Read excerpts, order and purchase books published by Freshwater Bay Press during the past seventy years.
When left-wing journalist Egon Kisch - the 'rampaging reporter' - was
refused entry to Australia in 1934, the ban led to a fierce debate about
immigration controls that remains relevant today.
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Arbella's Baby by Margaret Martin is a Jacobean mystery based
on the life and times of the Lady Arbella Stuart, born too close to
the throne. 1623. The Clerk of Appearances at the Court of Star Chamber
begins an inquiry into the death of Arbella's maid, said to have witnessed
the birth of Arbella's love-child.
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In these satirical pieces Kim Lee accompanies the reader on a misguided
tour of the antipodes … with comfort stops along the way to reflect
upon the principal inanities of antipodean life.
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