Slipstream
The sequence of poems in Slipstream registers a parent's shifting interiority during a young adult child's hospitalisation. Its interwoven forms look back through histories of mental healthcare, troubling the everyday, embodied, and institutional edges of its immense present. Through its redactive practice and miscellany of salvaged and imagined moments, Slipstream maps a late season of maternal care, creating an open, generative space for readers to inhabit.
A Thousand Rivers
An unexpected trip to a beautiful and exotic land leaves one young woman questioning her life and loyalties.At 30, Australian Danni Pollard seems to have it all; a husband she loves, a successful career, a nice home and supportive family. The annual pilgrimage to Bali was supposed to be a time for rest and relaxation until a chance meeting and an unexpected chain of events leads her on an adventure of a lifetime to wild Borneo.It's here in this beautiful and exotic land, away from everything that is familiar that Danni begins to question her life. New friendships are formed, including one that leaves her torn between loyalty and love for her husband, the people of Borneo and a man who has committed his life to helping them find their place in the modern world.
A Narcissist’s Guide to Philanthropy
Mark and Jane have it all: high-profile jobs, perfect bodies, a property in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, and popular friends.But beneath this shiny veneer, they're grappling with society's misunderstanding of their true identities. Mark, a hotshot civil rights lawyer, feels overshadowed by Jane's close friend. Meanwhile Jane, a brilliant architect, dreads the thought of being labelled just a 'boss bitch' - a stereotype that belies her 'wholesome' social life.As they attempt to correct the injustices surrounding their images, their carefully constructed world begins to crack. Relationships fray, secrets emerge, and their conflicting pursuits threaten to unravel everything they've worked so hard to build.This biting satire of Sydney's millennial culture provokes readers to question: Is authenticity just another performance? And does the social impact of one's actions excuse their shallow motivations?
Range Light
Range Light is the powerful reward of waiting sixteen years to publish. There is a deep maturity in Louise Oxley's detailed and original observations of history, nature, art and land. With a richness of language, each word is placed in the line to expand, encompass and challenge. The way time tangles and untangles - forward and backward, in circularity, or on directed pathways - underlies much in the book. Acutely aware, like Citizen Riche in 1792, Oxley is 'seeing always, what is different from the known', making connections with the nature of our own inner world as well as our politics in the broadest sense, a tender subtlety in the handling of her subject matter. With the guidance of these poetic 'range lights' we move into an open understanding.Robyn Rowland There is a moment in Range Light in which the skeletal remnants of an animal are perceived as 'loss in scrambled code'. This is beautifully suggestive of Louise Oxley's achievement - whether focussing on loss, hope, mortality, love, or the ambiguous presence of the natural world, her poems are always seeking to unscramble the codes in which the mysteries of experience come to us.Ross GillettLouise Oxley's Range Light is a work of quiet accumulation. Attuned to the world and her place in it, Oxley writes with a deft line and precise gravity. In poems that take in the details-where to gather dulse, the 'empty, delicate angles' of discovered bones, the moment when 'autumn sun has steadied at the hilltop'-Range Light inducts the reader into a world thick with life and feeling and inquiry. Oxley reveals wonder at the 'true, clear/ account of Nature's phenomena' and invites the reader to experience the same wonder. Kate MiddletonPoetry Editor, Island
Cry My Beloved Country
The poems are based on the author's experiences and reflections. They are written about many things he experienced as a child growing up in a rural village in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Pomio Way
This is a collection of poems and prose from Pomio in East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. It presents local contexts, attitudes, views and observations of issues such as development, culture, etc. The poems and prose are about the author's everyday experiences living in a rural district. He expresses his thoughts and views with passion.
Best of Australian Poems 2024
Best of Australian Poems is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was. Capturing the richness and diversity of Australian poetry across a time frame of July 2023 to August 2024, the series (now in its fouth year) explores how poetic responses to the contemporary moment develop with each passing year.The book opens with an introduction by its 2024 editors, multiple award-winning and highly respected poets and editors, Kate Lilley and Shastra Deo. Kate is one of the longest-standing poets of repute and respect in the country, with work considered ground-breaking and innovating over decades. Shastra's own major prizes include the prestigious national Australian Literature Society Gold Medal and their poetry is also continually experimental and fearless.Previous editors of this prestigious series have been Ellen van Neerven and Toby Fitch (2021); Jeanine Leane and Judith Beveridge (2022); and Panda Wong and Gig Ryan (2023).The Best of Australian Poems (BoAP) series is published by Australia's national poetry organisation, Australian Poetry, and features two different guest editors each year, to amplify the range of voices selected.
