The Pacific by Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios - ISBN: 9781460798140
Compact Disc

The Pacific

In the Wake of Captain Cook, with Sam Neill

  • Compact Disc
  • Release Date

    28 November 2018

Summary

Captain James Cook first set sail to the Pacific in 1768 – 250 years ago. These vast waters, one third of the earth’s surface, had not yet been mapped by European explorers – but they were not unknown. A rich diversity of people and cultures had navigated, traded, lived and fought here for thousands of years. Before Cook, the Pacific was disconnected from the power and ideas of Europe, Asia and America. In the wake of Cook, everything changed.Inspired by the Foxtel series of the same name, in…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781460798140
ISBN-10:1460798147
Author:Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios, Alan King
Publisher:Bolinda Publishing
Imprint:Bolinda/HarperCollins Audio
Format:Compact Disc
Release Date:28 November 2018
Weight:258g
Dimensions:134mm x 146mm x 28mm
About The Author

Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios

Meaghan has written and researched several series for Australian television, including the Logie-nominated series, The Pacific in the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill, Shane Delia’s Spice Journey: Turkey and Gourmet Farmer Afloat and also works as a researcher on other major film and television productions including The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade, Adam Liaw’s Destination Flavour: China, The Water Diviner, Australia: The Story of Us and Doctor Doctor. She also writes regularly for The Guardian, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and The Saturday Paper on art and culture, and is the Australia/NZ correspondent for the UK-based publication, Research Professional News.Meaghan’s first novel was an adaptation of the script for Russell Crowe’s feature, The Water Diviner, which was published by Pan Macmillan and sold over 45,000 copies in Australia and internationally. She is represented by Curtis Brown Australia, and in 2018, her novel The Honourable Thief, was published by Pan Macmillan, with the sequel, The Emerald Tablet, published in 2019. In 2018, Harper Collins also published Meaghan’s book, The Pacific: In the Footsteps of Captain Cook with Sam Neill.Meaghan lives in inner-city Melbourne with her screenwriter husband, their two children, a dog, a geriatric chicken named ‘Black Ops’ and two cats. Alan is an Australian actor and filmmaker, who has been working professionally in television, theatre and film for over 25 years. His work has been awarded both locally and internationally. A well-known voice on Australian radio and television, Alan has narrated over 70 unabridged audiobook titles. When he gets the time, Alan loves to paint and his work has been exhibited at various galleries and art spaces around Melbourne, including the Victorian College of the Arts where he completed his Bachelor of Fine Art in 2006.

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