A young man changes into a snake and goes on a killing spree. A private investigator investigates the disappearance of a family member of the mayor of the Gold Coast, and finds the body of a beautiful young poet on the way with a bottlebrush clasped to his chest. A washed-up actor languishes in a motel room thinking about God. An Aboriginal man channel surfs alone in a dark room.

Gritty, bloodsoaked and unsentimental, Loki Liddle s debut work takes readers on a deranged road trip from Coolangatta to Broome. Along the way, he consumes and spits out western popular culture and connects to the voices of his Jabirr Jabirr ancestors, weaving past, present and fiction together in a surreal and unforgettable feature.

Details

ISBN13: 9781922864628
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 128
Edition:
Publication Date: 16 Jun 2026
Publisher: Magabala Books
Publication City, Country: Broome, WA, Australia
Dimensions (cm): 19.7(H)x14(L)x1.5(W)160
Weight (gm): 160

Author Biography

Loki Liddle is a proud Jabirr Jabirr man and multi-platform artist and arts worker. He is a poet, lead singer of his band Selve and Creative Producer for Digi Youth Arts. As a spoken word artist he has performed at events and venues such as HOTA, La Boit Theatre, Woodford Folk Festival, Horizon Festival, Ruckus Grand Slam, The Dust Temple, was the 2019 winner of the Nimbin Poetry Cup and has had a short story and a poem published in the Griffith Review. Through his work at Digi Youth Arts Loki works on multi-arts projects focused on Indigenous Youth that deliver across numerous festivals, venues, organisations and events. In a short period of time, Loki s band Selve has performed opening for the likes of Electric Fields and Megan Washington at The Tivoli, Archie Roach and Jessica Mauboy at Deadly Hearts and has completed a residency at The Pink Hotel Coolangatta through RADF funding to develop new works in 2020.

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