Bryce Courtenay follows in Stephen King's footsteps

Bryce Courtenay, the bestselling Australian author of books such as The Power of One and April Fool's Day, today released his first ebook Meeting at the Smokey Joe Cafe. Following in the footsteps of Stephen King, the ebook (being distributed at eBooks.com) is exclusive to the ebook form.

An eBooks.com news item quotes Courtenay as saying, "Over the years I have done a lot of work with school-age children, so I am very aware of the appeal that computers have for our youth. If we can harness that appeal and encourage young people to read novels and other literature on their computer, that would be a great outcome."

The ebook "tells the story of 11 Vietnam veterans, an ex-Viet Cong and a determined woman who fight for justice by running a remarkable dope scam among the rich and powerful."

Join Bryce Courtenay online for a chat

Bryce Courtenay will be participating in a live chat at eBooks.com beginning at 9:00 AM UTC (or GMT) Wednesday, September 13 -- 8:00 PM Australian EST

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Miles Franklin Literary Award winning ebook

An additional release at eBooks.com announced is Kim Scott’s Benang, joint winner of this year’s prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award (arguably Australia's highest literary award).

eBooks.com describe it as "a powerful and triumphant novel in which the narrator, the 'first white man born', sets out to trace his connection to family and country through the minefield of post-colonial Aboriginal history in Australia. "