Roo I MacLeod -Writer  Dystopian Thrillers

Spoiler alert! The Uglies by Scott Westerfield, was not a book I enjoyed. And that sounds like an understatement, but there lies the...

The Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman is an intriguing read that ensnares your attention with the most wonderful portrayal of the...

The big news this week was the invasion of UK soil by the French fishermen. They were angry about not being able to toss out a line and...

The easing of Lockdown was greeted by a muffled cheer as the weather told us not to party just yet. Unrelenting rain filled our puddles...

The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton Two tragic events, the death of his mother to cancer and the accidental squashing of his abusive father...

Writer's Blog 30032021 Hi I hope this message finds you in good health. I got the call this morning. My caller ID said Doctor Fitzalan...

All the birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders is a coming of age with a little bit of saving the universe thrown in. He's a ...

Monstrous Devices by Damien Love, is a middle grade novel, which means its target audience is kids, but, either I’m regressing...

He was the highlight of the long walk home from school. They’d taunt him. Laugh at him. Throw sticks and stones. ‘Baggy trousers.’ ‘Did...

Parable of the Sower: Earthseed by Octavia E. Butler God is Change. This is the basis of Earthseed. It tells people to see the importance...

Nic Caruana is paid to find and kill people. In his youth, he stabbed a bully in self-defence, an act that has sculpted the life we meet...

Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens Kya is a survivor. She has been abandoned by her family, her abusive father the last to leave, No one...

I’ve just finished a book, Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathon Letham, centred around Lionel Essrog the human ‘freakshow.’ It is a classic...

A child, Fiora, (when I say a child, I mean a 16-year-old teen) is dumped on an ageing cobbler’s doorstep. She has little money and is...

'Black as pitch them eyes, black as disease and disorder and hate and lies.' Ever since the 'Damn Stupid' life has been tipped up and...

Writers Blog 05102016 My worst fears have been realized … My mate Tommmy doesn’t read. Never has. Buys the Sun and looks at the pictures....

I grew up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and didn't meet an indigenous person until my mid twenties. So this book was a shock to...

The Hangman's Daughter Oliver Pötzsch Title: The Hangman’s Daughter Author: Oliver Pötzsch, Translated by Lee Chadeayne Genre:...

Blue chalk circles are being drawn around random objects. A pigeon’s foot, a cigarette lighter etc and the media is rife with theories as...

Writers blog 07092016 My worst fears have been realized … I woke with three hounds at my face. It was 5.30am and I’d fallen into my...