What's Inside?
A signed book - 'The Woman in the Waves' by Camille Booker.
A candle - Taking inspiration from the setting of the novel, this Ocean Mist scent is a blend of peppermint, moss, musk and amber.
An alcoholic beverage - Five Barrels Gin & Tonic - Crafted with a citrus-forward gin and a perfectly bitey tonic, this is a delicious refreshing beverage made by a brewery & distillery in Wollongong, NSW.
or a non-alcoholic beverage - Noot Zero Alcohol Gin & Tonic - This non-alcoholic alternative is a crisp and refreshing combination of juniper and tonic with a hint of citrus. The perfect pairing for this engaging novel.
A bookmark - Embedded with Snow Daisy Bush seeds, simply sow just below the surface in a location with part-shade and enjoy lovely little white flowers
A surprise - Tilda & Cacao Mermaid Medley - Handmade in Gerringong by a family owned business, this chocolate bar takes inspiration from the mermaids mentioned in this novel featuring a blend of dark chocolate, fruit and seaweed.
About the book...
There’s something sinister lurking in the waves…
It’s 1921 in Widow’s Peak, a gloomy fishing village on the south coast of New South Wales. Nineteen-year-old Missy Green fills her days helping her fisherman father on his trawler, and spending time with her grandfather, the town’s reclusive lighthouse keeper. It’s a dreary existence. Everything in her sea salt-soaked life is upended, though, when she glimpses something in the water – a mermaid ominously staring at her.
About the author...
Camille is an author, creative writing teacher, and PhD student. She has a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and is currently pursuing her PhD, also in creative writing.
Her debut novel, What If You Fly?, was longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize in 2019, was runner up in the Hawkeye Manuscript Development Prize in 2020, and was published with Hawkeye in 2021.
In 2022 she completed the Curtis Brown Creative Writing Course. During that time, she wrote her second novel, The Woman In The Waves, which was then shortlisted for the 2023 Varuna/Affirm Press Mentorship Award, runner up in the 2023 CYA Conference Competition, and won both the Grand Prize of the Mystery/Thriller category of the 2022 Book Pipeline Unpublished Competition and the 2023 Hawkeye Manuscript Development Prize.
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