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Oh Matilda: Who Bloody Killed Her? A gonzo story, exclusively in The Australian

Australia’s best writers are joining forces on a progressive summer novel: fast and fun-filled.

Oh Matilda... Who Bloody Killed Her? chapters will roll out through the Australian summer.
Oh Matilda... Who Bloody Killed Her? chapters will roll out through the Australian summer.

Australia’s best writers are joining forces on a progressive summer novel: fast and fun-filled.

Caroline Overington has started the story with Chapter One, published in December 23 as a pre-Christmas sneak peek.

On December 30 we’ll publish Chapter Two by Gideon Haigh and on January 1 comes Chapter Three by Trent Dalton.

Then every Monday, Wednesday and Friday through summer we’ll bring you a new chapter by one of our stunning lineup of writers, from Shankari Chandran to William McInnes.

The final chapter, due in mid-February, is by Booker Prize-winning novelist and historian Thomas Keneally.

The novel, entitled Oh Matilda: Who Bloody Killed Her? is still in progress, and as each writer completes a chapter, the story is passed on to the next with just three days to write 1000 words.

Read Chapter 1 now

Claire Harvey
Claire HarveyEditorial Director

Claire Harvey started her journalism career as a copygirl in The Australian's Canberra bureau in 1994 and has worked as a reporter, foreign correspondent, deputy editor and columnist at The Australian, The Sunday Telegraph and The New Zealand Herald.

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