Book ShelfListed below are the current FAW Members' books for sale: Jacqueline Winn
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These award-winning short stories by Jacqueline Winn will
have you laughing, crying and simply wondering at the
extraordinary lives of ordinary people. Meet the hilarious
Irene, who murders her husband with a toilet plunger, and the
tragic Xiao, whose only home is a bare stretch of city
pavement. Experience the joyful release of Simon the henpecked
husband and the chilling entrapment of the teenage girl bound by
the sinister loyalties of a cult. Enjoy the tender romance of
shy Donald and be touched by the lifelong grief of the mother
who loses a child. Once More With Feeling will take you on a journey of the imagination that celebrates the wonderful diversity of human life and cannot help but leave you looking at the world through different eyes. |
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Once More With Feeling is available by mail order from the author at www.jacquelinewinn.com or through the publisher Ginninderra Press at www.ginninderrapress.com.au RRP $24 plus postage and packaging. |
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Jacqueline Winn’s second anthology is another rich
assortment of short stories guaranteed to amuse one moment and
touch the heart the next. Enter the lives of the old fishing
couple on the jetty in The Raw Prawn, the daughter of a Vietnam
Veteran in In Flames and the old alcoholic woman who forgets her
knickers in Gracie. Experience the publishing scam of The Venus
Diaries, the Scrabble-fuelled relationship breakup in A Night on
the Tiles and the chilling fate of a murder witness in The Last
and The First. Cry with the goose lady in Necessary Betrayal
and laugh with the eccentric sisters selling their goats in Salt
& Pepper. All of these stories have won awards in Australia, New Zealand, Britain and Ireland and have been published in anthologies and literary magazines all over the world. This is a collection sure to leave a lasting impression. |
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| Salt & Pepper is available by mail order from the author at www.jacquelinewinn.com or through Ginninderra Press at www.ginninderrapress.com.au RRP $24 plus postage and packaging. A sample story from Salt & Pepper can be read on the author’s website. | |||
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Writers of the Shoalhaven
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This is a collection of writing and photographs by members of the Shoalhaven FAW. It has been published as a tribute to Life, in every age, all its beauty and grief, its parallels and contrasts. The selection was chosen to represent the many ages of men and women in the journey of life. These works offer a different, sometimes irreverent view of people. | ||
| A$10.00 plus p&h, to order contact
info@fawnswshoalhaven.org.au
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Cynthia Rowe
Details and preview: www.zeus-publications.com/bookstore.htm or www.cynthiarowe.com.au $AU23.95 incl. p&h. Available from the author - phone 0419 207350, or email cynthia.rowe@ozemail.com.au
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Set in Melbourne, Couscous Threads exposes the
harsh reality of Australian immigrants. The story centres on an
outworker, and the garment manufacturer for whom she works
illegally. Using various sub-plots the author brings the
characters together in a dramatic situation, revealing some
unpalatable insights not easily forgotten by the reader. The
energy and drama levels of Couscous Threads are
addictively high. |
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| Details and preview at
www.cynthiarowe.com.au
or
www.zeus-publications.com/bookstore.htm. Available from the
author, A$30.95 incl p&h, phone 0419 207 350 or email
cynthia.rowe@ozemail.com. |
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Our Hollow Sofa is the story of Genna Perrier - teenager, raw vegan and French student - as she searches for her origins. Hampered by end-of-year exams, stalkers in chat rooms and a horse’s bowel movements her journey takes her to tropical New Caledonia. And what was the secret that the hollow sofa held? | ||
| Details and preview at
www.cynthiarowe.com.au
$AU17.10 incl. p&h. Available from the author - phone 0419
207350, or email
cynthia.rowe@ozemail.com.au |
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Sequel to Cynthia’s mature-teenage title Our Hollow Sofa, her second novel in the Genna Perrier series is replete with quirky characters and culture clash. Suitable also for adults, Ants in My Dreadlocks takes you on a wild ride behind the tourist areas of New Caledonia. | ||
| Details and preview at
www.zeus-publications.com/bookstore.htm or
www.cynthiarowe.com.au
- $22.95 incl. p&h. Available from the author - phone 0419
207350, or email
cynthia.rowe@ozemail.com.au |
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Third book in the Genna Perrier series, Stinger in a Sugar
Jar continues Genna’s adventures as she travels to Far North
Queensland to catch up with her birth mother, Sandrine. |
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| Details and preview at
www.cynthiarowe.com.au
or
www.zeus-publications.com/bookstore.htm. Available from the
author, A$25.95 incl p&h, phone 0419 207 350 or email
cynthia.rowe@ozemail.com. |
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Gwyneth Gulliver |
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This is a humorous book to help both mother and daughter have fun as well as cope with the stresses of living SUCCESSFULLY in the technological and space-age world of today and be happy and fulfilled. | ||
| $11 incl. p&h. Available from Gwyneth Gulliver,
25 Evans St, Lake Cathie NSW 2445. |
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Maureen Clarke |
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The true story of an innocent civilian interned and separated from his family in WWII. William Clarke’s life in Italy from birth to sixteen – to the end of the war – and four years of sadness, starvation and courage. | ||
| Published by Parker Pattinson Publishing.
