The Fine Colour of Rust is out now in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland, and the USA and Canada.

“O’Reilly’s literary skill and startling wit are evident in this feel-good novel, bringing the fictional town of Gunapan alive in all its homely intricacy, and dust… What O’Reilly has created in The Fine Colour of Rust is a rollicking narrative of life in rural Australia that, while warmly drawing upon the familiar terrains, troubles and tropes of that landscape, simultaneously presents an arresting picture of the nation as seen through the eyes of a savvy mother who, immersed in the day-to-day business of getting by, dares also to love, to dream, and to crack a good joke.” ABR (Australian Book Review)

Shortlisted in the 2013 ALS Gold Medal for ‘a work of outstanding literary merit’