Paperchain Book Launch: Survival Mode
Anastasia Tyler
5pm, Thursday 24 August 2023
Paperchain Bookstore
34 Franklin Street Manuka, Griffith, 2603
Acting Detective Sergeant Clara Mode loves the smell of risk, but is every risk worth taking?
Mode lives in a converted van with her freshly permed hair and a slight persecution complex. She knows it's hard to get respect as a woman in 1982, let alone as the only female detective in the region. When she is sent to another 'soft case' at an archaic boarding school, it becomes clear that there is something more sinister at play. Despite the warnings, she can't resist her chance to shine...
Survival Mode is based on Anastasia's experiences at an antiquated boarding school in 1980s England.
“An emotive read, set in familiar times and with confronting issues... A well thought out plot propels the pages. A great read for lovers of crime!”
Anastasia Tyler is a recognised crime writer who has won the Burdekin Writers Festival Short Story Competition, was shortlisted for the prestigious CWA (UK) Debut Dagger Award and is published in the NT Writers' Centre short story anthology Bruno's Song. She also has numerous published non-fiction articles.
Born in Canada of Australian parents with convict heritage, Anastasia grew up in England and reunited with Australia as a teenager. She has a background in journalism, media, teaching English Literature, and now works as a Hansard editor. Words have been a constant in her life.