Cast Out by Malcolm Wood | PB Maritime Painting en plein air through

Painting en plein air through the challenging weather of Tasmania – sometimes even tied down to avoid being blown away by the Roaring Forties – Patricia captures the light

women and children all had their parts to play in building St Mary's Cathedral

to seem normal

Through the course of the novel Grace makes friends and enemies

What a joy it is to read and encourage such promising young writers

Cast Out by Malcolm Wood | PB Maritime Painting en plein air throughA graphic, confronting story of poverty, loneliness, racism, rapacity and violence in Van Diemens Land. In Nottingham, England in 1810, John Marsden is jobless and desperate to find ways to feed his family. For stealing two sheep he is imprisoned and transported to Van Diemens Land. Although missing his family badly, Marsden works steadily, knowing that freedom and opportunity beckon. There will be no redemption for his former shipmates who have