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POPE, Dianne

Mar 5, 2020 | *listed, Animals \ Pets Fiction, Children's Books
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ISBN 978-0-6483239-9-0
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Hardy

This is a story about an Angus bull.

About the Author

Dianne was inspired to write Hardy’s story after reading a small article in her local paper. The events in the book really happened. In times of natural disasters people often feel helpless, however strength and spirit can also be found especially when love and compassion is shown by others.

About the Illustrator

Phillippa Augl was intrigued when she first read the story of Hardy and began the illustrations rather spontaneously with quick sketches. It was a good opportunity to develop new techniques and ideas. Those rough illustrations were then scanned and with a little help from her granddaughters she fine tuned them on the computer.

Phillippa loves drawing and painting. Creating pictures from words is simply fun.

WOLLARD, Trevor

Mar 5, 2020 | *listed, Children's Books
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ISBN 978-0-6480268-1-5
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Grumpy Mummy

Grumpy Mummy (or Mommy ) is a hilarious children’s rhyming book highlighting some of the challenges that a Mummy faces raising a toddler! Every parent will relate to this book and hopefully get a laugh as well.

BRADSHAW, Ian

Mar 5, 2020 | *listed, Fiction \ Novel
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ISBN 978-0-9946431-8-6
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Greymoon River Road

After their rather acrimonious separation, Alexis Smythe and her ex-partner Martin Thompson find themselves in both the Lonsdale Magistrates Court and the Family Law Court in Lansborough, attempting to resolve the issues surrounding their eight year old twins. 

Alexis’s mother Danielle is in a partnership with the owners of the Foster Real Estate Agency in the future development of a retirement village in Greymoon River Road, near Austenville.

Martin’s brother Justin owns the Thompson Real Estate Agency in Austenville, after taking over the business from his parents Denis and Jean.

Tensions have always simmered between the Foster and Thompson families since a disputed land deal two generations ago. The very same land that the planned retirement village is to be built on.

While Alexis and Martin are battling it out in the Courts, Denis Thompson takes one of his grandsons, Jeremy, out to Greymoon River Road to explore the disputed bushland. They use old maps from the local museum, where Denis is a volunteer guide, and discover something that now draws Alexis and Danielle into the ongoing feud between the two warring families.

About the Author

IAN has spent a large part of his working life in facility management roles in various tele-communications and data centres. He has been an active investor in real estate for many years, and has recently been involved in a Family Law dispute. Drawing on these experiences, he has written the novel, Greymoon River Road. He is married with four children, and lives in Melbourne, Australia.

PURVES, Karen

Mar 3, 2020 | *listed, Health & Wellbeing, Self-help \ Personal Development
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ISBN 978-0-9876426-2-2
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Gratitude Prompts

Gratitude Prompts brings a unique approach to developing a new practice or deepening an existing one. This book takes away the question of ‘what unique things can I be grateful for today?’ thus making the exploration of the rich world of gratitude by transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary.

The book is designed to be opened at a random page, read the topic and do an activity. It’s that easy. Some topics may remain unseen, whilst others become firm favourites. It’s all about what you require at the time.

There are more than 60 wide ranging topics. Some may not be typical ones, for example, there’s debt, grief and death. There are also ones on friends, family, nature along with kindness, generosity and compassion. Each topic starts with a quote before providing commentary which aims to provoke reflection. Each topic ends with three suggested actions that bring the topic alive for the reader. There
are lots of opportunities for kids to be involved in too.

About the Author

Karen Purves MA is a coach, facilitator and mentor to women who want to be in charge of their life. Karen first met gratitude as a destitute, unhappy, single Mum. For the past 20 years, gratitude and appreciation have been constant companions, even in the toughest times. This book is the result of her study of positive psychology and practicing gratitude.

ANNE BLOOM, Heather

Mar 3, 2020 | *listed, Memoir
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ISBN 978-0-6482061-0-1
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ISBN 978-0-6484408-5-7
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Girls are Pearls: One Woman’s Act of Resistance to Despair

Heather Anne Bloom must be read with a couple of health warnings! First of all, the narrative of her life will make you re-examine your own, or at least that was so when I sat and read this book. She writes with such a measure of self reflection and self understanding, and with doses of humour about the circumstances that led her to India, and to doing something about her particular passion for promoting the well being of girls and young women. Her story is a salutary reminder that adversity offers no excuses, and the much more is yet to be done if all are to have the opportunity to live with dignity and develop their God given talents. Yet it shows that the efforts of one with a band of friends can make a real difference. There is a lightness of touch about the way Heather speaks of her achievements that is at once attractive and challenging. This is a book that will warm your heart while at the same time make your armchair less comfortable !

And the second health warning? It’s this: read Heather’s story and you will want to book your own flight for an adventure in India!

The Right Reverend Lindsay Urwin OGS

About the Author

Heather Anne Bloom, was born in Shimla, summer capital of the British Raj in India. She grew up in an Essex village in England and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia as an adult. Mother of two children, her previous book The War Against Apathy describes the joys and difficulties of living with the severe form of autism which afflicted her son, Laurence. Now in retirement she keeps herself busy with charity work in India, advocating for her son and other disabled people, playing the piano and a relatively new passion, writing books. Girls are Pearls is dedicated to the memory of her daughter Lorraine and inspired by the courage and actions of her parents, Teresa and Colin.