5000-word manuscript extract critique PLUS a signed copy of 'Everywhere We Look' by Martine Kropkowski

Critique of a 5000-word fiction or creative nonfiction manuscript extract for a new or emerging writer PLUS a signed and personalised copy of the crime thriller Everywhere We Look by Martine Kropkowski.

Please note: this auction includes a physical item that will only be posted within Australia.

'Tense, atmospheric, you won't know who to trust ... An Aussie crime fiction star in the making.' Candice Fox, author of Crimson Lake and Devil's Kitchen

A year after a tragic incident splintered their friendship, three women travel to Marcoy, a regional town, in attempt to reconnect.

Melissa has slept much of the past twelve months away, and she hopes this weekend will help her re-emerge from the depression she's been living with. 

Bridie worries that she is not a good enough mother. She worries about most things, really, but she's dealing with things just fine. At least that's what she tells herself. 

What Cassandra really needs is a break, so she's come away to forget it all, to enjoy a cab sav and an open fire and the company of her long-lost friends.

This weekend is about being together, about enjoying their friendship the way they used to, while not-at any cost-having to address the reason for the distance between them. But when they witness a young girl being coerced into a car by a man she fears, they are forced to reckon with the chasm of grief and trauma that's kept them apart.

Everywhere We Look explores domestic abuse, the dynamics of female friendship, and the danger that can hide in plain sight.

PRAISE FOR EVERYWHERE WE LOOK
'There is pain, rage and beauty on every page and in every line of this book and I couldn't get enough.' - Dinuka McKenzie, author of The Tipping Point

'Big Little Lies meets Wake in Fright ... Everywhere We Look is spine tingling, goosebumps making and chillingly truthful about the threats that walk amongst us.' - Kris Kneen, author of Wintering and Fat Girl Dancing 
 

Martine Kropkowski is a writer and researcher, whose short fiction and essays on literature and culture have appeared across literary journals, magazines and anthologies. Previously a soldier and then a journalist, Martine now teaches professional and creative writing at The University of Queensland where she is also completing a PhD. Her novel Everywhere We Look was published in 2024 with Ultimo Press.