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WILLIAM, Curtis

Aug 15, 2024 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Addiction & Recovery, Australian, New South Wales, Poetry, Psychology \ Mental Health

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ISBN 978-1-923265-42-4
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All My Bad Habits

 

Poetry

Dive into the raw, unfiltered world of All My Bad Habits. This is a collection all about the chaos and beauty of going through the waves and motions of this crazy, beautiful and complicated world. Whether it’s falling in love so hard you feel your bones crack on the sidewalk
or realising you have an inner child who’s wounds need your attention. Along the way we pick up habits that are a product of this profound, beautiful and utterly scary experience of growing up as a young adult. The people that come through the doors of our life come in so many unexpected forms, and he would change everything.

Join the club and witness the weave of words with a deft hand, exploring themes of love, loss, addiction, and redemption. This collection is a testament to the power of vulnerability, capturing the essence of our most intimate flaws and the redemptive beauty found within
them. Bold, introspective, and profoundly honest, All My Bad Habits is a journey through the heart’s darkest corners and back into the light.

BAUTISTA, Shane

Feb 16, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Addiction & Recovery, Memoir, Psychology \ Mental Health
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ISBN 978-0-6485862-6-5
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Resilience: A Story of Survival

Resilience a story of survival is a compelling memoir. Shane’s message of hope, recovery, and resilience.

With the odds stacked against kids that come from being ‘State Wards’ – drugs, becoming a teenage parent, living a life of crime, prison and even death; Shane got out and worked towards obtaining a higher education that leads to a career as a Mental Health Nurse.

Shane is his own success story.

About the Author

Shane Bautista is a gay male who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He currently works as a Registered Nurse and has a passion in helping others. As a child, Shane was made a ward of the state and placed in foster care at the age of seven years old. Shane suffers from mental health issues with depression and anxiety. Sharing his story of survival growing up in care and becoming a success story by defeating the odds and having the resilience to have overcome many diversities in his life. Shane is a first time author. Completing his debut non-fiction novel, has been Shane’s biggest achievement yet. Shane’s memoir ‘Resilience: a story of survival’ is raw, confronting and inspirational. 

HARTLEY, Simon

Jun 10, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Addiction & Recovery, Adelaide, Australian, Design, Memoir, South Australia

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ISBN 978-1-922722-72-0
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The Devil Thumbs a Ride

A biography of transgression and hope

We had just arrived in Denpasar for a ten-day Balinese holiday. I was with a young and beautiful girlfriend. We walked through the airport terminal and joined the queue for customs. No-one knew that I had smuggled a substantial amount of heroin and methadone onto the plane and was now carrying it through the airport.

After waiting in the queue for just a couple of minutes, I noticed an Indonesian policeman looking at me. As I looked away, I realised that he had started walking towards me, and he had a sniffer dog. All I had was a few seconds to think of something, anything. Perhaps a distraction of some kind… and it was going to have to be a bloody good one.

I stepped out of the line.

About the Author

I was born in the north of England and moved to Australia as a teenager. Growing up sailing and surfing, I quickly learned to love the ocean, the night sky, and nature. Married with two teenage daughters and a magic cat called Django, I rent a small house in the dunes by the sea. I have been a songwriter, rock musician, poet, and writer for decades.

 
My band “The Fyoogs” have just released a new album called DUST, and I have already written another album which will be recorded soon.

HOGG, Gavin

May 4, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Addiction & Recovery, Australian, Autobiography, Design, Psychology \ Mental Health, South Australia, Sport

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ISBN 978-1-922803-03-0
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Hoggie

GIFTED GAVIN HOGG WAS NOT GIFTED BY CIRCUMSTANCE.

Hoggie takes you on the journey of Gavin’s rollercoaster life. In this book, Hoggie recounts how he became a top country cricketer, had his world upturned by severe depression and the resultant alcohol addiction, and then finally recovered to build a new wine business in Coonawarra.

He now faces his greatest challenge.

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About the Author

Gavin, or ‘Hoggie’ as he was affectionately known, started life in a dirt-floored shack on a Soldier Settlement block. He went on to become one of Australia’s most award winning winemakers, taking home some of Australia’s top wine trophies, including the revered Jimmy Watson.