The Artist as an Old Man (Self-Portrait)
After twenty years in London a somewhat notorious artist returns home when his life falls apart as a result of fraud, death and depression. The Artist as an Old Man (Self-Portrait) is a personal hour-by-hour journal of the day of his first New Zealand exhibition.Accustomed to always being busy, the restless artist - eccentric, irritable and ageing - suddenly has nothing to do until the exhibition's evening opening. And so we follow him and his sometimes angry and unreasonable thoughts, including lingering doubts about his own work, through the long day.Having experienced financial relief before the exhibition, an unpleasant encounter at the exhibition, and sadness after it, he returns home at the end of the day ready to face his new life, alone and lonely, in Dunedin.
Gold!
EVERY FAMILY HAS SECRETS-SOME SECRETS ARE MORE DEADLY THAN OTHERS. "Gold mining is a dangerous enterprise. Malcolm Kincaid makes it more treacherous."..." If you enjoy tales of family history, high drama, and intrigue, I recommend GOLD!" - Steven Ramirez, best-selling USA author.In the treacherous world of gold mining, Malcolm Kincaid reigns supreme. He is a man driven by ambition, willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. Beneath his facade of honor, however, dwells a dangerous liar.Over three decades, Malcolm Kincaid uses, abuses, and dominates associates and family alike, crushing all opposition in his pursuit of wealth and power. When he allows the pollution of an Aboriginal settlement's water supply, however, he faces justice of a kind he could never imagine.Set in the vast and rugged landscape of Australia, GOLD!-the first book in the Kincaid Saga series-is a story of greed, betrayal, family conflict, and murder. It is also a story of love and loyalty, and of how one man's pride and prejudice can lead to terrible retribution.GOLD! is a tale as big as the country in which it is set. A sprawling saga with unexpected twists and turns and a villain you'll love to hate. Grab your copy now and hang on. It may be a bumpy ride!
Huon Writes
Ten stories - fiction and non-fiction, in ten distinctive voices - from lutruwita Tasmania's beautiful Huon Valley.Stories of shipwrecks in the wild south, of coming, of leaving, and of camping on the edge. Farming with care. Protest, family, good wine, and always the voice of the Huon.Spend a morning on the farm with Bob Brown; follow Matthew Evans as he settles in the Huon; take flight with Zoe Davidson as she leaves for Melbourne. Kate Kruimink explores the unease of social disconnect at an end-of-year family gathering, while Marjorie Gadd imagines a surprising meeting in a Huonville. Wine journalist Winsor Dobbin offers a historical tour of Huon Valley wineries; Lisa Litjens celebrates the natural beauty of kunanyi; David L Hume writes of wanderers and outsiders in the wild places. Wren Fraser Cameron weaves a layered tale of how history speaks to the present, and Isaac Gee riffs on the otherworldliness of a clear winter's night in the far south.Read them in one go or dip into them on a break, and find out what Huon valley writers are writing about today.
Daughters of the Fatherland
In this griping true-to-life historical novel, Berlin-born Rosa is abandoned as a baby during the height of Germany's Great Depression but rescued by an elderly couple in a passing Gypsy caravan. Ten years later, on the brink of World War II, Rosa is the unwitting cause of her adoptive Romani family being incarcerated: Rosa and her mother are sent to the Women's Gypsy Concentration Camp in Austria, while her father is sent to the Men's Gypsy Camp in Berlin. The women's camp despises her rebellious spirit, so Rosa vows to escape to rescue her beloved father. However, before she can enact her escape plan, Rosa and thirty other Romani children are conscripted to appear in Nazi Director Leni Riefenstahl's ill-fated movie about a Gypsy Queen, Tiefland.Daughters of the Fatherland highlights the plight of the children during World War II with a special focus on the Romani Holocaust, Porajmos (devouring or destruction). Wars tear families apart, with children being left to fend for themselves in a chaotic world. During war, the conflict between and within nations can result in the loss of humanity; however, in Rosa's case, love and peace ultimately restore her community allowing personal redemption for Rosa.
