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Book Title: Outback Odyssey

Author Name: Paul Rushworth-Brown

Publication Date: 20th June, 2025

Publisher: Historium Press

Pages: 342

Genre: Historical Fiction / Australian Saga / Cultural Encounters

Any Triggers: Colonial violence, cultural displacement

1950s Australia. In the wake of war and dislocation, young Yorkshireman Jimmy journeys to the outback, chasing escape but finding something far more dangerous: the truth of himself and the land he now calls home.

What begins as a story of survival becomes a profound allegory of belonging, silence, and identity. As Jimmy collides with love and betrayal, he also encounters the enduring wisdom of the First Peoples — knowledge that most outsiders are too frightened to face, let alone write about.

Outback Odyssey is sweeping and cinematic, a novel of resilience threaded with unexpected twists and allegorical depth. Already under consideration for a screenplay adaptation, it peels back the myths of Australia’s past to reveal what lies beneath: the unspoken histories, the inherited traumas, and the courage it takes to walk a path that others fear.

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Author Bio:

Paul Rushworth-Brown was born in England and raised in Canada before emigrating to Australia at eighteen, where he became a citizen. By twenty, he had already travelled the world twice, hitchhiked across Australia, and worked as a navvy in outback Queensland — experiences that gave him an enduring respect for resilience, culture, and the landscapes that shape human character.

He later completed a Master’s degree at Charles Sturt University, honing the research skills that underpin his richly detailed novels. A high school teacher and former professional football coach, Paul draws on a lifetime of experience to bring authenticity and depth to his writing.

His novels are known for their cinematic sweep, allegorical undercurrents, and unexpected twists. Outback Odyssey, his fourth book, is a tale of survival and belonging set against the vast backdrop of 1950s Australia. Beneath its page-turning adventure lie questions of identity, silence, and reconciliation — themes that echo long after the final page.

Paul lives in Sydney, where he writes, teaches, and continues to explore the intersections of history and identity.

Author Links:

Website: 

https://www.paulrushworthbrown.com 

Twitter / X: 

https://x.com/Brown9Paul

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.brown.73157203/

Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/author.redwinterjourney

BookBub: 

https://www.bookbub.com/profile/paul-rushworth-brown

Amazon Author Page: 

https://bit.ly/4g5kFgZ

Goodreads: 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19012235.Paul_Rushworth_Brown

read an excerpt

Father’s War Trauma (The Somme)

In 1914, newspapers reported the crisis as it unfolded across the country and shocked the world, sliding into war. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the turning of neutral Belgium, and Britain’s declaration of war began an era. They called it the war to end all wars. James Rushworth could still recall the moment he got the news.

He could hear the excitement in the stone masons’ yard in Huddersfield, where he was an apprentice. He felt the call of duty in his heart and wanted to be with his countrymen on the front lines.

But duty was one thing. It pulled him in two directions: towards the front and towards his wife, Sophia.

“If the Hun reach France, they’ll be on England’s doorstep next,” the men said. James knew they were right, but the look in Sophia’s eyes that evening had cut deeper than any bayonet. She begged him not to go. And yet, by dawn, he was gone.

Years later, Jimmy would grow up in the shadow of that choice — a father haunted, a home weighed down by silence, and a boy learning early that war could wound even those who had never fought.

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