Minds Went Walking Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined

Jock Serong, Mark Smith and Neil A. White posed the question: what would happen if a group of Australia’ s finest storytellers were invited to let their minds go walking through the Paul Kelly songbook? Twenty-one writers responded with tales of forbidden love, with the ghosts that inhabit St Kilda and the ‘ special treatment’ of the Noongar people; with the dumb things they did when they crossed the Nullarbor, and how a simple song could bind a father and daughter forever. Like Paul Kelly’ s songs, the stories in this anthology will take you anywhere, and everywhere, and they will keep coming back to you like a cork on the tide.

Jock Serong is a well-known, multiple award-winning author who divides his time between Port Fairy in Western Victoria and Flinders Island. Mark Smith is an award-winning author who lives, works and surfs on Victoria’ s Surf Coast. He is the author of three YA titles, short story fiction and his work has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Review of Australian Fiction, The Big Issue, The Victorian Writer and The Australian. Neil A. White was born in Melbourne and educated in his native Australia and the United States. He is the author of the novels Closure, Turn A Blind Eye, something for Bebe, and a number of award-winning short stories. He and his wife live in Dallas, TX. Jock Serong is a well-known, multiple award-winning author who divides his time between Port Fairy in Western Victoria and Flinders Island. Jock Serong is a well-known, multiple award-winning author who divides his time between Port Fairy in Western Victoria and Flinders Island. Mark Smith is an award-winning author who lives, works and surfs on Victoria’ s Surf Coast. He is the author of three YA titles, short story fiction and his work has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Review of Australian Fiction, The Big Issue, The Victorian Writer and The Australian. Neil A. White was born in Melbourne and educated in his native Australia and the United States. He is the author of the novels Closure, Turn A Blind Eye, something for Bebe, and a number of award-winning short stories. He and his wife live in Dallas, TX. Jock Serong is a well-known, multiple award-winning author who divides his time between Port Fairy in Western Victoria and Flinders Island. Mark Smith is an award-winning author who lives, works and surfs on Victoria’ s Surf Coast. He is the author of three YA titles, short story fiction and his work has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Review of Australian Fiction, The Big Issue, The Victorian Writer and The Australian. Neil A. White was born in Melbourne and educated in his native Australia and the United States. He is the author of the novels Closure, Turn A Blind Eye, something for Bebe, and a number of award-winning short stories. He and his wife live in Dallas, TX. Neil A. White was born in Melbourne and educated in his native Australia and the United States. He is the author of the novels Closure, Turn A Blind Eye, something for Bebe, and a number of award-winning short stories. He and his wife live in Dallas, TX. Mark Smith is an award-winning author who lives, works and surfs on Victoria’ s Surf Coast. He is the author of three YA titles, short story fiction and his work has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Review of Australian Fiction, The Big Issue, The Victorian Writer and The Australian.