Available from Maureen Clarke ph (02) 9605 4735 |
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Beverley Kay |
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Beverley Kay of FAW Macarthur, has camped for several years throughout much of Australia, and this account is designed for those who are new to camping, or who would like some armchair experience of camping variety. Seasoned campers can also derive information from it. | ||
| $20 for 2 books incl. p&h. Email
voling@tadaust.org.au
or write to 4/58 Chester Road, Ingleburn, NSW 2565 |
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Jan Dean |
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This poetry collection, which uses visual art for creative
exploration of experience, memory, sensation and imagination,
won the 2007 IP Picks Best First Book Award and includes a
selection of previously published and awarded work. This book was also short-listed for the 2008 Mary Gilmore Award for the best first book of poetry. |
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| Interactive Press, Brisbane, ISBN
9781876819675. Contact the author J Dean, 16 Stephanie Close,
Cardiff, 2285. A$20.00 includes p&h. |
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Johan Luidens |
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Siblings are faced with a decision: care for their ailing mother at home. LOGBOOK chronicles the domestic struggle of three siblings caring for their mother through the eyes of the fourth sibling, Mark. Mark was at sea during the last moths of his mother's life. To cope with her sudden loss and need for closure, he reads the logbook the family and professionals kept during that time. The logbook reveals the strong ties between mother and children, but it also reveals some startling truths. As the friction between them rises and the strain begins to take its toll, a valuable family heirloom is found to be missing. Can the answers be found in the LOGBOOK? |
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| Book available from author. Contact luidens@terrigal.net.au or 02 43632627 | |||
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Step back in time to experience the world during the Dutch incursion of England in 1667. Invaders offers insight into the people and this period and then offers the reader something else-a parallel story, set in modern times. A young Dutch woman and an Australian, part aboriginal man, seek clues about that past to find the historical events that shaped their identities. Let Invaders invade your world for a time. It will inspire you to seek the truth of your own ancient history to learn how it impacts you even today. | ||
| Book available from author $20.00. Contact
luidens@terrigal.net.au
or 02 43632627 |
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Quendryth Young |
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English-language haiku is flourishing world-wide. In Australia, while honouring the traditional Japanese spirit, poets are exploring this short expression of experience with the authenticity of Australian themes. Quendryth Young, FAW Writing Fellow and winner of three international haiku competitions, has produced this collection of her haiku. | ||
| Available from the author at 5 Cedar Court,
Alstonville NSW 2477. $15 plus $2 p&h. |
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Frank Urban |
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"Life and Spice in Africa, Europe, Australia and Asia" a 280-page autobiography with 200 illustrations covering adventure, family, some politics in Southern Africa and New South Wales, a few stories and maps, etc. | ||
| Colour cover, $14.00 plus $4 postage in eastern Australia Write to 11 Bellevue Drive, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444. Email fru@tsn.cc | |||
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