Colin Batrouney has creatively crafted six books and authors for a literary prize ‘The Bannerman Shortlist’, as well as a mystery involving an enduring friendship of very different characters.  A beautifully produced book by Clouds of Magellan.J P Pomare, once again, explores the darker side of people's psychology in 'Home Before Night' where the aftermath of an abduction decades earlier and a mother's concern that her child is safe turn out to be stranger than the reader might imagine.