Tag Archives: Louise Doughty

New Authors this week reading for you On Narratives!

Here are the latest uploads of authors reading for 5 minutes from their own works. Click on the   Book Covers to take you to the reading!

The Turner House

Angela Flournoy – The Turner House – Fiction

A ‘Haint’ is a southern term for a ghost or spirit – and in  the house  the Turner family inhabit in Detroit  in Angela Flournoy’s novel ,it is the children who claim to have witnessed this  aggressive materialization.

 

The Railway Man's Wife

Ashley Hay – The Railway Man’s Wife – Fiction

The Railway man’s wife is set in Thirroul, a coastal mining  town in southern nsw at the end of the second world war. The heroine Ani, struggles to keep her family together after her husband dies in a mining accident.

Black Water

Louise Doughty – Black Water – Thriller

Indonesia in 1965 was a a terrifying time for anyone deemed  a ‘communist’ . Here  the main character of the story, John Harper is being told  how many thousands of innocent villagers  met grisly ends , often by the words  of their own terrified neighbours.

 

The Women's Pages

 

Debra Adelaide – The Women’s Pages  – Fiction

Debra Adelaide’s heroine , Dove,  reads Wuthering Heights to her dying mother  in hospital and then becomes obsessed with writing herself.