Episode 58: “A Great Act of Love” by Heather Rose + new publisher Aniko Press

Auscast Literature Channel · Nov 6, 2025 · 37m

Drawing on her own family history for inspiration, Heather Rose delivers a compelling and heart rending saga of a father and daughter torn apart by a terrible crime. In “A Great Act of Love” Caroline Douglas carries her dark secret to the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land to begin life anew - but can she escape her past; does she even want to?

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It’s no small thing to decide to be a publisher in today’s busy book marketplace but that’s what Emily Riches did. Aniko Press’ first offering is “The Slip” by Miriam Webster - who we recently…