The Breeding Season

Does science belong in literary fiction? As a scientist, I never thought so. But fiction connects with readers, enabling them to empathise with imagined lives. So what better way to communicate science and share the lives of scientists?

An Australian Book Review Best Book of 2019

Shortlisted for 2020 Queensland Book of the Year

The rains come to Brisbane just as couple Elise and Dan descend into grief. Elise, a scientist, believes that isolation and punishing fieldwork will heal her pain. Dan, a writer, questions the truths of his life, and looks to art for answers. Worlds apart, Elise and Dan must find a way to forgive themselves and each other before it's too late.

An astounding debut novel that forensically and poetically explores the intersections of art and science, sex and death, and the heartbreaking complexity of love. The Breeding Season marks the arrival of a thrilling new talent in Australian literature.

At all great booksellers in Aus / NZ!

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Agent: Gaby Naher, Left Bank Literary

US Agent: Pamela Malpas, Jennifer Lyons Literary

Publisher: Jane Palfreyman, Allen & Unwin

Cover design: Lisa White

Audio: Wavesound