Chapter One from this satire on life in the independent publishing industry. Get the complete audio book: https://bit.ly/32JLYgp. Or download the interactive eBook: http://bit.ly/2BmCNyz

Black Books Publishing

Chapter 1 introduces Sunni Sinclair, the main character of this crime thriller.In 1954, ex-escort Sunni Sinclair breaks free of Australia’s gangland, reinventing herself as a pub owner in a lawless mining town near Sydney. A champion of justice, she challenges societal norms, advocating for women’s rights and downtrodden miners. She soon feels confined by the expectations of society. Fueled by vengeance and seduced by the sirens of illegal adventure, Sunni masterminds a stunning heist that echoes through the underworld, leaving a trail of dazzled and outwitted men in her wake. As her crime threatens to consume her, Sunni gambles everything on a daring bluff – and wins! Sunni’s journey reflects on society at that time and searches out the porous boundaries between legal and illicit.

This captivating crime novel is available as a paperback, eBook and audiobook narrated by esteemed Australian actor Fiona Press. Free copies for review are available on NetGalley.

from the author of the acclaimed Murder & Redemption and The Icon Murders (HarperCollins)

The Seduction of Sunni Sinclair - Chapter 1

Narrated by esteemed actress Claire Fermo, this is a segment from Chapter 1 of this magical realism novel set on the iconic Nullarbor Plain of Western Australia. Pearl, an Indigenous young woman is searching for clues about her cultural identity through her artwork. Two young men, from very different backgrounds, compete for her attention. Which one will she choose?

Nullarbor_Pearl by Sarah Rossetti

More Lies is a highly referential comedy thriller about a writer being held hostage in their own apartment and forced to type to hide the manoeuvres of a femme fatale, holding a pearl handled gun, and her brother, a small-time thug with big time ambitions. This wild tale about assassination, lost gold, betrayal, passion and identity theft engages the reader in the many layers of the author’s witty but deceptive journey. Through a series of lies, backflips and alternative versions of the tale, the author moves from being a trapped hack, forced to prostitute themselves, to dazzling the world with the acrobatics of their imagination, to the heart of the matter: storytelling is all that is keeping them alive.

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The soundtrack to the picturebook Animal Doctor, Animal Doctor (IP Kidz, an imprint of Interactive Publications Pty Ltd) by Trevor Todd (author), Steve Page (illustrator). Vocals by Trevor Todd. Produced by Rod Christian, Rodmusic Productions, Hotel Sorrento Studios, Australia. All rights reserved.

Custom Music CD

Animal Doctor, Animal Doctor

The problem with junk galaxies is
their planets all look the same when
you trip over a sonic mine and then

get teleported into a remote controlled
hospital future sans exits but vibrations
in excess! 

[Series 11 / Ep. 5]

The Tsuranga Conundrum

I don’t get this thing humans have for sleep.
Even in the 38th century, they still nod off
with prayers on drone warfare to distract

sand-moldy monsters and sorties of dust
that spy with Morpheus Cams, emboldened
by algorithms: dear Mr Sandman bring me

your dreams…

[Series 9 / Ep. 9]

Sleep No More

Tiger the Cat meets Prince, an extraterrial from the Planet Griffon disguised as a princely frog, before Tiger is tested for membership in the Sacred Few, who spread the word about The Great Danger facing Earth's creatures if positive action is not taken to reduce Global Warming.

In Which Tiger Meets Prince

In Global Cooling, Book 2 of Project Earth-mend, the Team set out for the eastern coast of Australia to spread the word about The Great Danger to Introduced Species, as well as humans — in this case, to a cane toad.

In Which A Cane Toad Sets The Record Straight

The Project Earth-mend Team finally land in New York City and enlist a crew of wily raccoons to help spread the Word about The Great Danger on their way to address the United Nations in hopes of heading off an attack by the Abell starships.

In Which Raccoons Give Them The Key To The City — For A Price

In Tiger Tames the Min Min, the Crew head for Far North Queensland and then the Red Centre in search of the mysterious Min Min Lights and The Kangaroo to enlist his support for the Project.

In Which A Dingo Is Not A Tony

In this audio version of his essay collection, Michael Cohen presents the odd idea of the suicide note as a writing project that can be critiqued like any other, describes encounters with illegal border crossers in south Texas, and ponders the sudden popularity of books about atheism. Books are a frequent subject here, and Cohen makes an argument for The Maltese Falcon as the Great American Novel, searches for the perfect, the Platonic, nature handbook, and compares playing golf to reading about it. Reading is, for him, as engrossing a form of experience as any other—say hitchhiking through the Southwest with an old friend, the joys of flying small planes, or the charm of studying ancient Greek while people-watching at the gym, all experiences chronicled here. He looks back at the effect a 1956 collision of two airliners over the Grand Canyon had on him as a kid fond of flying, and how he learned about the joys of good food during a wanderjahr in Europe. Many of these essays begin with a question: whether Americans deserve their reputation for materialism, why we seem to have lost the climate change battle, and whether talking to yourself might really be beneficial. Another frequent topic is how our ideal places cannot avoid being bruised by time. He looks at what happened as the Tucson bars of his college days closed or morphed into very different places. He traces seasonal changes in the desert. He notes what happens to its effect when a giant cross beside I-40 in Texas is joined by equally giant windmills. And he takes a mind’s-eye tour through Paris’s terrace cafés and their literary associations after the 2015 terrorist attack there.

Michael's previous collection with IP is A Place to Read

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