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Greg Woodland comes from a screenwriting and filmmaking background, and has two novels currently in print.
He has made several award-winning films including Tripe, Sharky’s Party, Green, Your Turn and feature documentary Chasing Birds, all of which screened in national and international film festivals, and were broadcasted by ABC, SBS, BBC, Channel 4, Fox TV and others.
Greg was a script consultant to Australian film funding bodies for 20 years and has been running his independent script development business, Script Central, since 2003. He has also taught screenwriting at Macquarie University, University of Technology Sydney, AFTRS, NIDA and Metro Screen.
The Carnival Is Over has been shortlisted in the Australian Crime Writers Association Ned Kelly Awards for Best Crime Fiction 2023.
…the carnage isn’t
1971—Hal is seventeen, with dreams of escaping from Moorabool to a life in the city. But right now he’s on a good behaviour bond and stuck in a job he hates, paying off the car he ‘borrowed’ and crashed. Hal’s packing-room job at the abattoir makes him a target for workplace bullies and the friendship of older, more worldly Christine is all that makes each day bearable. And when she doesn’t turn up for work, he’s shocked, furious and afraid…
It’s 1966. Hal and his little brother, newly arrived in Moorabool with their parents, are exploring the creek near their new home when they find the body of a dog.
Not just dead, but recently killed.
Not just killed, but mutilated….
On Sunday 29th September, at 4.45 – 5.30 I’ll be pitting my wits against a bunch of hot authors, to solve quizmaster Michael Robotham’s curly questions in the Battle of the Bookish Brains…Come along and help me outguess the experts.
I’m chuffed and thrilled to be appearing on the ‘How to Keep them on the Edge of Your Seat’ panel at the Northern Beaches Readers Festival with Aussie/Kiwi crime legends Candice Fox and JP Pomare, MC’d by my fellow local
The Carnival Is Over has been shortlisted for the Australian Crime Writers Association’s 2023 Ned Kelly Best Crime Fiction Award, and is up against some pretty tough competition. See the full shortlist here
I’m writing on Cammeraygal land, on Sydney’s North Shore land which was never ceded, and I pay respect to elders past, present and emerging.
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