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FEATURED AUTHOR: PAUL RUSHWORTH-BROWN

I’m delighted to host Paul Rushworth-Brown as the featured author in The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour being held between October 27th – 31st, 2025. Paul Rushworth-Brown is the author of the Historical Fiction / Australian Saga / Cultural Encounters, Outback Odyssey, published by Historium Press on 20th June, 2025 (342 pages). 

Below are highlights of Outback Odyssey, Paul Rushworth-Brown’s author bio, and an excerpt from the book.

Tour Schedule Page: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/10/blog-tour-outback-odyssey-by-paul-rushworth-brown.html

HIGHLIGHTS: OUTBACK ODYSSEY

Outback Odyssey
by Paul Rushworth-Brown

Blurb:

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.

Any Triggers: Colonial violence, cultural displacement

Buy Link:
Universal Buy Link:  https://books2read.com/u/bOvzQo

AUTHOR BIO: PAUL RUSHWORTH-BROWN

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

EXCERPT: OUTBACK ODYSSEY

Jimmy & Amanda

Amanda extended her hand, her grip firm and full of energy. “Welcome, Jimmy Brown. I’m glad to have you here.”

Her eyes lingered on him longer than she intended. He wasn’t like the stockmen she had grown up around — sunburnt, rough-edged, all bluster and calloused hands. Jimmy was different. His sharp, freckled features carried a boyishness touched by uncertainty, and his long, blond hair curled at the ends, damp with sweat. But it was his eyes that unsettled her. Blue — not just in colour, but in depth, as if carrying shadows and hopes in equal measure.

Jimmy shifted under her gaze. “Thank you, Mrs…?” he asked, trying to steady himself in this new world, the bush stretching out behind them.

“Amanda,” she said simply, holding his eyes a heartbeat longer.

In that moment, neither the red dust nor the weight of silence that had shaped Jimmy’s past mattered. Here, at the edge of the outback, something had shifted — a beginning neither of them yet understood, but both had already felt.

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