Your Words Out West reading list

Are you as excited for Words out West 2021 as we are?! Check out these great reads by some of our guest speakers:

Hard Road: tough thoughts on a tough game by Shane Webcke

From the highs of that euphoric victory to the lows of getting lost in the post-retirement maze, Webcke’s unflinchingly honest and down-to-earth views are both revealing and insightful – free to say what he really thinks now that he’s no longer a contracted player.

Angels of Death: disturbing real-life cases of nurses and doctors who kill by Emily Webb

It’s hard to imagine that anyone in the healthcare industry could have murder on his or her mind. But some do. The nineteen cases in this book range across Europe, US and Australia, documenting horrifying and sinister betrayals of trust. These stories will make you wary and leave you shaking your head in terror.

Ten-ager: what your daughter needs you to know about the transition from child to teen by Madonna King

This book shows that ten is the new start of a girl’s teenage years. It raises issues our girls might not be talking about publicly, and guides their parents on how experts believe we should deal with it.

Has The Luck Run Out? What’s going wrong, what’s going right and what we can do to redefine Australia’s future by David Fagan

The mood in Australia right now is one of gloom. Former newspaper editor David Fagan peels back the rot that has contaminated almost everything Australian’s believe in. Are we still the economically, socially and culturally strong country we should be? Or are we squandering our good fortune?

Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms Anita Heiss

A Japanese prisoner of war escapes to an Aboriginal mission, who offer him refuge. Love blossoms, but how long will he be safe?

The Queen’s Captain by Peter Watt

In October 1863, Ian Steele, having taken on the identity of Captain Samuel Forbes, is fighting the Pashtun on the north-west frontier in India. Half a world away, the real Samuel Forbes is a lieutenant in the 3rd New York Volunteers and is facing the Confederates at the Battle of Mission Ridge in Tennessee.

Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings

In a small Western Queensland town, a reserved young woman receives a note from one of her vanished brothers – a note that makes her question her memories of their disappearance and her father’s departure.

The Greatest Hit by Will Kostakis

People look at Tessa and see her biggest mistake. While everyone else her age is taking their bold first steps into adulthood, Tessa’s just trying to outrun a song that went viral when she was fourteen. But now – an opportunity to right a wrong, and the courage to sing her greatest hit as it was originally written. But will it be enough?

The Cunning Crow by Gregg Dreise

Remember – beauty comes from within… Way back, before once-upon-a-time, there was the Dreamtime when all the birds were white. One day after a big storm, all the birds passed through the rainbow and their feathers took on its beautiful colours. Waan the crow wanted to be more beautifully coloured than anyone, so he hatched a cunning plan. But things did not go the way Waan wanted…

Captain Kieron by Ann-Marie Finn

Kieron is a little boy on the lookout for adventure. As he swims in the ocean one hot, sunny day, that’s exactly what he finds.

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