This is a story about finding meaning in the tangle of an extraordinary life. John Hackwell's first battle was with a deadly childhood illness. What followed was a lifetime spent navigating tough choices, wrong turns, and quiet victories. His journey isn't about changing the world—it's about surviving it with courage, humour, and heart. Blending vivid storytelling with sharp insight, Hackwell's writing captures the beauty and chaos of being human. Honest, compassionate, and deeply moving, ...

He was just married but still shoplifting, breaking and entering, pulling guns. He was evil, but wanted salvation. A charismatic neighbor, smelling this, fed him Hussite truths, and then bang!: he and his wife get baptized. Suddenly he’s a fanatic, drops his friends, dismisses all plans, and enrols to become a Seventh-day Hussite minister. He graduates as one of the chosen few who can go out to recruit souls. He pulls big crowds in Sydney. In Papua New Guinea the villagers tell him Hussite...

Australian artist Graeme Morris boards a brutal German icebreaker bound for Antarctica, expecting a prestigious commission. Instead, he finds himself trapped on a voyage where every smile feels calculated, every silence feels loaded, and the frozen continent ahead hides a truth no one wants exposed. As the ship battles savage seas and dark rumours spread about an unfolding disaster at Mawson Research Station, Morris starts to realise he may be the only one paying attention. But he is far f...