A broken hallelujah
The hospital looked like a monument to a bygone era. Northside Private nestled in bushland in a quiet outer suburb of the city. Built early in the 20th Century it resembled the gracious stately homes of the Deep South in America. An essence of charm permeated the three-storey building, from the corridors to the vast verandas that faced north. White veiled sisters sailed serenely, heels clicking efficiently on the highly polished oak floors. The large windows captured the sun's warm rays. Summer was retreating in a triumphant blaze. Too tired for restlessness, the only movement among us in the West-facing classroom of the Nurse Education building was the occasional desultory glance at the clock on the wall. It was a plain, no-nonsense clock, suitable for classrooms of bored students; and on that day it was an extremely slow clock.Brooks is at her finest in this cunning collection of short stories. Her trademark wit and sharp observation is crafted with depth and compassion, as she once again explores the gamut of human experience with fearless clarity and buoyant optimism. Linda gives us an intimate view into a nursing career, with both fiction and non fiction. It is a world of compassion, patience and intuitive regard for others, but encapsulates the humanity of this challenging and often underrated role in the community.
Raging Grace
When your body-mind is in upheaval, or is deemed troublesome, how do you find a way forward? In the shadow of an ecological and social crisis, whose voices do we need to pay attention to? The poems, essays and artworks in this groundbreaking anthology answer both these questions at the same time. Written collaboratively and in conversation, they harness rage and grace to speak back to unhealthy, alienating systems and experiences. Both prophetic and celebratory, Raging Grace affirms disability and neurodivergence as unique sources of truth telling, and collaboration as a radical model for collective health.
The Crow on the Cross
Steve Evans' new collection, The Crow on the Cross, Wedding Songs & Others, is collection which examines the social and cultural phenomenon of marriage in ways that are equal parts personal and analytical. His poems are both lush and spare. The endless human desire for a partner, an equal, is celebrated and questioned in poems of deep understanding and knowing humour. Evans brings all his formidable skill as a poet to a remarkably diverse examination of the topic, at once deeply thoughtful, comfortingly familiar, and perceptively humorous.This mastery of form is continued in the second part of the collection, a miscellany of subjects united by the skill and insight of an accomplished poet.
An Ocean of Wonder
An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific brings together fifty writers and artists from across Moananuiākea working in myriad genres across media, ranging from oral narratives and traditional wonder tales to creative writing as well as visual artwork and scholarly essays. Collectively, this anthology features the fantastic as present-day Indigenous Pacific world-building that looks to the past in creating alternative futures, and in so doing reimagines relationships between peoples, environments, deities, nonhuman relatives, history, dreams, and storytelling. Wonder is activated by curiosity, humility in the face of mystery, and engagement with possibilities. We see wonder and the fantastic as general modes of expression that are not confined to realism. As such, the fantastic encompasses fantasy, science fiction, magic realism, fabulation, horror, fairy tale, utopia, dystopia, and speculative fiction. We include Black, feminist, and queer futurisms, Indigenous wonderworks, Hawaiian moʻolelo kamahaʻo and moʻolelo āiwaiwa, Sāmoan fāgogo, and other non-mimetic genres from specific cultures, because we recognize that their refusal to adopt restrictive Euro-American definitions of reality is what inspires and enables the fantastic to flourish. As artistic, intellectual, and culturally based expressions that encode and embody Indigenous knowledge, the multimodal moʻolelo in this collection upend monolithic, often exoticizing, and demeaning stereotypes of the Pacific and situate themselves in conversation with critical understandings of the global fantastic, Indigenous futurities, social justice, and decolonial and activist storytelling. In this collection, Oceanic ideas and images surround and connect to Hawaiʻi, which is for the three coeditors, a piko (center); at the same time, navigating both juxtaposition and association, the collection seeks to articulate pilina (relationships) across genres, locations, time, and media and to celebrate the multiplicity and relationality of the fantastic in Oceania.
