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Matthew Spencer

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Parramatta, Australia

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Matthew Spencer was a journalist at The Australian for twenty years, with long stints running the Foreign News desk and as Opinion Editor. He has written for newspapers and magazines in Uganda and Kenya and been published in The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Matthew has an Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Sydney. Black River is his first novel.

He was born in Parramatta. The son of teachers, he lived with his sister Kate on the 320-acre campus of a boys’ boarding school. Long summers on the largely deserted property while exploring the remnant bush with its tributary of the Parramatta River inspired the book.

Matthew lives in Sydney with his wife, Ritu Gupta, and their three children.

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	How Migration Really Works: A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics by Hein de Haas, Matthew Spencer (Narrator) 4.36 avg rating — 2,316 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Court of Wanderers by Rin Chupeco (Goodreads Author), Matthew Spencer (Narrator) 3.68 avg rating — 2,229 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ by Monty Lyman, Matthew Spencer (narrator), Tantor Audio (publisher) 4.20 avg rating — 1,241 ratings — published 2018 — 29 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
	Missing Person: Alice (The Finder Mysteries #1) by Simon Mason, Matthew Spencer (Narrator) 4.20 avg rating — 750 ratings — 5 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
	Home Is Where the Lies Live by Kerry Wilkinson (Goodreads Author), Matthew Spencer (Narrator), Rebecca Lee (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.75 avg rating — 771 ratings — published 2024 — 4 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
	Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer by Patrick Maguire, Gabriel Pogrund, Matthew Spencer (narrator) 3.98 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 2025 — 4 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 Case of the Lonely Accountant (The Finder Mysteries #2) by Simon Mason, Matthew Spencer (Narrator) 4.20 avg rating — 577 ratings — 5 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
	Broke Road: Rose Riley, Book 2 by Matthew Spencer, Kellie Jones (Narrator) 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	Mileage Log Books - Mileage Log Book Taxes For Any Year - Gas Consumption -Business Expenses Tracker Log Book 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
	Benni The Bilby: And The Friends Who Matter by Matthew Spencer, Clinton Arnold, David Ravi 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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“boyhoods spent outdoors, roaming the suburbs, the beach, the bush, from morning until their mothers called them in for tea. It was a way of life lost now—Steve Jobs and Bill Gates had seen to that. The butt end of the information revolution: fatbergs larded with Zucker-tucker.”
― Matthew Spencer, Black River

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“Nietzsche sums it up: it is easier to cope with a bad conscience than a bad reputation.”
― Matthew Spencer, Black River

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The Rush by Michelle Prak

10 votes, 28.6%

The Stranger She Knew by Rosalind Stopps

9 votes, 25.7%

Black River by Matthew Spencer

7 votes, 20.0%

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

4 votes, 11.4%

The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson

3 votes, 8.6%

Meet Me in Malmö

2 votes, 5.7%

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