Canberra says again FREE PALESTINE CEASEFIRE NOW

The Govt has given final approval for the NW Shelf gas mega-project - one of the largest fossil fuel projects in 🇦🇺 history. 🇦🇺 gave the Albanese Govt a mandate for climate action, not deals to extend gas until 2070. This isn’t leadership- it's failure. abc.net.au/news/2025-09-1…

Great to see my new novel Death at Booroomba included here.

I’m thrilled that the audiobook of Death at Booroomba, produced by WaveSound, will be released 6 November in all English speaking territories. Read by Adam Fitzgerald.

Flotilla organisers say the Israeli military boarded their ships in international waters, where they have the right to freedom of navigation. @OurANU theconversation.com/israels-interc…

This coming Saturday:

omny.fm/shows/hear-thi… Thanks Vision Australia

‘Canberra and Crime’ panel at Canberra Writers Festival with novelists Jack Heath, Michael Brissenden and me, moderated by Lanie Anderson.

So pleased that the audio version of my latest novel has been published today by Wavesound. It is read by wonderful Australian-British narrator Adam Fitzgerald.

Alison Booth has written a remarkable atmospheric historical murder mystery set in 1919 on the south coast of NSW. Jack O’Rourke is a likeable hero who saves a man's life after he is attacked. This meeting changes his future. Thanks to Ventura Press. cindylspear.com/news/reviewing…

This week Death at Booroomba launches in Bonn Germany at the global labour organisation conference: glabor.org/global-glo-jop…

Is Joseph Wright 'of Derby' Britain’s Caravaggio? 🕯️ If you lived in Britain in the 1700s, you would have spent your evenings in candlelight. Joseph Wright of Derby painted this shadowy world like no other. Join Christine Riding, Director of Collections and Research, as she

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So well said I’ll leave this here.

Here’s the incomparable Kenneth Williams discussing accents. Absolutely glorious.

Delighted to have Adam Fitzgerald, British-Australian actor, read my latest novel Death at Booroomba. Now available at all audio outlets. Wavesound Australia Adam Fitzgerald