday 22nd October at an awards ceremony
Review: Return Ticket by John Doust, by Kate Lomas Glendenning
Title: Return Ticket Author: Jon Doust review Publisher: Fremantle Press Genre: Historical fiction Favourite quote: “Perhaps I wash the dishes the way I
Review: The History of Mischief by Rebecca Higgie, by Dylan Dartnell
Title: The History of Mischief Author: Rebecca Higgie Publisher: Fremantle Press Winner, Fremantle Press, The Fogarty Literary Award 2019 Introducing Rebecca Higgie and her
Upcoming New Releases We’re Looking Forward To, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Here at Underground we’re always hearing about new and exciting books being released in Australia. There’s always a delightful and relevant combination of
Opportunities for Writers August 2020
Photo by Anastasia Zhenina from Pexels Pulch Magazine open for submissions Seeking submissions of ‘anything and everything, from politics, to culture, to identity, fictional short stories,
Review: The Valley by Steve Hawke, by Kate Lomas Glendenning
Title: The Valley Author: Steve Hawke Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Fremantle Press(2018) I have never quite read a mystery novel like Hawke’s before. What
Interview: Lisa Wolstenholme, Wild Weeds Press Executive Officer, by Shelley Carter
Lisa Wolstenholme, EO of Wild Weeds Press Firstly, can you tell us a bit about Wild Weeds Press? What kinds of authors do
Review: Two new Australian children’s titles, by Kate Lomas Glendenning
Editor Kate Lomas Glendenning reviews two recent children’s book releases from Fremantle Press and Magabala Books. Rodney by Kelly Canby Rodney is another
Review: Driving Into the Sun by Marcella Polain, by Dylan Dartnell
Title: Driving Into the Sun Author: Marcella Polain Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Fremantle Press (2019) The novel that took some ten years to write,
TAG Hungerford Award Shortlist announced
Congratulations to this year’s TAG Hungerford Award Shortlist! These six WA writers are in the running for $12,000 and a publishing contract with
Review: Off the Track by Cristy Burne, by Kate Lomas Glendenning
Title: Off the Track Author: Cristy Burne Genre: Australian children’s fiction Favourite quote: ‘Around them leaves rustled and birds sang and he felt
Writing opportunities for March 2018
Writing Opportunities for March 2018 Western Australia Museum – WA in Words What novels, poems, plays or song lyrics paint a literary picture
Shelley’s TBR list – round 2
My TBR list seems to get more and more ambitious the more time I spend perusing Goodreads, and watching YouTube videos from avid
Review: ‘Women of a Certain Age’, reviewed by Shelley Timms
Women of a Certain Age is a collection of 15 vastly different, but all beautifully written stories about what it’s like to be
Writing Community & Workshops, by Dylan Dartnell
Writing Community & Workshops By editor Dylan Dartnell Throughout primary school, every piece I wrote seemed to involve dinosaurs who betrayed each other
Interview: Robert Edeson, author of ‘Bad to Worse’
Robert Edeson talks writing with Underground Writers’ Jess Gately “I don’t know a lot about how people write, I’ve just always enjoyed living
Review: Bad to Worse by Robert Edeson, reviewed by Jess Gately
Winner of the T.A.G. Hungerford Award, Robert Edeson’s style of fiction is unlike anything I’ve ever read. His latest book, Bad to Worse,
Interview: Georgia Richter, Publisher at Fremantle Press
Georgia Richter, Publisher at Fremantle Press March, 2017 We are very pleased to present another interview conducted by editor Shelley Timms, this