GAIL JONES – Salonika Burning

A little known fact of the First world War was that hundreds of women volunteered in the Medical Corps – nurses, orderlies and even surgeons. Many of them were sent to the ancient city of Salonika which was almost totally destroyed and this book is based on records though fictionalized for narrative.

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The Interview

Recorded at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival 2023