Kenneth Bonert, "The Lion Seeker". Drawing on Bonert's own family history, The Lion Seeker is a gritty, absorbing epic told in lyrical prose, centred around the efforts of young Isaac Helger to drag his family out of inner city poverty and reunite them with relatives left behind, as the terrible threat of war grows ever nearer. Shortlisted for the 2013 Governor General's Literary Award for English language fiction. Free event with light refreshments provided