In Defence of Her Honour
In Defence of Her HonourLondon 1800s to Parramatta 1819+Will the real man of quality please stand up?Bill Miller was raised and educated with the family's sons. The younger son, Cuthbert, or Bert, had been his best friend. However, jealousy intervenes when Bill's excellent schoolwork curtails their childhood friendship. He wins scholarships, and he excels. When Bill's father, the old butler, dies unexpectedly, Bert insists that Bill take over the position, but it's more to oppress him.Bert's jealousy festers. Now, looking for a way to rid themselves of the new butler, a ruckus ensues, and Bill is arrested for assaulting Bert. The housekeeper and her daughter Molly vouch for him, but it's too late; Bill has been arrested and sentenced to be transported. With Bill gone, Molly now needs to defend herself from Bert's inappropriate attention. She doesn't succeed, but she, too, is convicted and sent to Sydney. Adventures follow them on their separate journeys.How Molly and Bill ended up running the best Inn in Parramatta can only be called a blessing from above. *****'In Defence of Her Honour' is a colonial convict historical love story in the standalone 'Convict Stain Collection' that takes you back to a simpler time when simply surviving was a battle won. This is a story of enduring love that crosses half the globe during the Convict era in Australia.It is another stand-alone story in the 'Convict Birthstain Collection."Set in convict Parramatta in the Macquarie era, change is occurring while you watch.*****If you love Australian Colonial history, you will love Sara Powter's 'In Defence of Her Honour.' An absorbing tale of love and survival in the face of adversity and a hunt for a future helping others.It is another stand-alone story in the 'Convict Birthstain Collection." A clean Australian Historical story that will make you feel as though you have stepped back in time.Buy 'In Defence of Her Honour' to find out how Bill and Molly survive in a town full of convicts. (Book six in the 'Convict Birthstain Collection' of stand-alone stories)
House on the Hill
The four popular Bondi Beach Love books in one boxed set.Beach House: Rosie Pemberton has her life mapped out, and her tarot cards agree. The cards take a turn, though, when her aunt leaves the old house on the hill above Australia's Bondi Beach to champion surfer Taj Brown. Three months sharing a house with a pinup would test any woman's self-control...Beach Music: Sally Smith is content with her life despite her twin sister, Sonia, telling her she doesn't have one. One dose of heartbreak was enough to do her for a lifetime, so she plays it safe.Until her twin meddles and then takes off to Hawaii leaving Sally to deal with the fallout. The tarot cards told Sonia it would bring Sally her happy-ever-after, and the cards don't lie.Beach Walk: Sonia Smith lives in the haunted house on the hill above Bondi Beach. Well, maybe it's not haunted, but the hint of a ghost in the old house where she reads tea leaves and tarot cards is good for business. When fashion designer, Dave Harris, turns up on Christmas Day, the last thing Sonia needs is a slick businessman telling her what to do.Beach Dreams: Rosie, Sally and Sonia have all found their happy ever afters in the house on the hill..but what will become of Aunt Agatha and the house now that it has been sold?Property developer, Greg Tindall, has big plans to turn the graceful mansion into an apartment block.But Greg is thwarted as Ginny Silver, retro shop proprietor, joins forces with Aunt Aggie. Can Ginny convince Greg that the house and its contents are too beautiful to be revamped...but even more problematic...can she avoid falling in love with a man who is totally unsuitable for her?
Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia
'My people are expert navigators, adventurers, innovators, ambassadors, teachers, storytellers, performers, strategists, chefs and advocates for change. The blood runs deep when I reflect on the past and the present and imagine what our future might look like.' -Leilani Bin-JudaWhat makes Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait unique? And what is it like to be a Torres Strait Islander in contemporary Australia? Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia, compiled by poet and author Samantha Faulkner, showcases the distinct identity of Torres Strait Islanders through their diverse voices and journeys.Hear from emerging and established writers from both today and the recent past, including Eddie Mabo, Thomas Mayo, Lenora Thaker, Ellie Gaffney, Jillian Boyd-Bowie, Aaron Fa'Aoso and Jimi Bani. These and many more storytellers, mentors, traditional owners, doctors and teachers from the Torres Strait share their joy, culture, good eating, lessons learned and love of family, language and Country.Discover stories of going dugong hunting and eating mango marinated in soy sauce. The smell of sugar cane and frangipani-scented sea breeze. Family, grandmothers and canoe time. Dancing, singing, weaving hats and making furniture from bamboo. Training as a doctor and advocating for healthcare for the Torres Strait. The loneliness of being caught between two cultures. Mission life, disconnection and being evacuated to the mainland during World War II. "Is that really your mum? Why is she black?". Not being Islander enough. Working hard to reconnect to your roots, and claiming back land and culture.A book to treasure and share, this groundbreaking collection provides a unique perspective on the Torres Strait Islander experience.With contributions by: Ellen Armstrong, Tetei Bakic-Tapim, Jimi Bani, Leilani Bin-Juda, Jillian Boyd-Bowie, Tahlia Bowie, Aaliyah Jade Bradbury, John Doolah, Donisha Duff, Aaron Fa'Aoso with Michelle Scott Tucker, Ellie Gaffney, Velma Gara, Jaqui Hughes, Adam C. Lees, Rhett Loban, Thomas Lowah, Edward Koiki Mabo with Noel Loos, Thomas Mayo, Lenora Thaker, Sorren Thomas, Ina Titasey as told to Catherine Titasey, Lockeah Wapau and Daniella Williams.
