Fiction
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett & The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody
by Ruth Starke •
I had fun imagining Sonya Hartnett and Isobelle Carmody indulging in a little pre-publication chit-chat:
IC: What are you working on now, Sonya?
SH: A children’s story about two orphaned brothers battling for survival in a world turned upside down; talking animals; themes of freedom and loss. What about you?
IC: A children’s story about two orphaned brothers struggling for survival in a world suddenly turned alien; talking animals; themes of resilience and loss …
The result is two different novels, but the marketing meetings at Penguin must have been interesting.
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