Dear Father | In Conversation with Jillian Brannock
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A gripping thriller of belief and betrayal – where the need to belong becomes a dangerous faith.When Daniel’s father disappears, the world tilts. His mother retreats into silence, concealing a past Daniel barely understands. Years later, searching for meaning, he’s drawn to a man who calls himself Excalibur – a mentor, a saviour, a trap.
On a remote Tasmanian estate, Daniel joins a brotherhood devoted to purity and power. At its centre stands Rudolf Hoffman – charismatic, visionary, and the inheritor of an ideology that once condemned Daniel’s own blood.
As Daniel’s devotion deepens, the past begins to breathe again. Ideologies awaken. Love twists into control. And the question that has shadowed him all his life – what kind of father shapes what kind of son? – demands a final, devastating answer.
Jillian Brannock is a former university academic specialising in European history. She has been published widely and works as a freelance writer and radio presenter. Commissioned to write Rex Backhaus-Smith: An Artist’s Journey (Watson & Co., 2008), she has since produced and presented over 300 episodes of The History Show for the Australian Community Radio Network, recognised with a Federal Government incentive grant. Her essay ‘Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil’ appeared in Quadrant (2024), and her short fiction was longlisted for the Fabel International Short Story Award. A member of the Hobart Military Studies Group, she lectures on terrorism, military intelligence, and political assassination. Dear Father is her debut novel.
Jillian will be in conversation with Mel Hart. Mel is a Tasmanian host, entrepreneur and community contributor with a longstanding love of books, ideas and thoughtful conversation.
Join Jillian and Mel at the Afterword Cafe.
Date
Friday 8 May 2026 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM (UTC+10)Location
Fullers Bookshop
131 Collins Street, Hobart TAS 7000
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Dear Father | In Conversation with Jillian Brannock
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