Mark Brandi – Aussie Noir

Mark Brandi is an award-winning crime novelist whose fifth book. Southern Aurora – as one reviewer noted, “takes hold of your heart. Breaks it a little, as well as fills it with childlike hope and compassion.” Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler. And on Binge Reading today, author Mark Brandi talks about how his own experience as an Italian-born Australian has attracted him to write stories about young boys coming of age in hard times, Like Jimmy his lead in Southern Aurora, a character who as one critic said was “impossible not to fall in love with. There’s a Mark Twain innocence and inner wisdom to Jimmy one far beyond most adults as he skirts his underprivileged life, seeking meaning and dreaming of a larger existence.” That’s coming up with Mark in a moment or two Links mentioned in this episode Wimmera, Mark’s award-winning debut novel: https://www.hachette.com.au/ma....rk-brandi/wimmera-th The Rip: https://www.hachette.com.au/ma....rk-brandi/the-rip-fr The Others: https://www.hachette.com.au/mark-brandi/the-others Jane Harper’s The Dry:  https://janeharper.com.au/ Sofie Laguna:  http://sofielaguna.com/ Tony Birch:  https://www.harpercollins.com/....blogs/authors/tony-b The Overland train: https://www.journeybeyondrail.....com.au/journeys/over Mark’s Writing teacher: Ania Walwicz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ania_Walwicz The Southern Aurora: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Aurora ‘Grief Invites This Kind Of Magical Thinking.” https://www.theage.com.au/cult....ure/books/mark-brand The Anniversary, Stephanie Bishop:  https://www.amazon.com/Anniver....sary-Stephanie-Bisho One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....One_Flew_Over_the_Cu Where to find Mark Brandi online