Indra publishing

Indrabooks.com is the V2 website for Indra Publishing Pty Ltd, a specialist publisher based in Melbourne, Australia. For just on 20 years from 1987, Indra focussed on fiction and non-fiction books which reflected the cultural diversity of Australia, ethnic diversity as well as lifestyle diversity.

• Celebrating diversity, in the way of encouraging the airing of diverse points of view relevant to 21st century life.
• Books written for the general market, which also deserve a place in the academic bookshops and university reading lists.
• Religion, philosophy, environment, society

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• use the search box for the title or the author’s name
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From 2007, Indra is not accepting unsolicited manuscripts for fiction.

Catherine Hoffmann’s novel, Of Exile and Yearning, was released on 15 September 2009 by Indra Publishing.

Of Exile and Yearning is the first book of the Lia Mendez trilogy.

This epic novel is set in Europe from 1910 to the mid-1930s, exploring lives buffeted by the turbulent historical forces transforming central Europe from the last flourish of the Austro-Hungarian empire to the chilling build-up of the Second World War.

Lia and Frederic meet as children, never declare their love for one another, and yet remain inseparably bonded. From the comfort and security of her Jewish home, Lia chooses her own exile, with devastating effect on her family. Her journey is a personal spiritual quest. Frederic, neither Jewish nor religious, emphatically refuses commitment to any ideal or belief. For him, life is for adventure and travel, the quest for enjoyment, and never to be taken too seriously.

For the continuation of Lia and Frederic’s story, wait for Across the Burning, the second book of the trilogy, to be released in mid-2010.

Catherine’s three earlier works, Perilous Journey (1981), Crystal (1987) and Forms of Bliss (1988), were all published by Greenhouse Publications.