A Perfect Danger
Her perfect tree change is about to turn deadly...Nellie Sinclair swaps her life in Sydney for the hamlet of Glenmeer, close to Bindarra Creek. Buying a farmhouse sight unseen, she arrives to find no power, a leaky roof, and the unsettling discovery that somebody has recently been inside.Kane Maxwell, the local National Park tour guide, is drawn to the quiet and serious young woman next door but his gut tells him there's a whole lot more to her change of lifestyle than she admits. Even as their friendship moves toward something unexpected and wonderful, she's looking over her shoulder and jumping at shadows.Determined to put her past behind her and build a new graphic design business, Nellie takes Kane on as her first client and they hike into the rugged bushland to take photographs for his new website. But during a cave visit they make a disturbing discovery - a recent campfire scattered with items Nellie recognises. Finding themselves trapped by a killer, Nellie makes a life-changing decision.She has to keep Kane safe. Facing the danger she's run from is the only way. Even with her own life at stake.A Perfect Danger is the seventh and final book in the Bindarra Creek Mystery series. All are exciting standalones set in and around the beloved small town in rural Australia.
A Place to Start Over
Second Edition with five new Bonus Chapters. Can one bad decision change your life? While recuperating from her biggest mistake, Harriet's had time to plan a fresh start, away from the city.With a business plan on her laptop and determination in her heart, she leaves Sydney, heading north. It's a long drive and she's only just beginning to heal, so she's booked a stopover at Barrington Homestead on the way.Harriet meets Drummond Murray on the road to Barrington. He's a cattle farmer and fifth generation local. Impeccable manners but not much warmth. She has no choice but to accept his assistance, but she's not keen to see him again.In contrast, Ben Evans is a local stock and station agent, good humoured, warm and welcoming. Except Harriet isn't looking for romance and she's keen to continue her journey north. Circumstances conspire to keep her in Barrington and after months of feeling helpless, feeling needed strikes a chord.A cast of local characters and new friendships make her wonder if this might just be her place to start over.
Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia
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Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia
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.
Matchmaker
Match Me If You Can ChloeHappy birthday to me! Chloe can't believe she's a 30-year-old virgin! She's more than ready to lose that title, but she won't settle for just anyone.After bumping into her teenage crush, Theodore Campbell, she knows he's the perfect man to take her V-card. Problem is, he won't sleep with his best friend's sister. Before it's too late, Chloe wants to find a husband and have children, and she convinces Theo to play matchmaker and help her with her dating nerves. Except the dates he sets her up with don't compare to Theo. It's Theo she truly wants. TheoDivorce = failure. I do not like to fail. After his marriage breakdown, Theo's done with relationships. Not interested in one-night stands. Until her. A flash of red on the dancefloor draws him into her magic. Chloe Doyle.His best friend's sister.Untouchable. Chloe's asking for a huge favor. Take her on a fake date and practice making out with her. Being so close to her is making it difficult to keep his distance. He wants her. But he has a secret that will change everything; steal her dreams and make her hate him. So, he walks away. He can't fail again.He's saving them both the heartbreak. Right?
In Flux
In Flux: Trans and Gender-Diverse Reflections and Imaginings is a community anthology by trans and gender-diverse (TGD) writers. Both embracing and defying familiar genres, the contributors share experiences, grapple with ideas, play with language and invent new worlds, bringing to the task their skills, humour and passion.In the context of increased TGD visibility and mainstream acceptance, In Flux is both a celebration and an intervention. Arising from collaboration, inquiry and experiment, it continues the work of trans activists in making spaces for new conversations.Spanning both small pleasures and big questions, In Flux is a bright, bold and heartfelt addition to the written history of trans and gender-diverse folks.
