Rhiannon Brown

Hello, we have a triple fronted brick veneer, currently 4 bedrooms, and one bathroom. We want to sacrifice a bedroom to make a new bathroom in another spot in the house and improve flow from room to room (at the moment the one bathroom is in the middle of the house blocking all flow). We also want to creat a new kitchen that is open to a living area.

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A wild puma stalks through Robbie Arnott's haunting new novel, Dusk, Fiona McFarlane's homage to true crime podcasts in Highway 13 and Malcolm Knox raises the stakes in a Soviet era political thriller, The First Friend.Australian author Robbie Arnott has published four novels, and two of them — The Rain Heron and Limberlost — have been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. His latest novel, Dusk, is a Western and it's about two siblings who are on the trail of a wild puma that's been terrorising local graziers. Robbie tells Claire about his fascination with the natural world and why he aims to capture animals "as they are, not what we want them to be".Highway 13 is a crime novel with a difference, it's about the ripple effects of a serial killer's crimes - but not the crime itself - and is the fourth book by Australian born, US based author Fiona McFarlane. It's loosely based on the case of Australian serial killer Ivan Milat but is structured as interlinked stories about the murderer's former neighbours, the sister of his former wife and the brother of one of his victims. There's even a story written in the style of a true crime podcast.Malcolm Knox is an award winning Australian journalist and novelist and his latest book The First Friend is a Soviet era satirical thriller. It draws on Malcolm's own interest in Russian fiction and history. It's a lesson in how to raise the literary stakes for fictional characters.

For the first time in a decade, an Australian writer, Charlotte Wood has made the Booker Prize shortlist with her novel Stone Yard Devotional. Hear from Charlotte and the other shortlisted writers, including Rachel Kushner and Percival Everett, and find out who we think will win.The Booker Prize is the most prestigious writing prize in the English speaking world and is open to books written in English, and published in England or Ireland in the last year. The winner takes home £50000 and expect a life-changing increase in book sales.Claire Nichols and Sarah L'Estrange speak to all of the shortlisted authors:James by Percival EverettOrbital by Samantha HarveyCreation Lake by Rachel KushnerHeld by Anne MichaelsThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenStone Yard Devotional by Charlotte WoodThe winner of the Booker Prize will be announced on November 13, Australian time.

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Some theatre people constantly surprise you, and their names alone can spur you to buy a ticket. Sheridan Harbridge is one such artist. She blew audiences away in Suzie Miller's Prima Facie, and she's now a writer or director on four upcoming productions: My Brilliant Career, Life in Plastic, A Model Murder and Phar Lap: The Musical.Also, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs pay tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein in Showstoppers, and more than 40 years after the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires, a community revisits the ordeal on stage in a play called Ash Wednesday. It will be read by Shane Jacobson, Pia Miranda and community members at this year's Mountain Festival.