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ANDERSON, Gae

Jul 6, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Biography, History, Language \ Culture \ Linguistics, New South Wales

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ISBN 978-1-922957-58-0
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Monarch of the Mob

Story of Roy Rene Mo Comedian

Harry Van der Sluice, an Adelaide boy, performed circus acts at home on Saturdays.

When the family decided to move to Melbourne, Harry, now known as Roy, establishes himself as a singer and dancer.

After the entrepreneur Ben Fuller sees Roy’s act, he signs him for tours around Australia and New Zealand.

Recognising Roy’s exceptional talent, the Fuller management team him with Nathan Phillips. This marks the beginning of Roy’s remarkable career on the Australian variety stage.

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About the Author

Gae Anderson, born and educated in Wagga Wagga, NSW, worked there as a stenographer for three years. With her sights set on an acting career, Gae moved to Sydney to live and work. An actor friend encouraged her to audition for NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) a two-year acting course at the time. Taking his advice, she was accepted. Gae remained a theatre performer for almost twenty years.

Her decision to move to Melbourne to live and work precipitated a change of direction toward university study and teaching.

In 1989, Gae returned to Sydney to live permanently. She gained her MA in Theatre Studies at the UNSW and PhD in Arts at Sydney University.

Professor Webby, Gae’s supervisor, encouraged her to convert her two-volume doctoral thesis into a book.

Tivoli King: The Life of Harry Rickards Vaudeville Showman was published in 2009. Wielding the Brush: Esther Paterson A lifetime in Australian Art followed in 2016.

PLANT, Beckie

May 24, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Children's Books, New South Wales, Painting & Illustration

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ISBN 978-1-923443-64-8
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Friends, it starts with hello

Making new friends can feel a little scary but all it takes is one small word to open the door to something amazing.

This heartwarming, rhyming story, gently explores the internal worries children often face when meeting someone new.

Through charming characters and sweet illustrations, Friends it starts with Hello encourages young readers to overcome fear, take a chance, and discover the fun to be found with friends.

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ISBN 978-1-922957-60-3
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Amazing like You

A book to grow identity and self-esteem

What makes you amazing?

We can tell our children how amazing they are, or we can help them learn why they’re amazing.

This book uses rhyme and illustration to teach our children to name the qualities that make them amazing.

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ISBN 978-1-923265-10-3
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Bob Anxiety and Me

 

A book to look at anxiety in a fun way and learn some easy strategies

A story about Bob – a helpful friend who can light your way through the struggles of anxiety and make sense of big worries.

Bob will remind you that you are brave, courageous and amazing – even if you are a little bit scared. You can get through anything with Bob by your side.

About the Author

Beckie always wanted to write a children’s book—but it seemed as far away as the stars.

Then one day, Beckie decided she won’t ever know how far the stars actually are until she started walking—so she just started taking steps—some days big ones, some days little ones and the stars moved closer.

On other days, Beckie studied Developmental Trauma, Art therapy, youth work and Counselling, working in youth mental health to help others find their stars and start walking.

MARTIN, Cassy

Apr 28, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Medical, Memoir, New South Wales

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ISBN 978-1-922957-07-8
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Light at the End of the Tunnel

Surviving the shame of disability within an ethnic family

Cassy is the first of her generation born into a Christian Lebanese family after they emigrated to Australia, and she was set to be the golden grandchild. But when it was discovered that she had cerebral palsy, the promise of her wonderful future vanished, and a veil of shame descended.

Now an embarrassment to the family, Cassy was hidden away from the community, just tolerated at home, and told she was an embarrassment, useless and would have no future. Her innocence protected her from realising she was unwanted, so Cassy put everything she had into living her life to its fullest. Once Cassy bravely stood up to her oppressors and became an independent individual, she would never be held back again.

Light at the End of the Tunnel is an autobiography chronicling Cassy’s journey through hard times and tough lessons supported by good friends and personal achievements. She hopes to inspire by sharing the lessons she has learned to build on your inner strength and fulfil your dreams.

COLLINS, KA

Mar 21, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, New South Wales, Romance Fiction, Thriller Fiction

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ISBN 978-1-922890-85-6
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A Token Gift

A thriller about counterfeit men under robes of righteousness

After a life of tragedy, Alana joins the Australian Federal Police and soon meets CIA operative Nathan Collins, the man she expected to spend her life with, though that too turned to tragedy. Nathan contacts his estranged wife for assistance after three years apart when he is deployed to Spain and Morocco for an extremely dangerous assignment. One involving the staged assassination of the leader of a system not made accountable for a multitude of crimes performed by counterfeit men under cloaks of righteousness over the centuries. The threads of sexual and religious tension weave between Nathan and Alana, brought back together to execute this audacious plan.

Will the assassination attempt of the most powerful religious leader in the world bring the distraction required to detain them? Could this be the bridge they need to revisit their marriage, something they both secretly desire?

A Token Gift is threaded with political, religious, and historical facts.

LINCOLN, James

Mar 10, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Design, New South Wales, Philosophy, Reference, Self-help \ Personal Development

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ISBN 978-1-922957-27-6
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Be Stoic, Be Happy

A simple guide to living a happier life

Life can be hard, unjust and unfair, but you can still be happy!

Through a simple explanation of stoic thinking, this book will teach you that you can personally responsible for your own happiness.

Happiness can be created from how you decide to view things in the world around you and also through your own actions.

Be Stoic, Be Happy will help you to start living a happier life today.

WILBOW, Sarah

Feb 14, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fiction \ Novel, New South Wales

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ISBN 978-1-922890-95-5
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The Skinny Spell

If you could click your fingers and be skinny, would you do it?

Evie Swan has a great life, an amazing job, a beautiful child, and a big problem: she is fat. Evie is desperate to lose weight, but every diet she’s tried has failed.

One day, Evie meets a mysterious stranger who gives her a magic mirror. The mirror is a portal to an alternate universe where Evie’s life is the same in every way except one. On the other side of the mirror, she has the skinny body of her dreams.

But the spell comes with conditions. Evie has three chances to use the mirror, and one choice to make. She must decide whether to be fat or to be thin.

The decision about which body to choose seems like a no-brainer. But Evie’s adventures through the mirror make her choice less straightforward than expected.

About the Author

Sarah Wilbow lives in Canberra, Australia, with her husband, two gorgeous children, and two beaglier dogs. Sarah is trained as a lawyer and works as a public servant. Her long-held ambition to write a novel floated to the surface during the COVID-19 pandemic, when she suddenly had a bit more time on her hands. During the writing of this book, Sarah lost 35kg (77lbs) by fasting every day. She has a big collection of fancy dresses she can now actually wear.