Growing up on the family sheep and wheat farm near Young, NSW, Hugh ‘Obi’ O’Brien was the second of four sporty and competitive sons. Attending Sydney boarding school St Joseph’s College, a rugby academy, old-school English customs and Dickensian group living that honed his fast developing survival skills. His lacklustre performance in both sporting and academic endeavours ingrained a sense of underachievement that would fuel his later success in the Special Forces. Continue reading
Category Archives: Author Visits
Caroline Overington
Can you keep a secret? How well do you really know the one you love? With her customary page-turning style and potent themes, this is Caroline Overington at her thought-provoking best. Continue reading
Bruce Venables
The coming author talk we’ll see Bruce Venables. He’s going to talk about his new release Scattered Monkeys. Continue reading
Winter Writers’ Forum
Ever wondering how a write comes up with his/her first idea to write what eventually might become a bestseller book? Or how do they decide a genre that they want to write about? How much talent one has to have then one can write a book and get it published? Continue reading
An evening with Rachael Johns
