{"id":77304,"date":"2017-11-22T12:18:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T01:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=77304"},"modified":"2017-11-22T12:18:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T01:18:47","slug":"return-red-earth-kimberley-di-morrissey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/11\/22\/return-red-earth-kimberley-di-morrissey\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to the red earth of the Kimberley with Di Morrissey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-77305 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-22-at-11.21.54-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s favourite storyteller is back to enchant us with her latest novel\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-red-coast-di-morrissey\/prod9781925481549.html\">The Red Coast<\/a>,<\/em> and readers will be delighted to return to the red earth of the Kimberley.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Certain places just lodge in your heart.&#8221; &#8211; Di Morrissey<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Passion. Resilience. Resistance. All\u00a0with soaring blue skies above and dusty red earth beneath in <em>The Red Coast<\/em>. Over twenty years and many, many bestsellers later, Di still gives every book her all. She always visits the places where her books are set to talk to the locals and absorb the history, culture and ambience of the location. Because of this, readers\u00a0are transported into the worlds created by Di and\u00a0<em>The Red Coast<\/em> is no exception.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-77304 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/11\/22\/return-red-earth-kimberley-di-morrissey\/screen-shot-2017-11-22-at-11-40-58-am\/'><img width=\"209\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-22-at-11.40.58-am.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/11\/22\/return-red-earth-kimberley-di-morrissey\/screen-shot-2017-11-22-at-11-41-17-am\/'><img width=\"223\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-22-at-11.41.17-am.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/11\/22\/return-red-earth-kimberley-di-morrissey\/screen-shot-2017-11-22-at-11-39-16-am-2\/'><img width=\"203\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-22-at-11.39.16-am-1.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all. Apart from her skilful storytelling and powerful protagonists, Di weaves important topics into all her stories.\u00a0<em>The Red Coast<\/em> sees a town torn apart, divided over a proposed mining development. Rifts run deep as friends, families and lovers are faced with a battle that could irrevocably change their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to our interview with Di about her latest novel:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/348440829&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia&#8217;s favourite storyteller is back to enchant us with her latest novel\u00a0The Red Coast, and readers will be delighted to return to the red earth of the Kimberley. &#8220;Certain places just lodge in your heart.&#8221; &#8211; Di Morrissey Passion. Resilience. Resistance. All\u00a0with soaring blue skies above and dusty red earth beneath in The Red Coast. Over twenty years and many, many bestsellers later, Di still gives every book her all. She always visits the places where her books are set to talk to the locals and absorb the history, culture and ambience of the location. Because of this, readers\u00a0are transported into the worlds created by Di and\u00a0The Red Coast is no exception. But that&#8217;s not all. Apart from her skilful storytelling and powerful protagonists, Di weaves important topics into all her stories.\u00a0The Red Coast sees a town torn apart, divided over a proposed mining development. Rifts run deep as friends, families and lovers are faced with a battle that could irrevocably change their lives. 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