Voices from the Orphan Schools: the Children's Stories by Dianne Snowden | PBNearly 6,000 children passed through the Orphan Schools in New Town (Hobart) from 1828 to 1879. Many were not orphans at all, but the children of convict mothers. This book reveals some of their stories. Dianne Snowden has shed new light on an important part of Tasmanias history, and brought to life stories which, though hitherto either unknown or long forgotten, are part of our story. ~ Saul Eslake.

~ Chris Champion

Everybody carries emotional baggage throughout their lives…and most resolve their issues

Sandra Rutter | Unco

Melaleuca time | Craig Searle

Delaney hits it off with one of his new neighbours but falls for a stunning financial advisor who promptly separates him from his life savings and disappears

Although missing his family badly

flowing prose which evokes both the time and the Irish background of most of the characters

He willingly shared his knowledge and experience and often acted as a guide and mentor to new employees and trainees

A perfect mix of climate and soil has allowed hops to be grown in Tasmania from early colonial times

The Abels Mount Ida | Rob Shaw

PhD Multi-award winning author of Unlikely Vessels

Through the course of the novel Grace makes friends and enemies