A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia
"A Final Reckoning" is an ancient Historical Adventure story book written by G. A. Henty. "A Final Reckoning" takes vicinity in SouthAfrica during the Boer War and recounts the stories of teen Dick Humphries. When Dick's father is falsely convicted of robbery, he sets out to smooth the own family' names. Dick have to barter the treacherous terrain of violence and deception, setting his devotion and braveness to the check. As Dick progresses deeper into the conflict, he meets each foes and allies, getting to know approximately the horrors of war and the complexities of human nature. Dick is out on a venture for justice, observed with the aid of his depended on accomplice, Tom, who's determined to discover the truth and all another time avoid his father. G. A. Henty expertly blends ancient elements with exhilarating journeys, immersing readers in a gripping tale of power and dignity. Through Dick's struggles and successes, the radical dives into subjects of relationships, sacrifice, and the pursuit of justice within the face of adversity. "A Final Reckoning" demonstrates G. A. Henty's know-how of ancient literature, fascinating audiences with first rate and undying subjects of valor and honesty.
Silver Linings
Silver Linings is a smorgasbord of rich and varied offerings. The choices include poetry, essay, memoir and fiction. Texture and taste is enhanced by the literary influences of the authors places of origin including Rumania, Malaysia, Vietnam, Scotland, Russia, New Zealand and, of course, Australia. Each nibble will leave you hungry for more. So settle down with a cuppa, or something stronger, and enjoy the meal!
Soul
Stories with soul. That's what you'll find between these covers of this collection of short stories longlisted in the 2023 Mansfield Readers and Writers short story competition. How do you write to a theme as abstract as 'soul'? Well, these stories reference the theme in ways that continuously inspire and surprise. Truckers on the Nullarbor, anyone? A trip to Paris? Featuring imperfect families and perfect love, this is a great collection to dip into, or devour in a single reading. And soul runs through all of it. Enjoy
Waiting at the Sliprails
Waiting at the SliprailsSet in the upper Nepean River area of Australia, then on the Bathurst Road of New South WalesSeeking acceptance they discovered love and forgiveness.Will love be found in a marriage of convenience?*****Bea Dawes is a foundling, alone and unloved. Her life seems to be one trauma after the other, ending up as a convict dairy maid in a penal colony half way around the world from where she was born.Jack Barnes is escaping a home filled with hate and constant bickering. He seeks a wife but is not looking for love. He is hired as a drover, and meets Bea.Bea accepts his offer of marriage; then discovers that he could be gone for months, leaving her alone with Billy and Netty. They are part of the tribe of Aborigines who live on his secluded farm. Bea learns to love her husband and also this wonderful aboriginal couple.Then drought ravages the farm, and Jack must hit the long paddock with the flock. In his absence, a visitor arrives, threatening to destroy everything they have worked so hard for.Can Bea touch this woman's heart?Will the drought ever end and when will Jack return? Will they realise feeling of love are stronger than either realised? Does she trust him?*****'Waiting at the Sliprails' is a colonial convict historical fiction story in the standalone 'Convict Birthstain Collection' that takes you back to a time when simply surviving was a battle won. A Clean Historical Fiction StoryIf you love Australian Colonial history, you will love Sara Powter's 'Waiting at the Sliprails' is an absorbing tale of love and survival in the face of adversity.Buy 'Waiting at the Sliprails' to find out what occurs to bring the peace back to the valley. Winner of the Spring 2024 PenCraft Award.
The Vine Weaver
The Vine WeaverLong-listed in 2023 Historical Fiction Company CompetitionSet in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River area of Australia, then Scotland and England.Life handed them heartbreak, and then they discovered hope.Will the vines draw them close together?*****Fran Rea is a foundling, alone and unloved.Her life seems to be one trauma after the other. Hetty Walker grew up in a convict town and knows not all convicts are really bad. She wants to help some of the abused convict girls.Hector Macdougal is a convict worker assigned to Hetty. He stands out from the other men as he helps rather than abuses the girls.His words bring change, but will Fran listen to them? Will she realise he feels far more for her than he should? Does she trust him?*****'The Vine Weaver' is a colonial convict historical fiction story in the standalone 'Convict Birthstain Collection' that takes you back to a simpler time when simply surviving was a battle won. A Clean Historical Fiction StoryIf you love Australian Colonial history, you will love Sara Powter's 'The Vine Weaver, ' an absorbing tale of love and survival in the face of adversity.Buy 'The Vine Weaver' to find out how far the vine reaches and what mystery is revealed to them both.
