Evie Walsh obsessively sits beside a garden pond, examining her life and loves and her bouts of deep depression. What is the significance of the men, of the places she returns to in her memories? Of the one man who recurs carrying as he does the terrible secret he wants to share only with her?
Set against the backdrop of war-torn Rhodesia Climbing Trees is a haunting and heartfelt memoir where innocence is fragile and family ties are as complex as the political turmoil unfolding around them.
Growing up on a beloved family farm surrounded by her maternal relatives and an adored grandfather Beverley Campbell's ......
Cracks in the Path is a reflection of the poet's life in Australia's capital city an environment dominated by imposing national monuments and landmarks. Negotiating the everyday comforts and discomforts Brenda Goggs is interested in the intersections between these ambiguous states of being.
Simon Feldman had everything to live for and as it turns out everything to lose.
From co-founding a successful ASX-listed company to embezzling $16.5 million Simon's story is everything but ordinary. His life took a sharp turn when he was sentenced to four years in Silverwater jail. But it was upon his release that Simon was forced to ......
Oliver Freeman invites readers on an intimate journey through his life love, failures and triumphs. Through candid reflection and heartfelt prose, Freeman shares his profound experiences with intimacy and the complexities of being a man in today's world. With the wisdom gained from three marriages, Freeman explores the evolving dynamics of ......
It's the 1970s and Anne thought a fresh start in a northern town would be the adventure of a lifetime. But her husband Thomas has other plans. While he is busy with his career Anne struggles to adapt to a new culture a growing family and a marriage that seems to be unravelling in ways she doesn't understand. As the years pass Anne finds herself ......
Drawing on cutting-edge research into genre fiction and trauma theory, The Trauma-Informed Writer is an essential resource for all fiction writers wanting to explore and include trauma themes.
The matter of these poems has been lifted from a long stretch of time. And from disparate experiences. Light moments. Dark moments. Random encounters, sharp observations startling reflections. And of course some fun and games moments of sheer silliness. Quite a rattle-bag. As Kate's collection shows you never know where words will take you.
This collection is a meditation on the garden that is my woodland sanctuary at the top of the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. Perched on the side of a ridge it is sheltered by tall silver-top eucalypts with their rough grey bark. Each year, the number of insects, birds reptiles and other animals declines, prey to loss of habitat and hard ......
