During the ‘Lit Live’ event in Maleny recently, four Sunshine Coast authors read from their books at the Maleny Library.
Peta Miller, Karen Joy, Rebecca Lennard and Jo Barrett were delighted that over twenty people squeezed into the library’s meeting room for the readings.
Peta Miller read from her historical novel, ‘The Ship’s Midwife’. Karen Joy from her non-fiction book titled, ‘Lost Soul, Wise Soul: how challenging past lives shapes our future’. Rebecca Lennard from her YA fantasy novel, ‘Guardian’. Jo Barrett from her memoir, ‘They said we were isolated: my life at Top Farm on Tasmania’s west coast’.
Jo read the passage in her memoir in which she’s at the wheel of the farm’s Land Rover as it’s hauled up a steep, wet, greasy hill by a tractor way above.
‘As I read, I felt again the terror of clinging to the steering wheel of the Land Rover for dear life that day,’ she said. ‘It was nearly fifty years ago, but the memory is still fresh!’
‘They said we were isolated’ was published by Ginninderra Press, an independent, traditional publisher that’s been in business for 25 years. Copies are available now at Beerwah Newsagency and Rosetta Books in Maleny. Online at www.ginninderrapress.com.au, www.amazon.com.au and www.barnesandnoble.com.
The Lit Live Trail was part of Arts Alive Maleny, a vibrant evening of stories, poetry and performances, which drew dozens and dozens of people to the hinterland town.