Dancing to Her Own Tune
Dancing to Her Own TuneLong-listed in the Historical Fiction Company Competition 2022 With deeply scarred hearts, Annie and Sam need answersSydney 1790s to England 1830sAnnie White is released after serving seven years as a convict in Sydney. She gets a visitor who, with his help, she can start a baking business. She is then asked to assist another sick man.Sam Corbett. Annie nurses him back to health, and a relationship develops. They settle into a life together, barely making ends meet; she realises she's expecting a child. Sam has his past laid bare and must adjust to the revelations. They both must face their accusers and find that the answers to their questions are not what they expected. Their life experiences seem to cling to them, and unable to shake it they finally end up back in England, facing their ghosts and discovering they are not who they think they are. How can they turn their anger and spite into love and forgiveness? The Dance of Life goes on. What will Annie and Sam discover about their convoluted pasts? *****'Dancing to Her Own Tune' is a clean colonial convict historical fiction story in the 'Unlikely Convict Ladies Trilogy' that takes you back to a simpler time when simply surviving was a battle won.If you love Australian Colonial history, you will love Sara Powter's 'Dancing to Her Own Tune, ' an absorbing tale of love and survival in the face of adversity.Buy 'Dancing to Her Own Tune' to find out how they untangle the web of deceit and lies that surround them.
A Final Reckoning
"A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia" by G. A. Henty is a thrilling adventure novel that takes readers on a captivating journey through the rugged landscapes of Australia during the 19th century. This tale of bush life follows the protagonist, Dick Varley, a young English settler who finds himself in the midst of a gripping conflict. As Dick becomes embroiled in a feud between the settlers and the indigenous tribes, he must navigate treacherous encounters, grapple with moral dilemmas, and ultimately seek justice and reconciliation. The story showcases the challenges faced by early Australian settlers, exploring themes of survival, loyalty, and cultural understanding. Through the twists and turns of the narrative, G. A. Henty delivers a thrilling and thought-provoking story that captivates readers and highlights the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
Hand Upon The Anvil
Lockleys of Parramatta Series Book 1Hands Upon the AnvilIn a town full of convict ruffians, the blacksmiths forge is a place where all are equal, except the worker on the forge.Clean Historical Fiction set in Parramatta, Australian in the early 1800s.*****Eddie Lockley is a convicts second son. He apprenticed himself to a blacksmith when only a child. He had big dreams but can't see a way for them to come to fruition. He dreams of helping his town grow. How can this young man in the making cause such change?A daydreaming, Jenna Turner thrusts herself into his peaceful life and Eddie realises he wants her at his side forever. She too is a convict's daughter, but her feisty attitude to life keeps Eddie on his toes.Adventures and revelations abound and they ruffle the lives of both families.*****'Hands Upon the Anvil' is the first book in a 100 year family saga of Colonial and convict Australia.Set in the convict era Parramatta.*****If you love Australian Colonial history, you will love Sara Powter's 'Hands Upon the Anvil' An absorbing tale of love, big dreams and seeing them come to fruition.Buy 'Hands Upon the Anvil' to find out about the wonderful Lockley family. *****(The convict side this saga is loosely inspired by the author's convict family history.)If you love this book, Wills's story is found in 'Out Where the Brolgas Dance.' Runaways, Gold and PTSD, how can an eighteen year old's question change lives.
Collectanea
We invite you to put up your feet, relax and dip at leisure into this gratifying collection of moods and moments, perceptive pieces from known Chapters writers and newcomers to the group. Within the covers of this anthology, the strong, well-articulated observations of tenacious 'True Grit' writers frame these literary voices. Indeed, we believe you will find an 'eloquent and elegant sufficiency' of insightful observations interpreted perceptively through personal and collective histories, observations and insights. Please join us in experiencing the delight words can deliver. Most of all, we wish you enjoyable reading.
Home Work
When Helen Hayward had her two children in London, 25 years ago, she found looking after them easy. Loving and looking after her kids was straightforward. However loving and looking after her home was not. She had long been instructed to put her career first. So she did. Yet what to do with the mushrooming laundry by the bathroom door? And what about if she actually liked cooking? Home Work is a series of personal essays motivated by three questions.Is there an art to running a home?Can it be a satisfying thing to do?Has the work we do around the home - which accounts for roughly a 1/4 of our waking hours - something important to teach us about life itself?
