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Short listed in the SANTA FE WRITERS PROJECT (SFWP) 2022 Literary Awards
Desperate for experience, and a chance to earn his stripes, Top Gun fanatic, Will, a 23 year old Melbourne pilot, accepts gruelling work in remote Outback Australia, with cringeworthy, hilarious and often hair-raising consequences.
ACE student, William Boyston's whole life has been about flying. He's sacrificed everything to get his pilot licence , leaving him with a massive overdraft, an unhealthy Top Gun obsession, and an addiction to Luigi's coffee - the big-hearted, hopeless romantic, and Italian proprietor of Will's favourite cafe.
Renting a shared house in Nineties Melbourne , with Adam, his impossibly cool, Fedora wearing, bushwalking flatmate, Will only has one thing on his mind - getting his Captain's stripes so he can fly Boeing jets for an international airline. If only jobs weren't so scarce in the city.
At the bottom of the career ladder, and desperate to pay off his escalating debt, he'll take any work, however menial. So when he gets his only job offer he knows that he must take it. Even though it means relocating 3000km to the harsh, far north of Australia. Even though it means saying goodbye to his prized Toyota Corolla T18 , to Adam , and to their intriguing new flatmate, Molly Malone.
In the isolated towns of the Northern Territory , Will's life is soon defined by stifling heat, squalid accommodation, and the peculiar habits of the locals. Social opportunities are almost non-existent. Work is erratic. Living expenses are sky-high.
Life up here is nothing like the big city - snakes, scary neighbours, crocodiles, and relentless hordes of blowflies. But if he's ever going to get into an airline, he needs thousands of hours in the air.
No, he must stick to the plan and focus on filling his log book. He lives to fly. It's all he's ever wanted. So why can't he stop thinking about Molly, the girl he left behind?
Desperate for experience, and a chance to earn his stripes, Top Gun fanatic, Will, a 23 year old Melbourne pilot, accepts gruelling work in remote Outback Australia, with cringeworthy, hilarious and often hair-raising consequences.
ACE student, William Boyston's whole life has been about flying. He's sacrificed everything to get his pilot licence , leaving him with a massive overdraft, an unhealthy Top Gun obsession, and an addiction to Luigi's coffee - the big-hearted, hopeless romantic, and Italian proprietor of Will's favourite cafe.
Renting a shared house in Nineties Melbourne , with Adam, his impossibly cool, Fedora wearing, bushwalking flatmate, Will only has one thing on his mind - getting his Captain's stripes so he can fly Boeing jets for an international airline. If only jobs weren't so scarce in the city.
At the bottom of the career ladder, and desperate to pay off his escalating debt, he'll take any work, however menial. So when he gets his only job offer he knows that he must take it. Even though it means relocating 3000km to the harsh, far north of Australia. Even though it means saying goodbye to his prized Toyota Corolla T18 , to Adam , and to their intriguing new flatmate, Molly Malone.
In the isolated towns of the Northern Territory , Will's life is soon defined by stifling heat, squalid accommodation, and the peculiar habits of the locals. Social opportunities are almost non-existent. Work is erratic. Living expenses are sky-high.
Life up here is nothing like the big city - snakes, scary neighbours, crocodiles, and relentless hordes of blowflies. But if he's ever going to get into an airline, he needs thousands of hours in the air.
No, he must stick to the plan and focus on filling his log book. He lives to fly. It's all he's ever wanted. So why can't he stop thinking about Molly, the girl he left behind?
424 pages, Paperback
Published April 9, 2022
About the author
Angela J. Dawson
2 booksGrowing up in Manchester, England, I pursued my passion for indie and local music, radio production and creative writing. In Melbourne, I went on to study Copywriting and Scriptwriting, attended workshops with UK Writer, Jimmy McGovern (Dockers, The Lakes, and Cracker - TV series with Robbie Coltrane), and completed the Melbourne University Filmmaking Summer School.
In 2012 I won the National WB Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia with the poem, 'Restitution'. My poem, 'Apart: Nov 1915' was included in the ‘100 Years from Gallipoli Poetry Project’ (Graeme Lindsay) that toured New Zealand, Sydney and Tasmania in 2013/2014. My poem, 'Skating by Moonlight' was shortlisted for the NSW Lane Cove Literary Award 2014 (Waterbrook Poetry Prize).
I have appeared regularly at numerous spoken word venues in Melbourne since 2000, and in 2012 my poetry was featured on the 3CR community radio programme, Spoken Word (with Santo Cazzati).
In 2012 I won the National WB Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia with the poem, 'Restitution'. My poem, 'Apart: Nov 1915' was included in the ‘100 Years from Gallipoli Poetry Project’ (Graeme Lindsay) that toured New Zealand, Sydney and Tasmania in 2013/2014. My poem, 'Skating by Moonlight' was shortlisted for the NSW Lane Cove Literary Award 2014 (Waterbrook Poetry Prize).
I have appeared regularly at numerous spoken word venues in Melbourne since 2000, and in 2012 my poetry was featured on the 3CR community radio programme, Spoken Word (with Santo Cazzati).
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