Victim
She holds his diary in her hand. Its contents terrify her, What is the awful tale it tells. She knows she must read it to see what is hidden. Can she bring herself to do so. She hides it away and passes responsibility to another. A fisherman finds a unidentified head in a waterhole in Northern Australia. What appeared to be a crocodile attack turns into murder. Who is this man who no one seems to know. And who was the woman with him in his final days. Her face is glimpsed on CCTV. The search for her narrows. Now the tabloids have a new story - BRAZEN ENGLISH HUSSY, Killed her lover, fed his body to the crocodiles then buried the evidence! This book follows the consequences of the actions in the first book in this series, Visitor. Susan, an English backpacker, comes to Australia, gets caught in a terrifying relationship and barely escapes with her life.She seeks to continue life back in England as if nothing happened. But her past returns to haunt her. Slowly and inexorably the truth of what really happened in Australia emerges. The police have her photo. They are closing in on her identity.
Quest
There is something in Quest for everyone, from the hilarious stories, Catsh22 and The Antipodean Pro-Leprechaun Society, to fine nature writing in Hampton, Plants and Sand Castles to social commentary in Upside/Downside or the interface of Nuclear Science and Indian Philosophy in Shiva and Science. So many issues are explored, such as the fact that Holes are Wholes, or the eyes, or the Soul, or sex in Subverting Paradigms and the mystery of identity in Who do I You think I am? Fascinating facts about ordinary old water in Water E=H2O and deep ecological concerns in A Chat with Mother Nature. So there is fun to be had, things to be learnt, opinions challenged and the pure pleasure of reading very original prose that sometimes waxes lyrical or is elevated to verse.
Judith Wright
This first-ever collection of Australian poet Judith Wright's nonfiction is a compelling portrait of a prescient voice on modern Australia.Judith Wright (1915-2000) is one of the best-known Australian poets of her generation. Born into a pioneering bush family, her commitments to environmental protection, history writing and obtaining recognition for First Nations people drew her in new directions and assumed a major role in her life. She was the first president of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, a founder of the Australian Conservation Foundation and a member of the Aboriginal Treaty Commission.This selection of her nonfiction, the first of its kind, brings together essays, speeches, family history, correspondence, memoir and criticism to reveal the personal and philosophical threads that bind together her work and life. It makes plain the shifts and transformations in her thinking, and the female friendships - in particular, with writer and activist Oodgeroo Noonuccal - that opened her to new perspectives and connections.This addition to the Australian Thinkers series shows what happens when a poet talks about a nation. It reveals a way of thinking about Australia - its land, history and culture - that draws on the best of human possibility.
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.
Paper Talks
Paper Talks is the result of, originally, massive cases of boredom, written during classes we found less than thrilling. The Talks were written in 1983 and 1984 in our last two years of high school as we prepared for our tertiary admissions examinations. In our last three months of high school, when the pressure was beginning to get to us, we gathered as many Talks as we could find and compiled them into a book for our own pleasure. This is the result.
Mysteries
A mother and child missing for thirty yearsAn old stone house with no historySecrets buried below the floorGlimpsed lives from 200 years pastIf only the stones could talkNow a new mystery - the mother's pendant is foundFrom the author of The Old Balmain House this is a story set in early SydneyIts consequences reverberate down through successive generations until todayShe bends forward. A silver pendant falls from her top, swinging free on a chain from her neck.The name 'Cindy' is in silver cursive letters. On its back is a heart symbol and, 'From Jim'.I remember so clearly the day I bought it. I did not have money to buy my Cindy a wedding ring.But, with the twenty dollars I had saved, I bought this. I gave it to her with all my love.She hung it around her neck, where it stayed until she and our baby vanished.Now, after thirty years, it has returned.
In a shadow ii
A collection of modern day poetry, with an extensive use of metaphor, language and imagery, free-verse poetry, award winning poems and rhymes
The Trouble With Him
The trouble with him is he never was supposed to belong to me...Everyone assumes I have the perfect life. And why not? I'm Ava Edwards-daughter of billionaire mogul Lex Edwards.I had everyone fooled until New Year's Eve when my life fell apart.Then he walked into the same bar looking just as devastatingly handsome as I remembered him.A long-lost friend who I considered family-once upon a time.But comfort led to more, and we made a mistake that changed both our lives forever.In my head, I only see the look on my dad's face when I tell him.Chances are the news will destroy my family.And it's all because of one forbidden night...
