'In this dusty rear-view mirror: 55 poems is a travelogue of the soul - anchored by a unifying voice that is authentic reassuring yet searching. In its scope it draws from a youth spent in the rolling hills (and sometimes dark valleys) of South Gippsland in Victoria to journeys in middle age through California and the vast deserts of the ......
In the summer of 1928 the body of Michael Walsh is brought home to Norwood from Mount Gambier where he died on a train. That night his wife Rose attacks his coffin with an axe. Rose's estranged daughter Mary returns for the funeral. Mother and daughter are reconciled but as Michael is buried dark secrets are resurrected. The Blue Roses of ......
My Shout is a collection of poems reaching back to the 1970s and extending almost to the present. The author's interest in and obsession with the use of words began at Elizabeth Vale Primary School as an old Strathmorean among other Ten Pound Poms in the halcyon days of an expanding education system. Gordon's working life as a teacher of drama ......
Terra nullius means 'empty land'. It is the title of the first story in this collection which is related by Hugh Foulkes bullock driver to Captain Charles Sturt as the men of the expedition wait at Depot Glen for Sturt's return from his final push in search of the mythical inland sea. To the early explorers the land appears empty and they try ......
'While science can hold a magnifying glass over the world poetry can hold a magnifying glass over our deepest emotions. If we are to tackle climate change we must not just understand the world but understand ourselves and it is to that end that this volume is directed. These poems take us from the deeply personal impact of climate change on a ......
TC looks forward to a lazy summer at Semaphore's beach. Only problem her mother has taken a job in the Hills and moved TC into an academically demanding high school. Signed up for rowing TC is plunged into the harrowing sport where she must quickly bond with the rowing quad if they are to have any chance of beating the favoured private college ......
Chat kato neko kitska meo kedi cat... No matter where in the world cats have settled they are cherished by those who adopt them. How amazing it is to have this wild little furry beast tamed clean-living inside your home and obviously enjoying your company (and food). In Furry Tales Jude Aquilina shares her poetic musings on moggies. ......
Migration has played a large part in Australia's history and culture since 1788 and in this collection Adrian Rogers reflects on the migrant experience evoking the northern hemisphere through his knowledge of Ireland and setting it against the reality of modern Australia thereby highlighting both the differences and similarities between the two ......
Claire Laishley wasn't particularly concerned when she found a lump in her breast. She'd had two others removed over the years both benign and at the time the doctor had intimated there would probably be more. But this time things would be different. The Diary of Delores D'Lump covers the twelve-month period from the day breast cancer was ......
