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Rory OBrien, a Sydney artist and print maker, makes linocuts
that appeal to my poetic instincts. Quirky, amusing, sinister,
cheeky, unpeecee and very
black and white, the picture poems include Moth, Leash, Angel,
Kiss, Bath, and Bed. This little booklet contains sixteen of his linocuts, each accompanied by one of my poems.
A unique book and a fabulous gift!
ISBN 0-9757961-1-9
14.85 x 21 cm, 32pp, $19.95 +
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Visit Rory
OBrien's website If you look at publications you can see a
couple of sample pictures and poems.
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BRIEF RAIN is a collection of short
stories set in Sydney during the early 1940s. They depict a
suburban way of life that perhaps no longer exists, as well as
some of the bohemian haunts of those days.
MARY WILKINSON is a retired journalist who worked on FLAIR
MAGAZINE, an Australian fashion magazine and the SYDNEY MORNING
HERALD as Fashion Editor. Her early life was spent in
Strathfield, NSW, and she spent six years living in Italy in the
1950s.
ISBN 9-780975-796122
14.85 x 21 cm, 94pp, $24.95
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Coming to Australia tells the
story the migration of a Dutch immigrant family to Australia and
the first ten years of their life here. It is based on my
mother’s letters and my father’s stories and attempts to set
them in the social, political and economic environment of the
1950s. It clearly shows the life of the ‘ordinary’ migrant
working class family as they try to establish themselves in
their new home.
My parents arrived in Port Melbourne in
1952 on the Fairsea with three small children, not much luggage, and
loads of optimism. From Bonegilla Migrant Hostel and its riots they went
to a timber mill in the Upper Murray, lived in a shearing shed near
Benalla, operated a laundry in Wodonga and finally settled in the
Dandenong area in Melbourne.
In its second print, it is now part of the
AMES Histories of Migration Series, and has been transcribed into Braille
by Braille House in Brisbane.
14.85 x 21 cm, 190pp, ISBN 0-646-32615-5
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Foreign
Exchange is a new novel by Mary Wilkinson, set in
reconstruction
Naples during the 1950s. Foreigners mix, mingle and match with
the locals. Unexpected responses and not a little heartbreak
ensue.
MARY WILKINSON is a retired journalist who worked on FLAIR
MAGAZINE, an Australian fashion magazine and the SYDNEY MORNING
HERALD as Fashion Editor. Her early life was spent in
Strathfield, NSW, and she spent six years living in Italy in the
1950s. ISBN 9-780975-796139
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This is a really cute picture book for little kids. Jordan
lives near a railway line and every day he sees the trains rushing by . One day his Daddy takes him for a ride on the train. It’s
beautifully and very colourfully illustrated by Kate Koster, and
has a lovely gentle twist at the end. Great for toddlers.
ISBN 0-9751156-3-4
15 x 15cm, 21pp,
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Arthur and Elise go on an extraordinary
adventure in a strange world. They meet the komads, face extreme
danger and overcome their fears to triumph over an evil plot.
Exciting and contemporary, the tale will keep young readers
spellbound. Beautifully illustrated by Robin Appleby.
ISBN 0-751156-4-2
14.85 x 21 cm, 98pp, $14.95 +
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Minas Minassian was an Armenian poet who lived in Artvin, in
present day Turkey. He published a book of poems in 1913, two
years before he became a victim of the Armenian massacre. The
book was preserved and has now been re-issued by his great-grand
daughters as a facsimile edition. Introduction in English, poems
in Armenian.
ISBN 0-9757961-0-0
16 x 22.5 cm, 90pp, $19.95 +
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Alison, Lucy and Tom go to Darwin and beyond, to a place where
horses talk, trees walk and fire trucks behave in completely
unexpected ways. A fantasy adventure for 6 to 8 year-olds.
ISBN 0-9751156-2-6
14.85 x 21 cm, 92pp, $12.95 +
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"Well, I mean, it's up to you, isn't it?
Either you do or you don't and that's it."
"I suppose you're right."
"Oh, yes, I'm right, especially about this"
"But what is it, exactly?"
"Well, that's up to you too, isn't it? One person's amazingly eclectic
collection is another person's doggerel breakfast. Take it as you find
it."
"What's it to you?"
"Either, neither and both, I'm afraid. You'll just have to make up your
own mind."
"Fat lot of help you are."
"Glad to be of assistance!"
40 poems 84 pages
ISBN 0-9751156-0-X
14.85 x 21 cm, 84pp, $9.95 + $3 postage and handling
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A set of two books that will enable the English language
learner to learn English entirely through looking at pictures.
Written in collaboration with Dr Jonathan Crichton, these books are an
innovative and exciting new way to learn language. Published by Tuttle.
ISBN 0804837368;
0804837457 To purchase, visit
Amazon. They can also be purchased from Abbeys, the Language Book
Centre and other bookstores Visit
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This book is one of a series published by MacMillan Language
House.It contains amusing short stories suitable for young
children, followed by comprehension and grammar activities.
It is currently out of print.
ISBN 4-89585-368-6
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These are three higher level readers for school students in
Asia. Each unit consists of a text (diary entry, short story,
newspaper article, letter, comic strip story, etc.) followed by
comprehension and grammar exercised which familiarise the
student with the different genres of English language. Books 1 -
3 were written by Ken Methold. Published by Compass publishing
in Korea.
ISBN 1-932222-03-0; 1-932222-04-9; 1-932222-05-7
The Reading Success series is available from the Compass
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