Ghost River
by Tony Birch

Archie Kemp knows trouble when he sees it, and he sees it when 13-year-old Sonny Brewer moves in next door.

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Overview

‘You find yourself down at the bottom of the river, for some it’s time to give into her. But other times, young fellas like you two, you got to fight your way back. Show the river you got courage and is ready to live.’

The river is a place of history and secrets. For Ren and Sonny, two unlikely friends, it’s a place of freedom and adventure. For a group of storytelling vagrants, it’s a refuge. And for the isolated daughter of a cult reverend, it’s an escape.

Each time they visit, another secret slips into its ancient waters. But change and trouble are coming – to the river and to the lives of those who love it. Who will have the courage to fight and survive and what will be the cost?

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The Saturday Age

‘The hard language always underpinned by a battler’s romanticism, a belief in people, the world, the spirit, and the struggle.’

Readings

‘This is a beautiful novel, part coming of age story, part history of inner Melbourne.’

Surf Coast Times

‘A magical coming-of-age story, this is one of my great reads of the year.’

Tony Birch

Tony Birch is the author of three novels: the bestselling The White Girl, winner of the 2020 NSW Premier's Award for Indigenous Writing, and shortlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Prize; Ghost River, winner of the 2016 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing; and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012. He is also the author of Shadowboxing and three short story collections, Father’s Day, The Promise and Common People. In 2017 he was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award. In 2021 Tony released two new books, a poetry collection, Whisper Songs, and a new short story collection, Dark as Last Night, both longlisted for the 2022 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award. In 2022, Dark As Last Night won the 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Award Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the 2022 ABA Booksellers' Choice Awards: Nielsen Adult Fiction Book of the Year. Tony Birch is also an activist, historian and essayist. His website is: tony-birch.com