Writer, editor, author of the memoir Out of Order and historical novel Con, community sector advocate, genealogist, learning how to live off-grid with the help of permaculture ideas in lutruwita / tasmania. www.robdonnellyauthor.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m3ckyfoz522tThe sentence of transportation had a double impact when it came to colonisation. Irish men and women were exiled from their native land and rolled into the business of colonising Australian territories. CON is out on 1 November. #auslit #tasmania #aushistory #irish #Eire16 Oct 2025 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ckyfoz522thttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m53xlp5xfk2t181 years since two brothers stepped off a ship in chains. Exile and Empire doesn’t have the final word when it comes to those boys! CON out at the usual online stores. #belfast #ireland #auslit08 Nov 2025 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m53xlp5xfk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3mfuluij2is2eLong before the Hanging Gardens Precinct, in Hobart, there was the Bath Arms pub with Radford’s Circus out the back. Tassie had a significant place in the early history of popular entertainment in Australia. #auslit #tasmania27 Feb 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfuluij2is2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m2xmeyf7qs2xTasmania has a history of corruption. CON includes the story of a petty despot in the Huon and the struggle of two poor free men for justice. #politas #history #australia #auslit [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Oct 2025 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2xmeyf7qs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m63y7gk6rk25Do you have someone on your Christmas list who has a passion for historical fiction, Tasmanian history, or Irish stories? CON is available online and at select bookstores. #auslit #tasmania #Ireland #convicts21 Nov 2025 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63y7gk6rk25https://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m5ity6xgjk2lOld Empires Crumble. The Voice of the Exiled Rises. CON on sale now through Amazon, all major online sellers, and select bookstores. #auslit #books #HistoricalFiction #tasmania13 Nov 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ity6xgjk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m5ity6xgjk2lOld Empires Crumble. The Voice of the Exiled Rises. CON on sale now through Amazon, all major online sellers, and select bookstores. #auslit #books #HistoricalFiction #tasmania13 Nov 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ity6xgjk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m5hrh67ibk23CON is more than a story of surviving. It is a story of choice, reinvention, rousing hope, and risk. CON is out now at select bookstores and online. #tasmania #auslit #books12 Nov 2025 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hrh67ibk23https://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m5f2b3wgns2bFor #Hobart people CON is available at @FullersHobart and @HobartBookshop. Great sales online from as far afield as Ontario, UK and Ireland. Much love to all getting behind an independent publication. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Nov 2025 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5f2b3wgns2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m53xlp5xfk2t181 years since two brothers stepped off a ship in chains. Exile and Empire doesn’t have the final word when it comes to those boys! CON out at the usual online stores. #belfast #ireland #auslit08 Nov 2025 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m53xlp5xfk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m5224oob722jA stack of CON ready for sale FullersBookshop in Hobart. Do you have a historical novel reader on your Christmas list, a Tasmanian history buff, someone looking to dig into convict experience? Get in quick! #tasmania #auslit #HistoricalFiction07 Nov 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5224oob722jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m4x7kmlu522aCON out now #auslit #books #tasmania tinyurl.com/4cp2fwad06 Nov 2025 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4x7kmlu522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m4oz4j4kkc2oWhat was the long term impact of surviving the convict system? What impact did news of the Californian gold-rush have on Hobart? What did it take to forge a new identity in the colonies? CON out now. @FullersHobart @HobartBookshop and online. #tasmania #auslit #politas03 Nov 2025 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4oz4j4kkc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m4oz4j4kkc2oWhat was the long term impact of surviving the convict system? What impact did news of the Californian gold-rush have on Hobart? What did it take to forge a new identity in the colonies? CON out now. @FullersHobart @HobartBookshop and online. #tasmania #auslit #politas03 Nov 2025 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4oz4j4kkc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m4gunwv7tk2xCON out tomorrow (1 November) and available online and at select bookshops. Hear one man’s story of transportation and what it took to build a new life in Van Diemen’s Land. #tasmania #AusLit #books #historicalfiction #colonisation30 Oct 2025 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gunwv7tk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m4d7wiana22mCON is out this Saturday (1 November) and available online and at select bookstores including FullersHobart and HobartBookshop. #tasmania #convict #auslit #HistoricalFiction29 Oct 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4d7wiana22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m3whnkpcv22hHear the story of Van Diemen’s Land from a man on the fringe. Out on 1 November online and at select bookstores. Find out more at www.robdonnellyauthor.com #tasmania #auslit #books24 Oct 2025 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3whnkpcv22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3lztptd4ks22cCheck out robdonnellyauthor.com for more information about the soon to be released novel CON including pre-order options. #tasmania #history #colonised #irish #exile27 Sep 2025 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztptd4ks22chttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m3ettfieas2wA chapter of #Irish history on the other side of the planet. Convict transportation had a double impact in the business of colonisation. CON (out on 1 November) tells one man’s story of exiled through and survival. Hear more at robdonnellyauthor.com. #auslit #tasmania17 Oct 2025 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ettfieas2whttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m3ckyfoz522tThe sentence of transportation had a double impact when it came to colonisation. Irish men and women were exiled from their native land and rolled into the business of colonising Australian territories. CON is out on 1 November. #auslit #tasmania #aushistory #irish #Eire16 Oct 2025 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ckyfoz522thttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m2zhhlohac2wOut on November 1. Available for pre-purchase now tinyurl.com/mk2vp9b #politas #tasmania #auslit #HistoricalFiction12 Oct 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2zhhlohac2whttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m2xmeyf7qs2xTasmania has a history of corruption. CON includes the story of a petty despot in the Huon and the struggle of two poor free men for justice. #politas #history #australia #auslit [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Oct 2025 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2xmeyf7qs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m2pxcmiey224CON - an historical novel set in Ireland, Tasmania, and Gold Rush Victoria - is out on 1 November. Go to www.robdonnellyauthor.com to find out more. #auslit #writinglife #books09 Oct 2025 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pxcmiey224https://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3lzrtkfirlk2wA new take on mid-nineteenth century Van Diemen’s Land in my historical fiction novel, CON, out in November. To find out more go to robdonnellyauthor.com #books #auslit #tasmania27 Sep 2025 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzrtkfirlk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3m26e2trjcc2tFor more information and the latest updates check out www.robdonnellyauthor.com #tasmania #auslit #wrìterslife #australia #vandiemensland #history02 Oct 2025 01:00 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m26e2trjcc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3lzuseehdlc25For more information and the latest updates check out www.robdonnellyauthor.com #tasmania tasmania #auslit #wrìterslife #australia #vandiemensland #convicts28 Sep 2025 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzuseehdlc25https://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3lztptd4ks22cCheck out robdonnellyauthor.com for more information about the soon to be released novel CON including pre-order options. #tasmania #history #colonised #irish #exile27 Sep 2025 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztptd4ks22chttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3lzrtkfirlk2wA new take on mid-nineteenth century Van Diemen’s Land in my historical fiction novel, CON, out in November. To find out more go to robdonnellyauthor.com #books #auslit #tasmania27 Sep 2025 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzrtkfirlk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/robdonza.bsky.social/post/3lz5wdvrfns27Excited to have the cover finalised. Fantastic work by Pascale Hutton. And have found a talented young actor who can give Con the passionate Belfast accent that rings true. Looking at a November launch. #writinglife #auslit #booktwt #tasmania19 Sep 2025 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:ps6p7mvfzv5pgelxcba3q3iw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz5wdvrfns27