Whitethorn is a novel by Australian author Bryce Courtenay. It follows a white child in South Africa and was published in 2005. The novel follows a boy in South Africa. The boy is instantly an outsider for his English name, Fitzsaxby, and is bullied and harassed as a different side of racism shown by the Boers, who …
Solomon's Song is the final novel in the Australian Trilogy by author Bryce Courtenay. It follows the novels, The Potato Factory and Tommo & Hawk, and was first published in 1999.
Matthew Flinders' Cat is a 2002 novel by Bryce Courtenay. It records the relationship between a homeless former lawyer and alcoholic, and a young skateboard riding boy with a troubled background, who slowly bond over tales of Matthew Flinders and "Trim", a cat who travelled with him on his voyage to explore Australia.
Jessica is a historical novel based in real facts by Bryce Courtenay. It was published in 1998 and like other works from Courtenay covers several years in the life of the main character: Jessica Bergman. It was adapted into a mini-series starring Leeanna Walsman and Sam Neill which aired on Australian television in …
April Fool's Day is a 1993 book by Australian author Bryce Courtenay. The book is a tribute to the author's son, Damon Courtenay, a haemophiliac who contracted HIV/AIDS through an infected blood transfusion. The title refers to the date of Damon's death, 1 April 1991. Damon was a classic haemophilliac all his life. He …