First Pages is a curated collection of long-form content from Hardie Grant Books. Each issue contains chapter extracts, author interviews and many more ways for you to sample our books in an access-all-areas way youve never been able to do before. This first edition includes:• An interview with author Katerina Cosgrove, on the reasons behind writing her war-and-genocide epic Bone Ash Sky. A sample first chapter is also included. • The first chapter from The Tour, Denise Scotts hilarious, rollicking, real-life tale of a comedy tour gone off the rails. • Boomer and Me author Jo Cases brilliant blog post in defence of the memoir as a valid form of storytelling and literature. • A sample chapter from journalist Paul Andersons gripping crime thriller The Robbers. • An interview with one of our newest authors - the candidly shocking Summer Land - on writing her memoir Summerlandish at only 25 and the writing process from Sydney Writers Festival pitch to final pages. A sample chapter is also included: be warned. • Award-winning wine writer Andrea Frosts opening chapter of her eloquently written journey through the wonderland of wine, Through a Sparkling Glass.Read the books, meet the authors and hear their stories in First Pages.