Red Dirt Blue Lights Queensland Literary Awards Finalist 2025

Red Dirt Blue Lights – 2025 Finalist For the Courier Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award. Judges’ comments: Set in 1970s rural Queensland around the Indigenous community of Cherbourg, a young and inexperienced policewoman juggles...

New Release Red Dirt Blue Lights

Tess Merlin’s exciting 2025 release Red Dirt Blue Lights is an Historical Fiction for Adult and Young Adult readers. A snapshot of the history of Cherbourg in the 1970s is brought to life in a compelling story which is also subtly educational. Available via...