Horwitz Publications, Pulp Fiction and the Rise of the Australian Paperback
The first book-length study of Sydney-based Horwitz Publications, the largest and most dynamic Australian pulp publisher to emerge after World War II. Although best known for its cheaply produced, sometimes luridly packaged, softcover books, Horwitz Publications played a far larger role in mainstream Australian publishing than has been so far recognised, particularly in the expansion of the paperback from the late 1950s onwards. Horwitz was adept at seeking out and exploiting the porous spaces that existed, sometimes only temporarily, between pulp and mainstream publishing: where mainstream literary forms were reconfigured to suit more sensational tastes, authorial reputation was fluid, and government regulation failed to keep pace with shifting reading tastes and social mores. Its dealings were aggressively transnational in scope, moving beyond London, to directly encompass the United States and other overseas fiction markets. And Horwitz continually mined international literary and publishing fashions and successes to create local analogues of popular pulp and mass-market publishing genres, giving them a makeover to align them with Australian cultural sensibilities, tastes and legislative environments. Horwitz Publications, Pulp Fiction and the Rise of the Australian Paperback examines the authorship, production, marketing and distribution of Horwitz pulp paperbacks. It includes ground-breaking material on the conditions of creative labour: the writers, artists and editors involved in the production of Horwitz pulp. The book also explores how Horwitz pulp paperbacks acted as a local conduit for the global modern: the ideas, sensations, fascinations, technologies, and people that came crashing into the Australia consciousness in the 1950s and 1960s. This is part of the larger story of Australian pulp fiction's role as an unofficial archive of changing tastes, ideas, controversies and debates about gender, race, class, youth, and economic and social mobility that occurred in 1950s and 1960s Australia.
Vanished
Four passports are found of girls who vanished in Australia. The girl who found them has disappeared too. Who are these girls? Where have they gone?A diary and search in Australia and across the world give tiny glimpses and fragments, but their stories remain elusive. The police search, friends and families search and grieve in alternate measure, but five girls remain gone, their fate unknown.Anne is wracked by guilt at her failure to save her friend, Susan, who vanished one night soon after her release from jail. The evidence suggests she has returned to the place where she and her lover parted, she chose him and the crocodiles over life. She was in advanced pregnancy with twins and so three people are gone.Anne has her friend's story, her voice on a tape is the last fragment left to her of a vanished existence. She must tell this story so that the world can know of this lovely brave girl who seems forever lost. And the families of the other four girls want their stories told too. She has the man's diary, which tells parts, but there is much that makes no sense. It reveals another shadowy girl who may have gone too. She travels to the places from where they have come and were last seen in search of answers. She faithfully records each story, five or even six lost girls, each girl gone, nobody knows where. As she searches patterns emerge which help to explain the why and some of the how, but not where they are now. Almost certainly some are dead, but could some still survive..She is determined not to surrender all hope that at least one or two may yet be found alive. After a year nothing has been found. She must put it behind her and try to get on with her own life, but guilt and hope keep driving her on, searching still.
It’s What Eddie Did
From an Auckland slum to the heights of a New York boardroom and, eventually, an obscure and unhappy old age, It's What Eddie Did records the rise and fall of Eddie Purvis, a rich and successful New Zealand advertising man, and his relationship with one of the world's great international airlines and its New York advertising agency. However, obsessed with his own mid-life success, Eddie later discovers the importance of family, and that wealth can't protect him and them from life's troubles and disappointments.
Australian Writers
This anthology of Australian literature showcases the diversity and richness of the country's literary tradition. From early colonial tales to contemporary poetry, Desmond Byrne has curated an essential collection for anyone interested in the writing of this dynamic nation.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Minutiae
From the delights of newly-born lambs, through the beauty of an antique bottle, to the pain of loneliness, the small things in life give rich ground for poetry. Minutiae is a collection inspired by the hidden gems and the tiny jewels that reflect light in our lives.Kirsten Johnston is a poet from regional South Australia. She writes to give the small moments of life a voice-to capture fleeting instances and impressions and bring to light the tiny joys, anomalies and beauties that are often missed. The other half of Kirsten's creative life is her work as a visual artist in which she paints large-scale abstract pieces for exhibition and sale, often inspired, like her poetry, by small treasures within our existence.
The Bee Whisperer
The Bee Whisperer's appearance in Barrington has tongues wagging and the small-town rumour mill working overtime.School term begins with a massive bee swarm.Principal Alex Macintosh needs help and Ayla Forrest arrives at just the right time. But what she does next blows him away.Ayla is seeking a sign. An indication the community will accept her, and daughter Skye.Alex is fascinated by the newcomer and keen to know more, but he has his own daughter to consider.Young builder Harry Stewart has his sights set on Ayla too and makes sure she knows it.Will she be drawn to either of them?Settle in for Ayla's journey. With a cast of colourful characters, this story will tug on your heart strings and make you laugh out loud.
