Background
Philip McLaren was born in 1943 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is one of seven children. His parents are Kamilaroi from Coonabarabran in the Warrumbungle Mountain region of New South Wales.
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Sweet Water...Stolen Land
(The destinies of two families, black and white, are fatal...)
The destinies of two families, black and white, are fatally interwoven in this powerful, cinematic frontier novel. Racial brutality and the tragic account of the Myall Creek massacre underscore the story of Ginny and Wollumbuy, Kamilaroi people of the Warrumbungle Range. Mysterious killings follow the arrival of Karl and Gudrun Maresch, a German couple who establish a Lutheran mission near the young settlement of Coonabarabran.
https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Water-Stolen-Philip-McLaren/dp/1875641777/?tag=2022091-20
1993
Scream Black Murder
(McLaren weaves a spellbinding tale of suspense and danger...)
McLaren weaves a spellbinding tale of suspense and danger, taking us into the killer’s peculiar world of challenge, chilling calm and twisted humour. Two young detectives are assigned to the case, but their superiors are part of the problem – they are racist and virtual enemies. The media circus doesn’t help, until it hooks an unexpected caller. This is raw truth, with an edge of compassion – and the forensics.
https://www.amazon.com/SCREAM-BLACK-MURDER-Philip-McLaren-ebook/dp/B07JD3CVVY/?tag=2022091-20
1995
Lightning Mine
(A gripping thriller from an award-winning author Under a ...)
A gripping thriller from an award-winning author Under a cloak of secrecy, Aaron Shoemaker was sent to Australia to search for commercial mineral deposits – no one could have predicted what his discoveries would unleash. He was used to the secrecy and threats of industrial espionage but was totally unprepared for Aboriginal mystical spirits and thousands of years of cultural customs. Two elders watch Shoemaker’s helicopter land near their most sacred site and they immediately turn to their trusted advocate, Jarra Mariba, for help. Jarra understood commercial ploys, but how would he cope with murders, political maneuvering and mercenaries. As the body count rises, they all wonder if the Lightning Mine will go ahead... and if so at what cost?
https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Mine-Philip-McLaren-ebook/dp/B076G7L5N3/?tag=2022091-20
1999
There'll Be New Dreams
(Sophisticated and profound, human, pacy and funny, There'...)
Sophisticated and profound, human, pacy and funny, There'll Be New Dreams is a Shuttle-ride of a novel. Philip McLaren gives us a view of the world through realistic, yet highly individualistic characters, in a journey from earthy country town to city rhythm and the wonderful harbour of dreams. A voyage of talent through marriage, official kidnap, family roots, mystic Clevermen, music, art, courtroom battles, the charm of youth and the tragedy that lurks in a darkened alley or a splash of molten metal: Love, choice, chance and hidden forces, those sometimes eerie, somehow right patterns of life, bring the unforgettable Lottie to her ultimate fate. How could a busker on the New York subway have anything to do with this?
https://www.amazon.com/Therell-New-Dreams-Philip-McLaren/dp/1875641769/?tag=2022091-20
2001
Philip McLaren
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Philip McLaren holds a Doctor of Creative Arts degree.
Career
Philip McLaren debuted with the novel "Sweet Water — Stolen Land", which won the David Unaipon Award for Black Australian Writing. The novel is a hybrid mixture of romance, crime, and retellings of Australian Aboriginal mythology. He worked as a writer, producer, director and editor in film and television. He is also an author of Scream Black Murder (1995), Lightning Mine (1999), There’ll be New Dreams (2001), Murder in Utopia, West of Eden.
Philip has participated in four Creative Writing tours to outback Aboriginal communities. He has delivered numerous lectures and readings including those for University of Alberta, University of Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, University of Wollongong, National Library of Australia, Canberra, State Library of NSW, Mitchell Library, Sydney, Stanton Library, North Sydney, Brisbane Writers Festival, Melbourne Writers Festival, Adelaide Writers’ Festival, Sydney Writers’ Festival, Sydney Writers’ Centre Spring Festival, Byron Bay Writers Festival, New Zealand’s inaugural Toi Maori Festival, the inaugural Salon International du Livre Océanien in New Caledonia, and was invited by the Goethe-Institut to speak at their inaugural Writers’ Festival at the Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt in Berlin, and more. He lives in the Byron Bay area of New South Wales and is a lecturer at Southern Cross University.
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Works
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Lightning Mine
(A gripping thriller from an award-winning author Under a ...)
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Scream Black Murder
(McLaren weaves a spellbinding tale of suspense and danger...)
1995 -
Sweet Water...Stolen Land
(The destinies of two families, black and white, are fatal...)
1993 -
There'll Be New Dreams
(Sophisticated and profound, human, pacy and funny, There'...)
2001
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Lightning Mine
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