Steve Matthews

Ted Watts’ Diary is a coming-of-age love story. An orphaned seven-year-old English boy arrives in Sydney to be adopted by his ne’er-do-well aunt during the early 1900s. The story finishes over 60 years later, after we have followed Ted’s tumultuous journey into manhood. Ted Watts’ Diary has everything a ripping Australian yarn should have, and more: larrikins, mateship, humour, heroes...

In the fight for justice, no secret stays buried forever. Diane Spencer is embracing her new life as founder of the Social Injustice Centre, a groundbreaking project aimed at freeing the innocent and exposing corruption. But as Diane champions justice for others, the ghosts of her own past resurface with a vengeance. When the daughter of Judge Lucy Prior—known for...

In the darkest shadows, the pursuit of truth is the only light. Brilliant … a captivating new voice in Australian crime fiction In the scorching summer of 2004, a working-class Sydney suburb erupts in turmoil when Percy Fullwood, a respected local, is accused of a heinous crime by his own family. As the media frenzy ignites, Detective Bruce Spencer leads...

This textbook supports the specification for AS and A-Level Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 2, both the compulsory Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Period Study: The Julio-Claudian Emperors, 31 BC–AD 68 by Robert Cromarty and James Harrison Depth Study: The Breakdown of the Late Republic, 88–31 BC by Steve Matthews...

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for AS and A-Level Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 1, both the compulsory Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Period Study: Relations between Greek states and between Greek and non-Greek states, 492–404 BC by Steve Matthews and James Renshaw Depth Study:...