Into White Silence

During the winter of 1922, the exploration vessel, Raven, became trapped in the Antarctic icepack, entombing twenty-eight men aboard it through the dark polar night. Into White Silence tells their story - a story of a lost past, of a tragic future, of ice, ambition and madness.

It captures the terrible, fascinating beauty of Antarctica, both as it was then and as it is today, and is a journey into the mind of every person who has ever set foot upon those ice-bound shores.

Reviews

Honour Book in the CBCA Book of the Year Awards - Older Readers

Shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award - Young Adult

Longlisted for the Gold Inky Award 2009

‘Eaton leaves the reader with a lingering sense of unease, of questions unanswered, and of the huge difficulties faced by early explorers . . . a cleverly constructed historically-based adventure story.’ CBCA JUDGES’ REPORT 2009

Anthony Eaton is winner of the 2006 Ena Noel Award bestowed by IBBY (International Board of Books for Young People) in recognition of Anthony’s body of work.

PRAISE FOR FIRESHADOW

CBCA Honour Book - Older Readers, 2005 'Anthony Eaton has crafted a compelling and beautiful story where he explores the emotions of anger, suspicion, mistrust and resentment. Readers will find this book difficult to put down!' Griffith High School Library 'This is a taut and empathetic interlacing of history and the present through two young men's journeys of cowardice and courage.' Trinity College Perth

About the Author:

Born in Papua New Guinea in 1972, Anthony Eaton spent an idyllic childhood growing up in the Perth hills and the Cocos Keeling Islands. He attended High School and University in Perth and studied a plethora of subjects before settling on a career in Teaching. He worked as a Literature and Drama teacher for eight years, during which time his first novel, THE DARKNESS, was published by UQP. The novel was awarded the 2001 Western Australian Premier's Award for Young Adult Literature, and encouraged Anthony to turn his hand to further writing. In 2005, his historic fiction novel FIRESHADOW also won the WA Premier's Award for Young Adult Literature and was named an Honour Book in the CBCA Book of the Year Awards. His most recent books are SKYFALL, the second book of his Darklands speculative fiction trilogy, which was published in July 2007, and NATHAN NUTTBOARD: UPSTAGED, which will be released in May 2008. In 2007, he also completed his PhD in creative writing with the University of Western Australia. To assist in the research for INTO WHITE SILENCE, he spent Christmas of 2005 at Casey Station on the east coast of Antarctica as part of the Australian Antarctic Division's Arts Fellowships programme. He lives in Canberra, with his wife, Imogen, and a slightly deranged Kelpie named Chelsea.