Out of the Shadows
It's often this editing process that makes all the difference between a good piece of work and a great one. The thirty pieces or shortlisted work that made it into the anthology, really came down to the elements of good writing working: powerful imagery, strong rhythms, original concepts, and something hard to pin down - a kind of beauty combined with honesty that kept us thinking about the work. These pieces were generally the more ambitious stories and poems that tried to tackle something that can't be said easily, which is why it's such good fodder for creative writing.
Vā
Stories that tell Covid how we REALLY feel, where a Centipede God watches on with wry humour and wrath, where a sexy Samoan goes on a hot Tinder date in Honolulu, where a New Zealand doctor is horrified to be stuck at her cousin's kava drink up in Fiji, where Moana people travel the stars and navigate planets, stories where Ancestors and Atua live and breathe. Stories that defy colonial boundaries, and draw on the storytelling and oratory that is our inheritance. Immerse yourself in the intrigue, fantasy, humour and magic of beautiful strong stories by 38 writers from across the Moana.Chimamanda Adichie speaks about the danger of the single story. In this book you will travel across oceans and meet diverse and deep characters in over 50 rich stories from Cook Island, Chamorro, Erub Island (Torres Strait), Fijian, Hawaiian, Māori, Ni-Vanuatu, Papua New Guinean, Rotuman, Samoan and Tongan writers.Compiled and edited by award-winning writers Sisilia Eteuati and Lani Wendt Young, this anthology is the first of its kind as never before have so many Moana women writers gathered together to share their stories. Includes writing from: Amy Tielu, Arihia Latham, Ashlee Sturme, Audrey Teuki Brown-Pereira, Caroline Matamua, Cassie Hart, Courtney Leigh Sit-Kam Malasi Thierry, Dahlia Malaeulu, Denise Carter-Bennett, Emmaline Pickering Martin, Filifotu Vaai, Gina Cole, Isabella Naiduki, Karlo Mila, Kiri Piahana-Wong, Laura Toailoa, Lauren Keenan, Lehua Parker, Lily Ann Eteuati, Mere Taito, Momoe Malietoa Von Reiche, Nadine Anne Hura, Nafanua PK, Nichole Brown, Nicki Perese, Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati, Ria Masae, Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen, Salote Timuiapaepatele Vaai- Siaosi, Shirley Simmonds, Stacey Kokaua, Steph Matuku, Sylvia Nakachi, Tanya Kang Chargualaf, Tulia Thompson, Vanessa Collins.
Weaving of Worlds
The ferry crossing from Fromentine, on the Bay of Biscay, to ?le d'Yeu is new to me, and yet the island's coastline appears as if it were a remembered shore. Halfway into the eleven-nautical-mile passage through a lazy swell, a faint blur smudges the horizon. In the wind, sea gulls sway and swoop. The blur stretches slowly into a black line that rises between sky and water to embody the reddish-brown, rocky shelf of the island's east coast. I am visiting France from Australia this European summer with my wife Monique. Dominique Turb矇 and his wife also named Dominique Turb矇, n矇e Deschamps, whom we have known for many years, now live in the village of Le Temple de Bretagne near Nantes. We are visiting them from Paris with Monique's sister Edith. I suggested a day excursion to the island. Dominique has family links with the old fishing community on the island, and I am mildly curious about the place to which, in 1945, the French state exiled Marshal P矇tain, the former President of the Vichy Regime. The ferry rounds the breakwater and enters the harbour at the capital Port Joinville. A white fleet sits in the water, and, around the harbour, whitewashed stone buildings stand in an arc that is centred on la mairie where the French tri-colour hangs on a pole angled high above the entrance. We disembark and the eye adjusts on a hazy morning to the confined space in the port. Bands and blocks of colour stand out on the white surfaces of the boats and buildings.
p0sthuman - the evening before
Sensuous, intelligent, energising and dizzyingly fast-paced. Anne KellasElegant, lyrical, often erotic and always intriguing. Amanda LohreyIrrepressible vitality. David MasonIn these poems of love, heartbreak, loss and desire the author reimagines his past to find hints of the beings who could come after us.He identifies in the commonality of human experience the seeds of a posthuman future. But this book is not prophetic. It's about 'the evening before'. Can we read the past as love song, tragedy, or science fiction? What is it to be human? Or to be 'p0sthuman'? And what is it to love, and be loved? Is it the quest for the other, the vulnerable human who in the end sees the sum of their life evaporate?Here are elusive and exhilarating poems about our necessary, vulnerable existence.Wry, heartbreaking, breezy, ecstatic... Peter Jerrim's poems bounce off each other, or appear to suddenly merge as their meaning begins to reveal itself.
