Eumundi Voice Issue 120, 26 June 2025

Literature

Local writer releases short story collection

Following the success of Deadly Sins, Sunshine Coast fiction writer Ian Laver has recently published his second

collection of short stories – Hard Hits. These stories take the reader into the lives of the good and the bad, as the characters are forced into making tough decisions. The human traits of weakness and strength, love and hate, darkness and light crop up and must be confronted. Some of the stories have won awards, and some are inspired by real events.

Ian has published 2 novels, Crucial Step and Uneasy and is working on the follow-up novel to Uneasy, titled Comeback, which follows the journey of Detective Sergeant FitzMichael in his quest to reinstate his credibility in the Qld Police Service.

Ian has served as president of the Sunshine Coast Literary Assn and was recently the Writer in Residence at Noosa Arts and Crafts, Wallace House, Noosaville, where he is involved in Haiku and teaches creative writing.

His books are available as eBooks and hard copy from all online bookstores and locally at The Noosa Arts and Crafts gift shop at Wallace House, Noosaville. Visit: IanLaver.net.