Book club celebrates local author

Key points

• Local author Carmel Taylor recently visited the U3A Brimbank Book Group to discuss her novel The Shorthand Sleuth – Transcribing Death. The historical fiction follows an entrepreneurial young woman whose shorthand skill leads her into forensic phonography.
• The story is set in post-war Melbourne during the 1950s. Taylor said she was thrilled the group had invited her, and that members asked questions showing they understood her intent.
• Taylor also wrote a sequel and a history of shorthand in Australia.