{"id":43,"date":"2026-05-14T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2026-06-07T07:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T07:30:55","slug":"book-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/?page_id=43","title":{"rendered":"Book Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_1223734071\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-351641908\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-865158052\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_911453648\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-zoom dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddb-cover-edit-7-1024x895.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddb-cover-edit-7-1024x895.png 1024w, https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddb-cover-edit-7-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddb-cover-edit-7-768x672.png 768w, https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddb-cover-edit-7.png 1235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_911453648 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2052367264\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  data-animate=\"fadeInRight\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3065748260\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: .3em; text-transform: uppercase;\">DEAD DOG BARKING<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3065748260 {\n  font-size: 0.85rem;\n  color: rgb(138,138,138);\n}\n#text-3065748260 > * {\n  color: rgb(138,138,138);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1426037190\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1426037190 {\n  padding-top: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2609968882\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\">Launching Mid 2026<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2609968882 {\n  font-size: 2rem;\n  line-height: 1.05;\n  color: #ffffff;\n}\n#text-2609968882 > * {\n  color: #ffffff;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-2609968882 {\n    font-size: 2rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-693644974\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-693644974 {\n  padding-top: 22px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p style=\"color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.75;\">Prepare to be entertained through the story crafting genius of\u00a0 Thompson. Charlie Black has spent five years searching for herself in Indian ashrams, and all she&#8217;s found is loneliness, a secret obsession with a man she&#8217;s never seen, and a chocolate habit she can&#8217;t kick.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.75;\">Now she&#8217;s back in the small Australian town of Sope, minding her Aunt Bell and Uncle Ned&#8217;s pub while they holiday in Europe. Except the neighbour&#8217;s insufferable dog, Doug, hasn&#8217;t stopped barking since she left.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.75;\">Dead Dog Barking is a wickedly funny, warm-hearted story about coming home, falling apart, and the unexpected ways love finds us.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1858332\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1858332 {\n  padding-top: 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmhpress.com.au\/product-page\/dead-dog-barking\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button white is-outline is-medium\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"border-radius:99px;\">\n\t\t<span>PRE-ORDER NOW<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-2052367264 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-2052367264 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1742708883\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1742708883 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1742708883 {\n    padding-top: 55px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-689813240\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-431352793\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  data-animate=\"fadeInRight\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2943244969\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: .3em; text-transform: uppercase;\">UPCOMING<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2943244969 {\n  font-size: 0.85rem;\n  color: rgb(138,138,138);\n}\n#text-2943244969 > * {\n  color: rgb(138,138,138);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-907664017\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-907664017 {\n  padding-top: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2287034346\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\">Dead Dog Barking: Sequel<\/h2>\n<p><em>TITLE TO BE REVEALED<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2287034346 {\n  font-size: 2rem;\n  line-height: 1.05;\n  color: #ffffff;\n}\n#text-2287034346 > * {\n  color: #ffffff;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-2287034346 {\n    font-size: 1.6rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1495532803\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1495532803 {\n  padding-top: 22px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Dead Dog Barking left you wanting more, Thompson is already working on a sequel, bringing new places, new faces, and the same sharp humour, unexpected twists, and chaos you secretly love.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1895256799\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1895256799 {\n  padding-top: 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/#authorbio\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button white is-outline is-medium\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"border-radius:99px;\">\n\t\t<span>AUTHOR BIO<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-431352793 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-431352793 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-144539916\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_478215710\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-zoom dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2569-05-17-at-00.13.46.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2569-05-17-at-00.13.46.png 524w, https:\/\/lovethompson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2569-05-17-at-00.13.46-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_478215710 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1223734071 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(0,0,0);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1223734071 {\n    padding-top: 96px;\n    padding-bottom: 96px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1264907306\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-844820994\" class=\"col medium-2 small-12 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3286312090\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><strong>PRAISE<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3286312090 {\n  font-size: 1.7rem;\n  line-height: 1.05;\n  color: #ffffff;\n}\n#text-3286312090 > * {\n  color: #ffffff;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-3286312090 {\n    font-size: 2.4rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-885463498\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div style=\"background:#0d0d0d;border:1px solid #2a2a2a;border-radius:8px;padding:32px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#ffcc33;letter-spacing:4px;font-size:18px;margin-bottom:12px;\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/div>\n<p style=\"color:#fff;font-size:17px;line-height:1.6;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 16px;\">&ldquo;Dead Dog Barking made me laugh so hard I scared my actual dog, then blindsided me with a gut-punch of tenderness I&#039;m still unpacking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:'Fjalla One',sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:.15em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8a8a;\">\u2014 Aya Nakamura<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-323323494\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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