Anna Funder and Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life

Anna Funder’s latest book — Wifedom: Mrs Owell’s Invisible Life — resurrects the life of Eileen Blair, the wife of Eric Blair who was better known as the writer George Orwell. They were married for nine years and in that time, Orwell penned some of his most iconic work, so why was she written out of the history books?

Also, debut author Kerry Taylor and her sensitive portrayal of a North Queensland jockey who lived his life as a man while carrying a secret about his identity until his death in 1975. The novel is Mr Smith to You.