David Bailes was born in Adelaide and later attended primary school in Darwin and then high school in Alice Springs. While living in Alice Springs David listened to many stories about the pioneering days as remembered by older family members. In Adelaide David completed an Arts degree at Adelaide University and teaching diploma at Murray Park ......
‘Suddenly he has a view of himself from above a figure sitting on this expanse of kitchen floor unable to protect what dignity he has left and not really concerned about doing so. Sandford is looking down on him from his perch on the chair shooting down his words with words of his own. He could not explain it but a balance seems to ......
Determined to uncover the truth behind her brother’s sudden death a young woman returns to the haunting landscape of her youth to confront the town she thought she’d left behind and the secrets they’d rather stay hidden.
‘Black Mountain is a deftly written novella- effortlessly building tension as it ......
Cultivating a haiku way of looking at the world opens the door to perceptions that would otherwise almost certainly go unheeded and unrecognised, sometimes fleeting, sometimes deep.
I am enthusiastic about telling my story all about my illness – bipolar mood swing disorder. I write with restlessness and with recklessness sometimes with energy so strong along with energy incredibly low. With the effect of this illness comes the need to rebuild myself and my self-esteem and finally to come to terms with the illness ......
In 2014 George Huitker decided to merge his love of music and service education and convinced his band Junk Sculpture to undertake a life-changing tour of north-western New South Wales. This was the very region where his service learning program was introducing his urban-based students to rural communities to gain a better understanding of ......
As the title suggests this collection of short stories focuses on a variety of unusual but not atypical emotional and life-style reactions people experience as a result of guilt compassion indiscretion abuse jealousy fantasy loss sense of mission and impending death. It provides insight into the strange nature of what it means to be ......
The poems in this collection were written in Pristina and Prizren (Kosovo) and in Dubrovnik – each with their rich stories and heritage. The title represents a new era for the Balkan region beyond the historical conflict of Kosovo’s ‘Blackbird Field’ so poems are grouped in line with sunset evening or night falling ......
Gwen Bitti born with a facial caul in Calcutta India migrates to Australia with her family when she is sixteen. She returns to her birth land for a visit some years later. On her arrival she is jolted into a new perspective and with fresh insight sets off on a quest. The motif of her enigmatic caul is woven throughout her memoir as she ......
