1st book

Since it is school holidays, the time presents an excellent opportunity to catch up with the reading I was meant to do during the term.

I've just started a new novel called Into White Silence by Australian author Anthony Eaton, which was short-listed for the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers. I saw Anthony speak at the 2008 Adelaide Writers' Festival; he proved to be a charismatic and very entertaining speaker.

The novel is based on the diary of Lieutenant William Downes, who was one of the members of the ill-fated 1922 expedition aboard the Raven, which became trapped in an Antarctic ice pack.

I'll update when I finish! Watch this space!