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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Long before the Hanging Gardens Precinct, in Hobart, there was the Bath Arms pub with Radford’s Circus out the back. Tassie had a significant place in the early history of popular entertainment in Australia. #auslit #tasmania

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Do you have someone on your Christmas list who has a passion for historical fiction, Tasmanian history, or Irish stories? CON is available online and at select bookstores. #auslit #tasmania #Ireland #convicts

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Old Empires Crumble. The Voice of the Exiled Rises. CON on sale now through Amazon, all major online sellers, and select bookstores. #auslit #books #HistoricalFiction #tasmania

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

CON is more than a story of surviving. It is a story of choice, reinvention, rousing hope, and risk. CON is out now at select bookstores and online. #tasmania #auslit #books

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

181 years since two brothers stepped off a ship in chains. Exile and Empire doesn’t have the final word when it comes to those boys! CON out at the usual online stores. #belfast #ireland #auslit

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

A stack of CON ready for sale FullersBookshop in Hobart. Do you have a historical novel reader on your Christmas list, a Tasmanian history buff, someone looking to dig into convict experience? Get in quick! #tasmania #auslit #HistoricalFiction

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

What was the long term impact of surviving the convict system? What impact did news of the Californian gold-rush have on Hobart? What did it take to forge a new identity in the colonies? CON out now. @FullersHobart @HobartBookshop and online. #tasmania #auslit #politas

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

CON out tomorrow (1 November) and available online and at select bookshops. Hear one man’s story of transportation and what it took to build a new life in Van Diemen’s Land. #tasmania #AusLit #books #historicalfiction #colonisation

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

CON is out this Saturday (1 November) and available online and at select bookstores including FullersHobart and HobartBookshop. #tasmania #convict #auslit #HistoricalFiction

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Hear the story of Van Diemen’s Land from a man on the fringe. Out on 1 November online and at select bookstores. Find out more at www.robdonnellyauthor.com #tasmania #auslit #books

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

A chapter of #Irish history on the other side of the planet. Convict transportation had a double impact in the business of colonisation. CON (out on 1 November) tells one man’s story of exiled through and survival. Hear more at robdonnellyauthor.com. #auslit #tasmania

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The sentence of transportation had a double impact when it came to colonisation. Irish men and women were exiled from their native land and rolled into the business of colonising Australian territories. CON is out on 1 November. #auslit #tasmania #aushistory #irish #Eire

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Out on November 1. Available for pre-purchase now tinyurl.com/mk2vp9b #politas #tasmania #auslit #HistoricalFiction

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

CON - an historical novel set in Ireland, Tasmania, and Gold Rush Victoria - is out on 1 November. Go to www.robdonnellyauthor.com to find out more. #auslit #writinglife #books

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

For more information and the latest updates check out www.robdonnellyauthor.com #tasmania #auslit #wrìterslife #australia #vandiemensland #history

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

For more information and the latest updates check out www.robdonnellyauthor.com #tasmania tasmania #auslit #wrìterslife #australia #vandiemensland #convicts

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Check out robdonnellyauthor.com for more information about the soon to be released novel CON including pre-order options. #tasmania #history #colonised #irish #exile

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

A new take on mid-nineteenth century Van Diemen’s Land in my historical fiction novel, CON, out in November. To find out more go to robdonnellyauthor.com #books #auslit #tasmania

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Excited to have the cover finalised. Fantastic work by Pascale Hutton. And have found a talented young actor who can give Con the passionate Belfast accent that rings true. Looking at a November launch. #writinglife #auslit #booktwt #tasmania

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Check out robdonnellyauthor.com for more information about the soon to be released novel CON. #tasmania #history #colonised #irish #exile

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Excitement levels are building. My historical fiction novel, CON, is out in November. Get on board at www.robdonnellyauthor.com to find out more. #tasmania #history #colony #HistoricalFiction

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Amazing what you can find when you go for a stumble and a slide through the forest.

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Chooks conspiring underneath the apricot tree. On the brink of hatching a cunning plan.

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Nice to finally be back home after 35+ years on the mainland. Best Christmas ever! Hope your’s was a good one too!

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Final day living in Canberra. Finally going home to Tassie!

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Just finished Lech Blaine’s Australian Gospel - a hefty psychological ride through a complicated family terrain. Time to catch up with some Murakami. #Books #BookSky

Photo of book cover with text that reads “Murakami. Killing Commendatore.”

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 20

Yellow book cover. Text reads “The International Best Seller. The Dawn of Everything. A New History of Humanity. David Graeber and David Wengrow.”

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 19

Book cover showing photo of James Joyce. Title label reads “James Joyce. Ulysses.”

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 18

Book cover with title “Flames” and author Robbie Arnott. Text is framed by drawing of a rat and a seal.

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 17

Book cover showing pair of twisted orange rubber gloves. Title “The Trauma Cleaner By Sarah Krasnostein.”

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 16

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 15

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 14

Book cover showing blue feather floating. Text reads “When breath becomes air. Paul Kalanithi.”

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 13

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 12

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 11

Sketch picture showing two men on a raft propelling it with poles. Text reads “Penguin Classics. Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.”

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 10

Black and white book cover photo showing two women, in coats, walking down a city street. Overlaid text reads “Edna O’Brien. The Country Girls Trilogy.”

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 9

Book cover showing man’s face. Text beneath reads “On the Road. Kerouac.”

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 8

Book cover showing a bowl full of purple grapes. Text reads “Isabel Huggan. Belonging.”

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 7

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 6

Book cover showing dark library space. Overlaying text reads “The Art of Time Travel. Historians and their Craft. Tom Griffiths.”

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 5

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 4

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RobDonza @robdonza.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 3

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