Between desert and coast, stories dwell in a place called The Belt….

Eleven writers drive into the heart of Western Australia’s wheat and salt country for a retreat. They stay at the once-majestic Grand Olde Dumbleyung Inn and share dawn visits to the graveyard, long-table dinners, a rattly tour bus, quandong coffee, and an intimate run-down bathroom. At the pub one evening, a biodynamic farmer tells them if they want to find the stories, they need to follow the salt.

The town’s vast hyper-saline lake features in this collection of short fiction, as do haunted landscapes, missing people, tourists, a bar manager, and ghosts. Set in the past, present and future, the stories pay homage to a lake and a land that is calling out for love. They find the unreal in the commonplace, beauty in the shadows, and humour in the dark. This collection of new Australian gothic fiction will leach into your psyche and score your heart, leaving traces of a place that refuses to rest in peace.

We are very fortunate to be welcoming those very writers to our library on the 13th November 6-7:30pm and hope that you too can make it to hear from them about their journey to write this brilliant book, their processes and as them any and all questions you may have.

Come along and support our wonderful local writers. You will also have the chance to buy a copy of the book if you wish as Collins bookshop will be here.

Book your spot here! 

Please go to the Night Parrot Press website for more information - https://www.nightparrotpress.com/follow-the-salt/