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CUNNINGHAM, Andrew

Sep 15, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fiction \ Novel, Historical Fiction, History, South Australia, Sport

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Cry Sorrowful for Bullocky

A novel of the first Australian cricket team to tour overseas

Andrew R. Cunningham had a passion for cricket and he has taken historical events and characters and re-imagined them. He has produced a fascinating novel concentrating on certain aspects of the lives of individual players prior to and after the First Cricket Tour of England in 1868.

He has used his power of language to create and define characters in such a way that the reader will be entertained, whilst being introduced to perhaps unknown aspects of events in early days of colonial Australia, that were indeed real, and impacted on this story of the first Australian International team.

His evocative and clever writing describes aspects often forgotten or not previously represented by this story. He uses compassion and humour as he gently provokes the reader to think seriously about the past injustices practised by society at the time. His writing also celebrates the prowess, skills and sporting successes of the Aboriginal cricketers. His empathy is encapsulated in the title, ‘Cry sorrowful for Bullocky.’

 
 
 
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About the Author

Andrew was born in Tamworth NSW. He worked at the NSW Registrar Generals whilst studying Law at Sydney University. His professional career experiences were wide and varied, including; private practice, barrister, industrial advocate (PNG), ministerial assistant of the Department of Labour and Industry SA, first Police Complaints Authority SA , Member of the UN Board of the International Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (IACOLE) 1985-1992, and Magistrate of the Industrial Court of SA.

His passions, amongst many, included politics, photography, playing bridge (participant World Bridge Olympiad 1976), studying World and Australian history and literature… and then there was cricket!

ROBERTS, Phil

Jul 25, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Family History, Fiction \ Novel, Relationships

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The Loss We Leave Behind

Burdened by personal tragedy and estranged from his grieving partner Fae, London-based architect Boyd Petersen has lost sight of his purpose and dreams. When an echo from his abandoned, secret past takes him back home to Australia, he is confronted by a series of shocking revelations that challenge his beliefs about the past and hopes for the future.

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Phil Roberts was born in Kenya and has lived and worked in various places throughout Australia. He began writing poetry and short stories in the 2000s and contributed to the former publications Yellow Moon and Dissent. The Loss We Leave Behind is his first novel. It emerged from his studies in creative writing and draws on a lifetime of personal impressions and the ideas that shape our world.

Phil is the author of and contributor to many scientific and interpretive documents. Apart from tending a large garden near Hobart, his current interests lie in investigating the shared mysteries of human experience and how they can be expressed through fiction and poetic forms.

CHRISTIAN, Fabian

Jul 25, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fiction \ Novel, Thriller Fiction, Victoria

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ISBN 978-1-923088-20-7
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Bandit or Priest

The mean streets of St Kilda, Victoria. The 1980s. Vice rules.

Moving to Melbourne after a youth of small-time crime, James quickly finds himself heading up his own criminal operation: the Locust Gang. Scourge of the city, the gang executes a series of robberies that bring them notoriety – and unwelcome attention from the bent cops, callous drug dealers and violent pimps who control the city’s vice.

But James soon finds a higher calling: he wants to rid the city of the vile heroin trade that has decimated a generation of kids and taken the lives of people close to him.

As he careers through the criminal underworld, meeting its villains and its victims, James will stop at nothing when it comes to delivering vengeance.

With a vivid cast of characters, Bandit or Priest pulls no punches as it uncovers the brutal, treacherous and seedy world of corruption, violence and organised crime in a city that is constantly on the verge of boiling over. Inspired by true events, it is an unputdownable story – and not for the faint-hearted.

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Fabian Christian lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and fellow writer Adriana.

ROBERSON, Emma

Jun 14, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction \ Novel, Queensland

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ISBN 978-1-922890-46-7
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Beast

Forced from the sea he once roamed as an apex predator, the Leviathan must fight to survive on land.

With a new face and name, the Leviathan carves a place for himself in a volatile and violent world where monsters and humans wage war against each other and amongst themselves for survival and supremacy.

An unlikely alliance is forged between the Master of the Vanguard, the leader of the kingdoms royally sanctioned monster hunters, and the Leviathan, once the most notorious and elusive monster of the sea. United by a terrible circumstance and abound by a shared purpose, the Master and the Leviathan struggle to overcome the hatred and fear which rules and rots the realm.

The Leviathan must defend the realm from all things monstrous, including himself. He must find a way to conquer the turmoil of the kingdom and the darkness of his own nature.

RODGERS, Sarah

May 9, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fiction \ Novel

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In the End

In autumn 2016, as Lexie Scotland approaches her 37th birthday, she stumbles across a letter written by her estranged father 27 years earlier. Still reeling from the loss of her childhood sweetheart, Luke, and the recent death of her Nan, the letter reignites a fire within her to find her father. With the help of her best friend AJ, that possibility becomes a reality. However, beneath the surface, Lexie is plagued by nightmares that threaten the future she has been trying so hard to build.

In the End is a story about love, loss, friendship and finding your way in the darkest of times.

About the Author

Sarah Rodgers was born in Grantham, England. Her family moved to Australia when she was 13. After graduating from the ANU with a Bachelor of Commerce, Sarah moved to Sydney where she lived and worked for 25 years. She returned to Canberra in early 2015.

When she is not writing, Sarah enjoys running her coaching business, spending time with her family, watching AFL and cricket, walking, dabbling in photography, reading a good book, and sharing a well-made cup of tea with loved ones. In the End is her first novel.

FIDLER, Michael

Mar 7, 2023 | Australian, Comedy \ Humour Fiction, Fiction \ Novel

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Spin

Geoff Stradling likes to think he’s one of the good guys. And it’s important to stay stoic in the face of a few challenges. So what if the company he’s working for shows dubious business ethics? Or that his boss is a back-stabbing narcissist? Or that his girlfriend is happily rid of him? Let’s not mention getting overlooked for that promotion. The less said about that, the better.

But his dream job is just around the corner. Maybe a couple of tweaks to his CV are required, but who cares? Money. Power. It might just go to his head. 

He can have it all… for the price of his soul.

Spin  is a cynically funny look at marketing and corporate ethics. It’s accompanied by questionable business tactics, cheap giveaways and the most gripping final chapter you will ever read.* 

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About the Author

Michael Fidler lives in Sydney, where he works in marketing for a reasonably large telecommunications company. Prior to this he has done time in IT companies large and small, launching products, running events and testing the limits of domestic carry-on with 7kg roll-up banners. Spin is his first novel.