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Review of ‘The Last Painting of Sara de Vos’ by Dominic Smith

Posted on August 19, 2017 by

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars Best novel I’ve read in a long, long time. Set in three time zones – seventeenth century Holland, 1950s New York, and Sydney in … Continue reading →

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A prison without prisoners

Posted on April 28, 2017 by

When war came to Australia. This series of posts introduces my work in progress, a research-based historical novel due out later this year. Camp 9, the oldest compound in the Loveday Internment Camp complex, was constructed nearly a year before the … Continue reading →

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