Malcolm Knox and Jacqueline Maley are highly respected journalists, each a recipient of Australian journalism’s highest honour, the Walkley Award.  But beyond the world of reporting, each has chosen to mine their imagination to great effect. Now with six novels to his name, Malcolm’s latest is Bluebird, an incisive satire on the Australian Dream, set amongst sand and surf and broken dreams, that once again demonstrates his mastery of contemporary realism. Jacqueline’s acclaimed debut novel is The Truth About Her¸ another slice of social realism that deals with the fallout from the suicide of a wellness blogger following a hard hitting expose by an investigative journalist.

Chaired by Tali Lavi