Diary of a New Chum
Paul Wenz was born in France in 1869, lived in Australia, and wrote stories dealing mainly with his Australian experiences for the French. He wrote ten books from 'Nanima', his homestead in Forbes, New South Wales, including two collections of short stories and four Australian novels. He also translated Jack London and Joseph Conrad, both who came to visit him in Australia.Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories contains many stories never before published in English, and includes correspondence with authors such as Andre Gide, Miles Franklin and Christopher Brennan. Always the very essence of the Australia of Wenz's period, Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories sparkles with irony and psychological insight and represents Paul Wenz at his powerful best.
Reading Like an Australian Writer
All writers begin as readers. This is an ode, a love letter, to the magic of reading. To the spark that's set off when the reader thinks...I can do this too. Some of Australia's top writers take us through these moments of revelation through the dog-eared pages of their favourite Australian books. Ellen van Neerven finds kin on the page with Miles Franklin-winner Tara June Winch. A.S. Patric discovers a dark mirror for our times in David Malouf's retelling of an episode from The Iliad. Ashley Hay pens letters of appreciation and friendship to Charlotte Wood. These and many more writers come together to draw knowledge from the distinctive personal and sensory stories of this country: its thefts and losses, and its imagined futures. Australian fiction shows us what it is possible to say and, perhaps, what still needs to be said. Reading like an Australian Writer is an inspirational and heartfelt collection of essays that will enrich your reading of Australian stories and guide you in your own writing.
Time Will Tell
TIME WILL TELL - SEQUEL TO TWO HEARTBEATSWhen Jess discovered love with Daniel in the tiny outback town of Gowrie it seemed that her previous troubled life had been cast aside. However, differences in their backgrounds, her doubts about real love and the urge to return and support her twin brother Johnno, forced her to make a decision to leave.Her new home in the small community of Tamborine Mountain provides an opportunity to contemplate how she really feels and what is important. Johnno lives nearby and new friends and a romantic encounter give her a fresh start, but is this what she really wants and if it isn't, will Daniel welcome her back with open arms?The tranquil setting of Tamborine Mountain joins forces with the outback of Queensland to continue the story of Two Heartbeats. Will the decision be taken out of Jess's hands, pushing her further away, or will her heart lead her to where she will find true happiness? Time Will Tell - a rural love story, where friendship, romance and hearts entwine.
Twenty Days by Twenty
I've known for some time Marcus Breen is a person of many talents, and the artistic expressions within these covers attests to yet another area of exceptional virtuosity. Twenty Days by Twenty is a tour de force in a diminutive package, one embodying striking versification and storytelling, Here Breen gives us a poignant portrait of the travails and triumphs informing his days in the far off southern hemisphere--his native soil--and we feel privileged he has chosen to share them with us, because we come away with enhanced insight into our own stress points and jubilations. Long after reading Twenty Days by Twenty, it continues to occupy my consciousness. That has to be of significance. Highly recommended. - Michael C. Keith, author of Insomnia 11 and Stories in the Key of Me.
Just Storytellers
Just Storytellers gathers the poetic works of Brendan Bonsack into one extensive edition, including past favorites, and brand new writings from the year of COVID, 2020. Brendan Bonsack is a poet, broadcaster, photographer and filmmaker. His written work appears in print and online, and has been featured in Australian and European festivals, including the Melbourne Writers Festival and White Night, and the UNESCO Poems on the Walls project in Poland. His poetry is included in the audio journal, Audacious II, and on film at Moving Poems, Poetry+Video International touring festival, and The Visible Poetry Project. Brendan makes regular appearances at local spoken word events and was runner up in the 2015 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize. He has produced over 12 books of poetry, including a collaborative work with poets from coastal Australia and the USA. His work has appeared in Cordite Poetry Review, Rochford Street Review, Pitt Street Poetry and The Guardian. He has been anthologized by Pankhurst Press in the UK, and by the Australian Blank Rune Press. Brendan is co-producer and presenter on Melbourne community radio 3CR, for weekly arts program Spoken Word. Brendan's work is available online at www.brendanbonsack.com
Up and Down the Real Australia
Arthur William Upfield is well known as the creator of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) who features in 29 crime detection novels, most set in the Australian outback. It is not well known that he also wrote about 250 short stories and articles, drawing on his experiences in the bush between 1911 and 1931. Up and Down the Real Australia is the second published collection of Upfield's short works. Kees de Hoog has selected 45 autobiographical articles, ranging from humorous outback anecdotes to personal experiences at Gallipoli and the Somme during the First World War.
