RECOMMENDED READING FOR THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE 

  • OLD IRELAND IN COLOUR by John Breslin & Sarah-Anne Buckley, to bring history to life.

  • BURNING THE BIG HOUSE by Terrace Dooley, to consider how Blackwater Hall survived.

  • SKELLIGS HAUL by Michael Kirby, for a wonderful glimpse into County Kerry.

  • THE HEAT OF THE DAY by Elizabeth Bowen, to feel the Blitz.

  • The history of Lissadell house. The inspiration for Blackwater Hall’s past.

  • The Archive at the BBC People’s War. A treasure-trove of first-person accounts from World War 2.

  • For those writing settings in Britain and & Ireland in times past: the CHRONICLE.

RECOMMENDED READING FOR THE MOON GATE 

  • BANJO PATERSON’s poetry and bush ballads for those wanting to learn about Grace’s inspiration.

  • COUNTRY HOUSES OF TASMANIA by Alice Bennett and Georgia Warner. A treasure trove on inspiration for Towerhurst.

  • INNOCENTS ABROAD by Edward Stokes, for a look into the lives of children sent to Australia during the war.

  • DOOMED BATTALION by Peter Henning. The stories of soldiers of Daniel and Puds’ 2/40 Battalion, many of them Tasmanians.

  • For those writing settings in Australia in times past: the CHRONICLE.