In the title story of this collection Alysson was raised to believe in a sisterhood of women. She is plunged into a world where the 'sisters' are twisted. Women set her up at work by a malicious prank. A manager tries to molest her. These events occur in the stories set in a fictitious agency where she is a badly treated casual. In 'Bad ......
It was during the Sui Dynasty (AD 581-601) that China first introduced tea to Japan but the gentle art of tea drinking did not fully take root until the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1127-1279) when a Japanese monk called Eisai returned from the Zhejiang Province bringing with him the seeds for the first plantations and the principles of the Tea ......
'Carol Patterson deserves much wider recognition for her brilliant mastery of the short story form. Each story immerses the reader in an entirely different vividly depicted setting with complex and contrasting characters. Patterson brings these characters to life as they confront a range of human dilemmas and emotional challenges. Her work is ......
Voracious is a mythical beast. He lives on profits and is always hungry. A Midas beast all he touches becomes a commodity. He appears in or is hinted at throughout this collection of beautifully crafted poems. In her seventh poetry collection Karen Throssell includes poems about obesity and anorexia agribusiness diets and fads the ......
Five Ordinary Men is a collection of five stories each focusing on a different man though the reader may think the book title is a misnomer and question whether some or all of the men are 'ordinary' at all. One man inexplicably commits a terrible crime and relates aspects of his life trying to explain his actions both to himself and ......
These poems have been a lifetime in the making. A lifetime filled with love joy work longing and loss. A lifetime that came to an end too soon in between the writing and publishing of this work. So these poems tell John Harper's story from birth to death and everything in between.
Fulfilling a lifelong dream and buying a rural property the writer is surprised to discover the farm becomes a rich source of poetic inspiration. This collection is the outcome of over three decades of reflection and writing about the joys and sorrows of a small farmer. With boyhood memories of Australian wheat-belt farms and ideas from ......
Wendell Watt lives in Sydney. Apart from family her two loves have been science and writing. She chose science for a secure livelihood but now writing takes top place. Her work has been published in newspapers journals and anthologies and has won various prizes and a poetry chapbook Oranges Grow on Trees was published by Ginninderra Press. ......
Stories of laughter and tears. A jealous young woman is trapped in remote bushland. Should she save her husband or let him die? A man travelling on top of a train during the Depression hurtles towards a tunnel not knowing if his head will be chopped off. Wartime prime minister Ben Chifley spins the chocolate wheel in a country town. An Irish ......