Gouger of the Bulletin
This second volume of 'Gouger' contains more of the early writings of Ion Idriess, many written under his various pseudonyms that were previously not located with the great story-teller. Most of these stories, articles and paragraphs have never been in book form until now, and are the result of much pain-staking research by Idriess scholar, Jim Bradly. As always with Idriess, these snippets from another age offer an extremely diverse range of topics as Idriess explored and prospected his way around Australia and its northern islands - life as seen through the eyes of a bushman, a soldier, a social commentator and above all else - a true-blue Australian.
Horseshoes and Fences
Horses played such a great part during the development of outback and agricultural Australia. Add them to the determination of those who work with them and there is always a positive outcome.Here we follow the progress of how men, women, horses and fences played such a roll in the development of Australia, particularly when things don't always go according to plan.Follow this family as they move with the times.
On the Street
Degraves Street haunted by memories of a past lover. Racing monkeys at the end of Sunshine Road. One last, lonely bucks' night on Brunswick Street.Melbourne's streets might not be as charming as Rome's, as romantic as Paris's, as edgy as New York's - but they're more than capable of telling a good story. In this collection of essays, short fiction and poetry, some of our best emerging and established writers turn their pens to the streets of Melbourne. They explore geographies of love, loss, disappointment and changing culture in a city beloved by many.If you've ever lived in or visited Melbourne, or have a passing interest in our everyday connection to place, this is the book for you.
Mana Loa (3)
Kurzinfo: Schon die Mayas haben es geahnt und Nostradamus hat es gesehen. Ein Tropfen Blut entfacht die Glut der Wut. Dunkle M瓣chte, einst gebannt, ziehen wieder 羹bers Land. Die Jagd nach Mana ist entbrannt und selbst die Liebe wird verkannt Klappentext: W瓣hrend Nina ihre Kr瓣fte weiterentwickelt und sich damit gegen den Willen ihres Mannes stellt, hat Daniel seine ganz eigenen Probleme.Und auch die G繹tterschwestern regen sich.Um die Welt zu sch羹tzen, muss sie sich ihren eigenen D瓣monen stellen und dabei riskieren alles zu verlieren ... Wie weit wird Nina wohl gehen, um ihre Tochter wiederzusehen? Ist Daniel bereit, f羹r seine ?berzeugungen alles zu riskieren? Und wird es Nina gelingen, das R瓣tsel um ihre Visionen zu l繹sen, bevor es zu sp瓣t ist? "Astrid, schafft es mich als Leser so tief in die Geschichte mitzunehmen das man glaubt mittendrin und dabei zu sein." Isabelle auf Facebook.de "Fesselnd, romantisch, magisch, Band 3 von Astrid Rose, den man nicht mehr aus der Hand legen m繹chte und der Lust auf mehr macht." Doreen auf Facebook.de Von mir wird FSK 16 empfohlen, da der Text sinnlich-erotische Stellen enth瓣lt, die jedoch in keinster Weise ins Pornografische abgleiten.
Whispers from on High
'Whispers from on High' is a collection of works by Helen Brown, where she shares her wisdom and love for her Saviour. In these pages, you will find her poetry, some short stories and devotionals, sharing her unique insight into the spiritual world. Be inspired, comforted and strengthened as she shares her heart with you. Perfect as a coffee table book.
