'This heartfelt, finely wrought tribute to a community builder of extraordinary compassion and capacity comes at a time when it seems almost impossible to see past the raging pain and anger fracturing communities in Australia and the devastating bleakness of events unfolding in Gaza.' Great to see Katia Ariel's 'Ferryman' reviewed in the Australian Book Review. Subscribers can read via our link in bio. #ferryman #ferrymanbook #katiaariel #wilddingopress #australianbookreview #bookreview #biography #australianbooks #indiepublishers #smallpress #bookreviews #abr #nonfiction #goodreads #readnow

Revelation Beach dares to expose one of Australia’s most shameful cover-ups, where lives were sacrificed for oil, gas and political expediency. At once a literary page-turner and a powerful reckoning, this novel asks the question: How far would you go to uncover the truth? PRE-ORDER NOW. #wilddingopress #revelationbeach #susanfrancis #literarythriller #australianfiction #politicalthriller #easttimor #balibofive #aussiereads #historicalfiction #womenwriters #australianauthor @susanfranciswriter

"So much ground is covered in this book, from the power of ritual in times of grief, the importance of community, of seeing everyone with empathy, about how connected we all are to one another, about the nature of time with all of its strange contradictions, and means to be alive in the face of our inevitable mortality. Ferryman is an exquisite story told with deep sensitivity. In creating such a mercurial, exquisitely wrought and tender portrait, Katia Ariel has given us all a gift." Thank you Magdalena Ball for your thoughtful review of 'Ferryman' for Compulsive Reader. @katia_deer #ferryman #ferrymanbook #katiaariel #bookreview #compulsivereader #bookrecommendations #wilddingopress #biography #nonfiction #goodreads #mustreads

@thirty_books At a book launch last night I protected my peace (not to mention my limited patience) and scurried away to buy another book (so not the book being launched) and read in the corner. From the first page alone @katia_deer Ferryman @wilddingopress exudes generosity and curiosity and I know that she has crafted a beautiful, important and magnificent story. She is the type of writer I want to hear. #AustralianWomenWriters #AustralianWriters #NonFiction #nonfictionbooks

Wonderful article by Suzana Fantov in Hrvatski Vjesnik! In 'Telling Maria's Story' she interviews Debra Gavranich about her mother Maria, a young woman from the Croatian island of Korčula who crossed the world in search of a new life in Australia. Debra's book 'The Girl Who Left' has touched readers across generations, cultures and continents - we've lost track of how many times it has been reprinted. Read the article online via our link in bio. #thegirlwholeft #debragavranich #korcula #croatia #queensland #canefield #narrativenonfiction #proxybride #wilddingopress #goodbooks #authorinterviews @the.girl.who.left

Great to see 'Ferryman' reviewed in the Nine Media (The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald) on the weekend. Fiona Capp writes: 'For years, Ephraim Finch has had a recurring dream. He is on a barge laden with souls going back and forth across a river. The dream is a distillation of his life’s work as director of Melbourne’s Jewish Burial Society and keeper of memories of the dead. Struck by Finch’s boundless capacity to hold these stories and his feeling for those who grieve, Katia Ariel wanted to know more about “this heart-language” and how she might become “fluent in its lexicon”. Through her encounters with Finch, his journals and those whose lives he has touched, she not only creates a multi-faceted, nuanced portrait of a remarkable man and the wider community he embraced when he converted to Judaism, but also charts a deepening of her own heart-language. This is a work alive with conversations between the living and the dead, a reminder of the importance of ritual in the act of remembrance.' The book is out now in all good bookshops and from online booksellers. P.S. For a limited time, you can also order signed copies directly from our website 😃 @Katia_deer @RMMarketingServices #ferryman #ferrymanbook #ephraimfinch #nonfiction #biography #ritual #remembrance #deathwork #bookreview #readinglist