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David Whish-Wilson

David Whish-Wilson

David Whish-Wilson is the author of five crime novels and three non-fiction books. His latest novel is True West, published in 2019, and his next novel is Shore Leave, out with Fremantle Press in November 2020. He lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, and coordinates the creative-writing program at Curtin University.

David Whish-Wilson reviews 'The Promise' by Tony Birch

May 2014, no. 361 28 April 2014
Publisher’s superlatives aside, Tony Birch’s return to short-form writing is an event to be celebrated. Following on from his Miles Franklin short-listed Blood (2011) and his two earlier collections, Shadowboxing (2006) and Father’s Day (2009), The Promise is a collection of twelve short stories united by Birch’s characteristic wit, matter-of-factness, and charm. In many respects, each of ... (read more)

David Whish-Wilson reviews 'One Boy Missing' by Stephen Orr

March 2014, no. 359 28 February 2014
Stephen Orr’s previous novel, Time’s Long Ruin (2010), which was short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and long-listed for the Miles Franklin, explored the repercussions within a quiet Adelaide community of the disappearance of three of its most vulnerable members, closely related to the disappearance and presumed murder of the Beaumont children in 1966. It was a languid and thoug ... (read more)
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