Arts Features International, July-September 2019, Facing the Future
The July-September 2019 'Facing the Future' issue of Arts Features International considers whether or not the future will be utopian or dystopian, and surveys the global climate strikes and the environmental movement led by young people.Ruth Skilbeck. Editorial: Will the Future be Utopian-or Dystopian? Essay and photographs of the Global Climate School Strike, Newcastle, 20 September 2019...7Michael Gormly. Critical thinking quickly sorts out denialist nonsense Essay and Photographs of the Global Climate School Strike, Newcastle, 20 September 2019...14Deborah Van Heekeren. Disconnectivity poem & artwork...22Ruth Skilbeck. Felena Springs utopian speculative fiction...25Simon Albert (The University of Queensland), Alistair Grinham (The University of Queensland), Badin Gibbes The University of Queens- land), Javier Leon (University of the Sunshine Coast), John Church (CSIRO) Sea-Level Rise has Claimed Five Whole Islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence (from The Conversation 2016)...28Jeremy Gluck. On Digital Art & Culture essay & text based art...34 Anthony Sawrey. A Thousand Miles Beyond: The Equine Paintings of Hugh Sawrey Book extract with paintings by Hugh Sawrey...48Suellen Symons. White Cockatoos Facebook photographs...70Frontline Action on Coal. Facebook posts and photographs of a small community Global Climate Strike near Adani mine, Queensland...24; 72Contributors' notes...77
Arts Features International, October-December 2019, Firestorms & Protest
Eyewitness accounts and images of Australian bushfire firestorms, environmental protests, and interviews with international artists feature in Firestorms & Protest, Summer 2019-2020, an Arts Features International Anthology (the print form of the journal).ContentsRuth Skilbeck Editorial 7Karen Kennedy Arresting Times essay 8 Jacqueline Baker Caramel Dust essay 15 Dylan McConville Extinction Rebellion photographs 8, 13, 14, 18 Margarita Georgiadis Frost and Fire-new landscape paintings 6, 20-29 Music News-Noisy Corner; Suz Dorahy 30 Ruth Skilbeck Interviews Angus McDonald 32 Jeremy Gluck On GS Artists 42 Jeremy Gluck Interviews Mark James 43 Jeremy Gluck Interviews Alison Lochhead 56Contributors' Notes 59
Arts Features International, October-December 2019, Firestorms & Protest
Firestorms & Protest, Summer 2019-2020, Arts Features International Anthology features ethnographic eyewitness essays on climate change protest; Karen Kennedy on being arrested at Extinction Rebellion street theatre events; Jacqueline Baker on XR in Queensland, new paintings of firestorms in rural New South Wales by Magarita Georgiadis; an interview by Ruth Skilbeck with Angus McDonald on his award winning film MANUS; Jeremey Gluck interviews with Mark James; and Alison Lochhead; and more.
Fresh Ink 2019
From the historical to the fantastical, the real to the surreal, this exciting anthology of New Zealand fiction, poetry, and artwork presents the varied voices and styles of New Zealand writing at its best - exhibiting work from established and award-winning authors as well as some lively 'fresh ink' from previously unpublished literary voices. The second in this popular series, Fresh Ink 2019 is collated by James George.CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: Crispin Anderlini, Vivienne Bailey, Manu Berry, Madeleine Child, Wendy Clarke, Jenny Clay, Anne Curran, Hannah Davison, Alexandra Fraser, Katie Furze, Michael Giacon, Peter Graham, J.A. Grierson, Claire Hagan, Jacob Hagan, Sandi Hall, Trisha Hanifin, Kayleen Hazlehurst, Edna Heled, Paul Hewlett, Feby Idrus, Lincoln Jaques, Anna Knox, Clare Marcie, Lorraine Marson, Helen McNeil, Elizabeth McRae, Jacquie McRae, Dave Moore, Denise O'Hagan, Christina O'Reilly, Maris O'Rourke, Nataliya Oryshchuk, Janet Pates, Karen Phillips, Edith Poor, Garth Powell, Kirsty Powell, Vaughan Rapatahana, Gillian Roach, Emma Robinson, Henrica Schieving, Tina Shaw, Olivia Spooner, Andrew Stiggers, Ellie Stiggers, Jessica Thomas, Lee Tupuola-Madsen, Kathryn van Beek, Suzie Watt, Sally Wilkins, M.A. Wilkins, Lisa Williams, Briana Woolliams, and Johnathan Worrall.
Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
This volume contains an illustrated collection of Australian Aborigine folklore, rewritten for a general audience. "Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines" is highly recommended for those with an interest in mythology and Australian Aboriginal culture, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Why the Crow is Black", "How the Stars Were Made", "Rolla-Mano and the Evening Star.", "The Story of the Seven Sisters and the Faithful Lovers", "A Legend of the Sacred Bullroarer", "The Great Fight.", "The Flying Chip.", "Why Blackfellows Never Travel Alone - A Legend of the Wallaroo and Willy-Wagtail", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. First published in 1923.
Mandurian Stories
An anthology for Mandurah, by Mandurah, supported by Shape Mandurah. Xanthe Turner began planning this anthology in 2018, inspired by her love of Mandurah, and the people who live here. Shape Mandurah breathed vital life into the project, and Mandurian Stories was born. In an early call for submissions, Xanthe said: "I want everyone in Mandurah, regardless of age or ability, to have an opportunity to express themselves." Xanthe envisioned an anthology which would: "... represent Mandurah as a whole, through snapshots of the individuals who live, work, and play in our beautiful city." Xanthe shared her vision with our community, and our community shared back. Mandurian writers, artists, and children collaborated to create a tangible manifestation of the creative spirit of Mandurah. The words and images in this book contain fragments of lives, facets of experience, and aspects of unique understanding. The common thread, woven through each page, is a deep-seated appreciation for Mandurah itself. Our collective love of this beautiful city binds us together like pages in a book. We are all collaborators in the figurative anthology of life. Every Mandurian deserves immense recognition for the time, passion, and effort involved in creating Mandurian Stories. CONTRIBUTORS Dr. Louise Helfgott Jo Gliddon-Baker Annette Pesek Julie Watts Sarah Cole Mary Ann Rath Estuary Guardians Mandurah Mandurah Dolphin Rescue Group Michael Gorman Kevin Lindsay Fowler Th. C. (Hons) Mandurah Historical Society Claire Cavanagh Hannah O'Keefe Karen Blake Rowe Gail Willems Nikky May Maddy Mac Caroline Julian Isabella Robinson Amelia Kathleen Willis Chase Williams River Williams Isabel Cummins Hailey Cummins Bonnie Cunningham Aaron Gwynaire Nanci Nott Azalia Turner Xanthe Turner Veronika Sajova Photography
Maxims
"Few men know death: we do not usually undergo it deliberately, but unthinkingly and out of habit and most men die because men cannot help dying" --Fran癟ois de La Rochefoucauld"And we open our eyes and feel our way in the dark." --William Bronk "The changes that have occurred in places you return to, the demise of attitudes that once seemed 'inevitable', show not so much how things change with time, but how transitory they always were. The fundamental truth is not that things change, but that they have hardly ever existed.""All my friends, dead for so many years - even their ghosts are dying.""The moon at last quarter sliding out of black cloud, giving body to darkness."--Clive Faust
The Gorse Blooms Pale
Dan Davin, one of New Zealand's acknowledged masters of the short story, was born in Invercargill in 1913. The Gorse Blooms Pale gathers together twenty-six stories and a selection of poems reflecting his experiences while growing up in an Irish-New Zealand family in Southland. Comic, haunting, poetic, profound, and lyrical, the stories have a regional flavour quite unlike any other body of work in New Zealand literature. They insightfully capture the character of a close-knit rural community and its post-British social relationships and tribulations, with a flair equal to such other New Zealand writers as Sargeson, Frame, Middleton, or Marshall. The Gorse Blooms Pale is a rare treasure in the landscape of twentieth-century New Zealand literature.
