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Julie Holland
In the vast, unforgiving Australian outback, an alien crash-lands, mysteriously merging with four disparate humans who soon discover the alien has a powerful ability to manipulate memory. As a corrupt government ruthlessly suppresses the truth to maintain control, these unlikely allies must navigate a web of deception. United by their newfound connection and the urgent need to expose the government's dark agenda, they embark on a perilous journey to save humanity from a future where the truth is erased from collective consciousness.
Painting
I hear the sea and the sea hears me
today she’s calm,
a low moan
drowned by the sulphur-crested cockatoos
squabbling in the trees overhanging the bay
spreading seeds that carry onto dunes
gone, and she’s left in peace
I don’t think she likes them.
If you stand on the shore, alone
you know she holds secrets
the sea is a practised secret keeper
only a fool would think otherwise.
Blog
Meet Julie
Writer and Artist
Julie Holland (she/they) is a writer, performance artist, painter, and poet, living in Western Australia, where she acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land, the Whadjuk people. Julie holds a Master’s in Feminism and the Arts and a Master’s in Creative Writing. Julie prefers a multi-disciplinary approach to her practice, exploring how art and words interconnect.
Shortlisted for an Ethel Webb Bundell Literary Award, a finalist in the Four Tulips Writing Contest, and highly commended in the Peter Cowan Short Story Competition, her latest novel, ShadowTan, is a dystopian romance.
Julie worked as a teacher for many years, both in Australia and the UK, and now lives in Perth, where, when not writing, she restores a house on the beach and battles an adorable ginger tomcat called Rokh.
