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NEWNHAM, Janice

Apr 19, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Earth \ Nature, Melbourne, Memoir, Victoria
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From the Inside

The first nine weeks of the Black Summer fires in the Upper Murray

A personal view of the impact of the 2019/20 Green Valley Bushfire on the Newnhams’ home, family, and community from inside the fire zone in Walwa, Upper Murray, Australia.

Isolated from friends and family and enmeshed in the fight to defend her family’s farm from the 2019/2020 Black Summer fires, Janice Newnham was moved to document and communicate the situation to the outside world via Facebook posts.

It started as a need to quickly reassure worried friends and family, but soon became a mental health exercise, a necessity to unload by uploading to Facebook!

This book represents the first nine weeks of an ongoing story of the impact of bushfire disaster on a small rural community and is representative of many Australian farmers and rural communities during an unprecedented bushfire season: The Black Summer.

Janice Newnham self-published author White Lies book cover
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White Lies

Where there is smoke

Based on a true story, White Lies (Where there is smoke…) is set in ‘God’s Own Country’, in Walwa, Northeast Victoria.

A fiery car wreck extinguishes the life of Raymond (Dickie) White’s devoted wife and catapults him to the attention of enthusiastic police investigators and newspaper journalists and simultaneously reignites the local rumour mill.

Is he the victim of small-town gossip, ultimately hounded to death by misinterpretations of his actions? Or is he a cunning, scheming individual who manipulates situations and takes advantage of innocents to achieve his ambition of owning his own farm?

His plans unravel as his web of lies is unpicked by the persistent, dedicated investigations of police utilising innovative forensic techniques and insightful deductions. As the net closes around him, he is left with only one option for escape.

Janice Newnham author

About the Author

Janice Newnham is a veterinarian by profession, a farmer by passion and is easily distracted by cows, dogs, family and the environment! She is a time-poor would-be creative with ambitions to indulge in her love of writing, art, and photography to capture images and stories of her environment, family and community. Imbued with a strong community spirit, she advocates for- and supports her community by serving and supporting several community organisations. Family is her number one priority, and she is devoted to her husband, Crundle (Robert), and their growing family of two sons, Connor and Sasha, (step-) daughter Bianca and their partners and children. The Newnhams own a small piece of paradise in Walwa in the Upper Murray and breed Angus cattle.

 

BIHAMBA, Immaculate

Apr 1, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Christian, Melbourne, Memoir, Victoria
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Everywhere Umbrella

From Congo to Australia (and everywhere in between) comes a testimony of God’s everlasting love, grace and guardianship.

Immaculate’s very existence was challenged from the day she was conceived.

A baby girl born into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, disappointment surrounded her birth despite many attempts to terminate.

Immaculate is a women who perhaps should not have survived. This book recounts the many events that played against her and the divine intervention that persistently saved her.

God is Immaculate’s Everywhere Umberella.

KING, Kerry

Feb 8, 2021 | *, *listed, Memoir, South Australia

Where is Teddy? by self-published author Alexandra Trevena
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ISBN 978-1922527-41-7
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The Longest Goodbye

A daughter’s journey caring for a parent with dementia. 

Experience the high and lows of a mother and daughter’s dementia journey, from diagnosis to aged care. In a world where nearly every person I meet knows someone or has a loved one with dementia, this book has been written from first hand experience to provide insights and lessons learned into the world of dementia. This book isn’t about having all the answers, if only dementia was that simple.

It is my hope that the information in this book will assist people to understand and communicate more effectively with their loved ones and most importantly, cherish every moment.

When people asked Kerry what she did for a career, she always answered ‘I change people’s lives,’ referring to her role as a facilitator and corporate trainer for over 35 years. After documenting her mother’s 10 year dementia journey as a cathartic way to deal with the highs and lows of the unknown around dementia, she realised this was another way she could change people’s lives. Having said goodbye numerous times over the years, ‘The Longest Goodbye’ was created.

FIGG, Marcia

Jan 27, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Autobiography, Memoir, South Australia

Author David Alomes' new book The death of Violence
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ISBN 978-0-648490-53-1
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The Battle Within: Chapter One

In Aukland, 1974, a baby girl is handed out of a hospital window to an old man in a taxi. Her name is Marcia, not a Maori name like her sister’s, which often made her wonder. But then, there were to be many more occasions that made Marcia wonder.

Based on the first thirteen years of Figg’s life, The Battle Within is an evocative collection of memories. Reflecting on the events that shaped her, Figg produces immersive moments-in-time, balancing the innocence and lightheartedness of a child with the harshness of society.

“Strikingly deft in its tale, the piece has the opportunity to grab the reader by the scruff of the neck and force them to listen, such is its sadness and portrayal of familiar abuse in a hermetically recognisable environment. Still, there are fine words, crafted with care as the storm settles down and courage resurges once more. Memorable.”
– Austin Macauley Publishers

 

LINDEMAN, John

Jan 20, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Memoir, New South Wales
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Dinkum yet Dutch

“Every page filled with energy and wit as John shares his amazing romp through two very different childhood worlds.”

“A delightful insight on living in Sydney’s Northern Beaches area during the fifties, with beautifully managed themes throughout. I loved the characters, all really well drawn.”

“You’ll sigh and shed a tear or two, but mostly you’ll laugh out loud as Lindeman brings the fifties vividly back to life.”

“The best and worst of post-war Australia are laid bare in this enjoyable yet touching story of the struggles of a Dutch family finding their place in a strange new country.”

About the Author

John was born in Holland and arrived here in 1950 with his family when he was just two years old. This is the story of their struggle to successfully build a new home in Australia and how John’s friends, family and foes made him proud to be Dinkum, yet Dutch.

Today, John Lindeman is a leading property market analyst and commentator and has authored two landmark best-selling books, Mastering the Australian Housing Market and Unlocking the Property Market, both published by Wileys.

WHELAN, Deanna

Nov 25, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, Design, Memoir, Parenting & Family, Short Story Collection, South Australia

Eluding Sylvia, Chasing Poe by self-published author Sher'ee Furtak-Ellis
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Motherhood & Musings

A book of short and inspirational stories

A friend suggested that I should blog.

My initial response was, “meh”. I am not a writer.

That being said, she was right and I was wrong.

So, I’m just going to blog my simple, daily thoughts as I walk this life out and maybe…

somehow… I might inspire someone.

Deanna Djuric self-published author of 'Motherhood and Musings'

About the Author

The daughter of a political refugee and migrant, Deanna was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Given that she didn’t learn to speak English until she was five, writing was never a perceived strength during her school years. As a renowned local musician, it wasn’t until Deanna did her Masters of Music degree that she discovered the joy of writing. Through the writing of her thesis, Messiaen’s Musical Language for the Jazz Pianist: An Exploration Through Performance, Deanna attributes any skill gained to her Masters supervisor, Dr Kimi Coaldrake. She began her blog when her second child was born as a creative outlet and an opportunity to maintain her writing skills. Her blog is a menagerie of faith-inspired epiphanies and musings based on her everyday life.
You can read other blogs at:
https://deannawhelan.wordpress.com/
and listen to her music at:
https://deannadjuric.bandcamp.com/releases
Deanna spends this side of early motherhood investing in the next generation of musicians as an educator at Brighton Secondary School’s Special Interest Music Centre.