John's Novels, Manuscripts and related Screenplays

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145,000-word novel published by Pan Macmillan
Australia, plus feature-length screenplay. Place the
pointer on either copy and hear 'Botany Bay'.

25,000 copies republished by Pan Macmillan UK (Special Sales).
Click HERE to read a transcript of my 30 minute address to The
Romance Writers of Australia on writing Historical Fiction.

Savage Odyssey - 187,000-word MS plus
12, one-hour episode miniseries. Click on the
image to see the synopsis and first 60 Pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Mocking Birds - 71,000-word MS plus feature-length screenplay about a successful attack on family violence.
Place the pointer on the image and hear 'I was only nineteen'.
Click on image to see the synopsis and first 50 Pages.

The Apothecary's Apprentice - 103,000-word MS plus four,
one-hour episode miniseries about the missing 300 lines of
'Kubla Khan
'. Place the pointer on the image to hear the poem.
Click on the image to see the synopsis and the first first 50 Pages.

The Coincidence God - 60,000-word MS. An embellished
memoir. Place the pointer on the narrator to hear 'La Mer',
regularly sung by him and a French friend late at night. Click
on the image to see the synopsis and first first 50 Pages.

 

Sailors We - 101,000-word MS set during the 1st Opium War. Place the pointer on the image and hear a Chinese Love Song. Click on the image to see the synopsis and first 50 Pages.


Click HERE to read a true, intriguing article
that amazes all who have read it or heard
about it, including Alexander McCall Smith.