Malcolm R. Afford known as Max Afford, was an Australian playwright and novelist.
The Fire on the Snow is a 1941 Australian verse play by Douglas Stewart about the Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica by Robert Falcon Scott. It premiered on ABC radio on 6 June 1941 to great acclaim and inspired a series of Australian verse dramas on ABC radio.
Ned Kelly is a 1942 radio play by Douglas Stewart about the outlaw Ned Kelly.
Awake My Love is a 1947 Australian stage play by Max Afford.
Silver Ridge is a 1954 Australian adventure radio series by Max Afford. It was set in Australia at a time when that was relatively rare. The serial was one of Afford's last productions prior to his death in 1954.
Stranger Come In is a 1951 Australian radio drama by Max Afford. It was unusual for Afford in that it dealt with contemporary social problems.
Jeffrey Blackburn was a fictional private investigator who was the hero of a series of stories by Australian writer Max Afford.
The Sundowner is an Australian radio series starring Chips Rafferty as a swagman.
The Explorers is a 1952 Australian radio play about the Burke and Wills expedition by John Sandford. It was Sandford's first play.
Pas de Six is a 1936 Australian operetta that aired in November 1936. It went for an hour and was recorded in Melbourne.
The Mysterious Mr. Lynch is a 1939 Australian radio serial by Max Afford. It starred Peter Finch as its detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn.
Man of Two Tribes is a 1953 Australia radio serial based on the stories of Arthur Upfield about Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte. Morris West adapted several of Upfield's stories.
Fly By Night is a 1937 Australian radio serial by Max Afford. It was his first radio serial featuring Afford's detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn. In this serial he was not married to Elizabeth but they would be married for subsequent serials.
It Walks by Night is an Australian radio serial by Max Afford featuriing his detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn.
Grey Face is a 1940 Australian radio serial by Max Afford featuring his detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn.
Murder's Not for Middle Aged is a 1953 Australian radio serial by Max Afford featuring his detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn. It was the last of Afford's Blackburn serials.
Cats Creep at Night is a 1930 Australia radio play by Max Afford.
The Queer Affair at Kettering is a 1940 Australian radio drama by Max Afford starring his detective hero Jeffrey Blackburn and his wife Elisabeth. Unlike many Blackburn adventures, it was not a serial but a one-off mystery.
Blood on His Hands is a 1936 Australian novel by Max Afford. It was his first novel and featured Jeffrey Blackburn his detective hero. It was set in Melbourne during that city's Centenary celebrations. Afford wrote the novel for a competition held by John Long a publishers in London, submitted it in December 1934, then while waiting to hear back wrote a sequelo. John Long accepted it and offered a contract for three books. The novel was published in London before Australia.
Gulliver's Cousin is a 1954 Australian radio play by Ruth Park about William Dampier.
