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"Slipstream is a poignant memoir that follows the Cole family's journey as ""Ten Pound Poms"" in Australia. Catherine, their first Australian-born child, navigates the contrasting worlds of her parents' small mining village in northern England and a childhood of hot Australian summers, beaches and cicadas. Through personal stories, cultural observations and historical insights, Slipstream offers an exploration of the sacrifices made by migrants to build a better future for their children in a new land."

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Catherine Cole is an Australian-British writer who currently lives in Liverpool, Merseyside. She is an academic and a Professor of Creative Writing. Catherine has published four novels, a short story collection, a memoir, an academic monograph on crime fiction and she has edited two books, one on fashion in fiction and the other on Vietnamese writers and writing. Catherine’s fiction has received outstanding reviews and has been shortlisted for awards and prizes. As well as in Australia, her work has been published in the USA, China, New Zealand and the UK and has been performed on BBC radio. Catherine has judged some of Australia’s leading literary awards. She has been invited to literary festivals in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and has been a writer in residence in Paris, France, Hanoi, Vietnam, China and the UK. In Liverpool she is a member of some of the city’s key cultural committees.

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