Edmund Goldrick in conversation with Ryan Butta

Told through the eyes of two Australian escapees – Richmond storeman Ronald Jones and Castlemaine mine worker Ross Sayers – Anzac Guerrillas is the incredible true story of how these men escaped German captivity, only to become embroiled in a civil war in Yugoslavia. Facing grave threats from all sides, even as they came face-to-face with two of World War II's most divisive figures – Josip Broz Tito and Draza Mihailović – their sense of what was right never wavered.

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MEET EDMUND

Edmund Goldrick grew up in Canberra, and after studying at Australian National University went on to work as a political and strategic studies researcher and journalist in the United Kingdom. Most recently, following an article he wrote on Australian servicemen in Slovenia during World War II, his meticulous research and German language skills led to him co-writing The Greatest Escape with Neil Churches, a groundbreaking account of the escape of Australian, British, French, and New Zealander prisoners-of-war from German-occupied Slovenia in 1944. Anzac Guerrillas is Edmund's first book.

MEET RYAN

After starting out life on the opal fields of western NSW, Ryan was raised among the vineyards and horse studs of the Hunter Valley. His first work of historical non-fiction, The Ballad of Abdul Wade, recounted the previously untold story of the Afghan men that came to Australia in the1800s to work in the mining and wool industries. The Ballad of Abdul Wade was shortlisted for the South Australian Literary Awards non-fiction book of the year for 2024, longlisted for the Indie Book Awards non-fiction book of the year for 2023, and longlisted for Queensland Writers Centre Adaptable program. Ryan's latest work, The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli, retells the remarkable life story of Harry Freame, a Japanese-Australian adventurer, soldier of fortune, Anzac, orchardist and spy.