Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.

Today's episode features Meg Keneally discussing her new novels The Ink Stain and Fled.

The Ink Stain is the fourth in the historical Monserrat mystery novels. It takes the reader to colonial Sydney where Monsarrat; a former convict turned investigator must unearth the killer of an outspoken newspaper editor with a story that threatens to topple the colonial administration.

Fled is the story of Jenny Trelawny and is based on the true story of the convict Mary Bryant. Jenny is a highwaywoman transported to the British colony of New South Wales rather than hang in her home of Cornwall. There she attempts a bold plan to steal a ship and sail to freedom!