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FULLER, Jo

Jul 20, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Biography, Design, Victoria

Twenty Voices of 2020 by self-published author Jo Fuller
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ISBN 978-1-922629-05-0
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ISBN 978-1-922629-11-1
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Twenty Voices of 2020

In early 2020, life as we knew it changed.

In Twenty Voices of 2020, Jo Fuller takes us to one small corner of the world to see the human impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, sharing the stories of 20 people in her community in Melbourne, Australia, but in their words – the school principal, the policeman, the pilot, the nine-year-old school girl, the doctor who lives up the road.

Their stories tell of real events, real emotions, and they also tell of a greater shared story; that in forcing us to experience some things differently, 2020 offered us the chance to experience something more. Our gratitude for the small things, for the simple things, for the previously underappreciated and even unseen things deepened. Our sense of community evolved too, becoming stronger than many of us had ever known.

Like a thread, the stories of the 20 voices weave through our common experience of navigating a year that changed the world and in so doing, they ultimately stitch us together upon a fabric that is so much greater than ourselves alone.

LUISE, Nadya

Jul 8, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Children's Books, Comedy \ Humour Fiction, Queensland

Mr. Grot and his Barrel of Snot by self-published author Nadya Luise
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ISBN 978-1-922629-26-5
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Mr. Grot and his Barrel of SNOT

Out for a walk, Mr. Grot would go, in search of more SNOT, more SNOT you know! But one day Mr. Grot messed with the wrong kid and wished he never did! Follow the sticky adventure of Alfred Marcus Deazuis as he unites with his new-found friends to teach Mr. Grot a valuable lesson indeed! Mr. Grot and his barrel of SNOT is a delightfully grotty tale engaging readers both young and old.

KENNEDY, David

Jun 29, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fiction \ Novel, Historical Fiction, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government, Western Australia

Charles Washing & Racist Furniture Self-Published by David Kennedy
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ISBN 978-1-922629-96-8
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Charles Washing & Racist Furniture

The history of Charles Washing, his family, and furniture business is fascinating reading. The plight of Charlie’s parents, a full-blood Chinaman and an 18-year-old English Jewess in the 1850’s, escaping their respective homelands and settling in Ararat, Victoria, is difficult to comprehend, but it’s true. Raising 10 kids against the odds, we follow the journey to Creswick, Melbourne and finally Perth where their sons, driven by Charles set up Washing Brothers Furniture Factory. The Factories Act was a desperate attempt by the Government to eradicate Asiatic businesses pressured by Unions and European businessmen. To survive meant risking everything by breaking the law, dodging government inspectors, and even beating the Supreme Court. It was the birth of racist furniture.

HYDE, Deborah

Jun 29, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Earth \ Nature, Memoir, South Australia, Victoria

end of the road book deborah hyde author
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ISBN 978-0-992339-27-2
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End of the Road

Becoming a Mallee Wife

At School we learnt about the mallee country in our lessons and I remember disctinctly thinking, “Why would anyone want to live up there?” It wasn’t portrayed in a very good light and seemed to my impressionable young mind the last place on earth one would want to live or farm in. I always said I would never live too far away from the sea anyway.

I ended up doing just that!

This book is an intimate slice of the history of living in the Mallee District. Deborah Hyde shares her real-life experiences with enthusiasm and humour; a true Australian gem!

Tiny No More by Bonnie Lawson
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ISBN 978-1-922337-96-2
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Tiny No More

The family were so excited about having a pet lamb to look after. But life on the farm got pretty interesting for the whole family, as Tiny grew… and grew… and grew!
 
Anyone who ever owned a pet lamb, or has a rural background, can relate to this book.

The Author

Deborah Hyde is an author from South
Australia. Her first book,The End of the Road, is an intimate and humorous slice of living in the Mallee District from 1973 – 1989. Deborah now lives beach side with her husband, but her farming background has influenced her work as an author.

The Illustrator

Bonnie Lawson is Deb’s niece and a gifted artist who has cleverly portrayed the character’s expressions with a comical, Aussie flavour.

RICHARDS, Mitchell

Jun 28, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Biography, Melbourne, Memoir, Victoria

My Journey by self-published author Mitchell Richards
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ISBN 978-0-6451513-8-1
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My Journey

Positive Thinking and Resilience

The story of the journey, I am on,
At least I know,
I’m not alone!
It’s a journey full of hurdles and tears,
But in the end,
It’s over with smiles and cheers!
Sometimes there’s a storm,
But It doesn’t last forever,
The rain always stops,
And gives way to good weather!
Though it wears down my mind,
body and soul,
Still It will never makes me fall!
I will always come back strong
And somehow learn how to stand tall!
As the journey goes on,
And I approach a new year!
Walking on the same tracks,
Leaving behind all what I used to fear!

THOMSON, Deborah

Jun 21, 2021 | *, *listed, Autobiography, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Memoir, Tasmania

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ISBN 978-1-923088-31-3
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Tasmanian Voices

The Family Violence Epidemic, 2nd Edition

A handy reference guide that answers questions people may be too uncomfortable (or afraid) to ask.

Whose Life is it Anyway? Leaving a Violent Abuser by self-published author Deborah Thomson
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ISBN 978-1-922527-96-7
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Whose Life is it Anyway?

Leaving a Violent Abuser

Deborah left Wayne after eighteen years of his violence, taking their children with her.

She thought they were now free from abuse. Not so. This is the sequel to Whose Life Is It Anyway? Recognising and Surviving Domestic Violence.

Deborah looks closely at the pitfalls of Family Law court as experienced by an abused parent, while attempting to keep her children safe from harm.

It is a story that will resonate with every parent engaging in a fight for the rights of children.

Does the Family court act ‘in the best interests’ of the child? You be the judge.

Deborah Thomson, self-published author of Whose Life is it Anyway? Leaving a Violent Abuser

About the Author

Deborah Thomson, with her daughter, moved to Tasmania in 2010. She now lives here with her partner of nine years and a parrot.

Deborah escaped domestic violence and, inspired by her now partner, she wrote her first book Whose Life Is It Anyway? Recognising and Surviving Domestic Violence to help others recognise abuse (in particular coercive control) in the home and to increase their motivation to leave earlier.

After publishing her first book, Deborah became a trained advocate through Engender Equality, for survivors of family violence. As part of the advocacy, she speaks at domestic violence events across Tasmania, through media channels and podcasts. Link to an example of her advocacy work Choking, non-fatal strangulation to become standalone offence in Tasmania under planned law – ABC News

Deborah has recently completed her second book, a follow up to the first which detailed lived experience with domestic violence by her then-husband; spanning seventeen years from 1985 to 2003. This book is now used in Tasmania as an information resource for family violence counsellors and students on practicals.

The new book, soon to be published, is the final chapter in Deborah’s life with a perpetrator of family violence. Whose Life Is It Anyway? Leaving a Violent Abuser is a complex yet engaging depiction of her personal journey as a parent in a custodial battle with an abusive husband, and father of their children.  It is a story that will resonate with every parent engaging in a fight for the rights of children to feel safe and free from harm…

In her spare time, Deborah writes regularly for Forty South magazine, in the column entitled Tasmanian Voices Deborah Thomson The Family Violence Epidemic.

 
 

Testimonials

‘This confronting book reveals that we all have a role to play in preventing and responding to family violence – read it and be inspired.’

Emeritus Professor
Kate Warner

‘Accessible and practical, this collection of essays is a critical addition to the growing dialogue of family violence in Australia. This book will make a difference to the lives of victims/survivors by challenging the systems that are currently failing so many.’

Alina Thomas
CEO of Engender Equality
Tasmania