GINSIGHTS: Colly Campbell
Colly Campbell
Thursday 10th of July - 6pm
Big River, 1 Dairy Road Fyshwick
CWF Partners Big River Distilling Co, Paperchain Bookstore and MARION welcome guest author and publisher Colly Campbell.
Colly says: “A novel is a great river of imagination where both writers and readers, young and old, can plunge and be pulled along in those twisty currents of ideas, images, conversations, stories, worlds, and yes! You can travel through time, sitting on your couch.”
Colly has written two futuristic climate change thrillers The Capricorn Sky (2020) and its sequel, The Kyoto Bell (2021). The Capricorn Sky was the only work of fiction on The Australia Institute’s essential reads list of 2020.
Colly’s third novel Judge Rosa Somberly: The Caiman v Tau al-Gorz, is a young adult eco-fantasy, and was published in 2024. Rosa is a mysterious young Judge who must preside over conflicts in a court where anyone or anything can seek justice. This novel is an eco-fantasy with fast action, mystery, monsters and time travel – it’s all there – but at the heart of the story is the clash between unrelenting development and the natural world.
At Ginsights we will explore Colly’s use of the speculative genre to engage young adult and adult readers to build awareness and call people to action to address the environmental challenges we face.
Presented in partnership with the Big River Distilling Co, Paperchain Bookstore and MARION.
GINSIGHTS: Sam Guthrie
Sam Guthrie
Thursday 24th of July - 6pm
Big River, 1 Dairy Road Fyshwick
CWF Partners Big River Distilling Co, Paperchain Bookstore and MARION welcome guest author Sam Guthrie.
Sam’s debut novel The Peak will be released on 2 July. The Peak is a nail bitingly tense thriller that travels from the jostling streets of Hong Kong to Beijing’s shadowy halls of power and the backstabbing Machiavellian workings of Parliament House in Canberra.
Sam writes international political thrillers based on his experience working at the nexus of business, politics, and international diplomacy. His character-driven fiction explores the human desires and frailties that shape world-altering events, drawing on an insider’s knowledge of the machinations of power, political intrigue, and the geostrategic challenges confronting the global order.
For anyone who follows world affairs this will be the Ginsights for you.
Presented in partnership with the Big River Distilling Co, Paperchain Bookstore and MARION.