WIN ‘Cherrywood’ by Jock Serong

This week, we're giving away three copies of Cherrywood by Jock Serong. This captivating novel weaves together two timelines – 1916 Edinburgh and 1993 Melbourne – connected by a paddle steamer and a mysterious pub. Blending historical intrigue with contemporary mystery, it's a richly imaginative story. Here's the blurb:

‘One rainy Friday evening in the winter of 1993, a taxi swept through the streets of East Melbourne, on its way from the city to Richmond. That year was one of the few remaining when a great deal was known of the world but not yet so much that the world had become over-known. Small gaps remained …'

Edinburgh, 1916: A rich Scottish industrialist, Thomas Wrenfether, impulsively embarks on a mad scheme to build a paddlesteamer out of dubiously sourced European cherrywood on the other side of the world, in booming Melbourne, Australia. But nothing goes according to plan.

Melbourne, 1993: Martha is a clever, lonely and frustrated lawyer. One night, on impulse, she stops at a strange pub in Fitzroy, The Cherrywood, for a bottle of wine. The mysterious building and its inhabitants make an indelible impression, and she slowly begins to deduce odd truths about the pub.

From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes a darkly delicious, playful and rich novel about legacy, community, wonder, love and reinvention – Cherrywood is haunting, magical and a true original.

If you’d like to win a copy, simply enter your details in the form below. Three lucky people will win a copy!

Entries close midday (Syd/Melb time) Monday 4 November 2024. Winners will be notified within a week of the competition closing.

GOOD LUCK!