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Robyn Mundy

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Wild places form a big part of my life, and my writing. My novel Cold Coast is set in the high Arctic and tells the story of Svalbard's remarkable first female trapper Wanny Woldstad. Wildlight is set on Tasmania's remote Maatsuyker Island, home to Australia's loneliest lighthouse where my partner Gary and I spent ten months in isolation as caretakers and weather observers. I have wintered and summered in Antarctica, the setting for my first novel The Nature of Ice. Each year I work aboard ice-strengthened ships that head off to polar regions on adventure tourist voyages. My guiding role helped me co-author a young readers' illustrated book Epic Adventure: Epic Voyages. I am currently working on a new historical novel…you guessed it, se ...more

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Cold Coast, by Robyn Mundy

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Just last week I was toying with the idea of joining Marina Sofia in her December reading project ‘Russians in the Snow’ because I thought that settings in snowy wastes would be consoling in the extreme heat of an Australian summer. Little did I know that within a day or two I would be reading a book that sent a chill down my spine, and not just because it’s set in the

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	Cold Coast 4.24 avg rating — 612 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wildlight 3.82 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nature of Ice 3.74 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Australian Stories 2013 by Kim Scott (Editor), Kalinda Ashton, Tony Birch 3.55 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Femme au renard bleu by Robyn Mundy (Goodreads Author), Élodie Coello (translator) 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epic Adventure: Epic Voyages by Robyn Mundy (Goodreads Author), Nigel Rigby 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sky Falls Down: An Anthology of Loss by Terry Whitebeach (Editor), Gina Mercer (Editor), Petrea King (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eroi del mare. I più grandi navigatori della storia by Robyn Mundy (Goodreads Author), Nigel Rigby, G. Del Ciuco (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Robyn Mundy liked Anne's review of Cold Coast:
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Robyn Mundy rated a book it was amazing A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Reading this novel was an EXPERIENCE, extraordinary in every way. I was held high by a brilliance of creativity, a tenderness of character, joy, hilarity, optimism, pathos and poignancy, through the most dire of circumstances and upheaval of a countr ...more
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Robyn Mundy rated a book it was amazing Six Days by Amanda Curtin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I was invited to read an ARC of this heart-wrenching story that gripped me from first page to last. The writing is spare and evocative, while Paris, as a place of hardship, is both raw and strangely intimate. To walk these streets with the protagonis ...more
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Robyn Mundy made a comment on Danielle’s review of Cold Coast " Thanks so much for this. "
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Robyn Mundy made a comment on A J HOOPER’s review of Cold Coast " Thank you for this wonderful rating and review. 🙏🌞❄️ "
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Robyn Mundy liked A J HOOPER's review of Cold Coast: "A work of fiction that draws heavily on the first tour of the first female trapper to live and work in Svalbard. It's beautifully written , describing the vistas of white. the snow storms, the seriously dangerous polar bears and it links the fate of " Read more of this review »
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Robyn Mundy liked Di's review of Cold Coast: "Based on a true story, Wanny Woldstad was the first woman to be a trapper in the arctic in 1932. Wanny persuades Anders Saeterdal, an experienced trapper, to take her on as an apprentice. They trap foxes and bears for their pelts. They live in primit" Read more of this review »
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Robyn Mundy rated a book really liked it The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This page-turning debut is from an author who has a deep understanding of Royal life, its pressures and demands. The Tasmanian connection has its love story sparkle.
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Robyn Mundy rated a book it was amazing State of Wonder by Ann Patchett	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ann Patchett’s league of writing craft that has her main character intimately experience the world and meter out the story, is utterly alive and compelling. This timeless classic, which takes the reader to the insect-ridden wilds of the Amazon, is a ...more
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