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PEER, Oscar

Dec 18, 2020 | *listed, New South Wales, Poetry

Eluding Sylvia, Chasing Poe by self-published author Sher'ee Furtak-Ellis
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ISBN 978-1-922527-19-6
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Oscarisms – anthology of my poetry

“Be they poignant, humorous or edgy, these poems have been collected to raise funds for a very worthy charity.”

What follows is a selection of poems Oscar wrote between the ages of 12 and 14.
They were composed usually without his parent’s knowledge and according to whatever muse, theme or style interested him at the time.

The Royal Hospital for Women Foundation would like to thank Oscar Peer for writing this book of poetry with the aim of supporting The Royal’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where he spent the first 100 days of his life. We are proud to support such an uplifting project, and hope it is the first of many successful books for this budding young author. The Newborn Intensive Care Unit is a special place that cares for the tiniest and most fragile patients in our health system. More than 600 prematurely and critically ill babies are rushed into its three hushed white rooms from all over NSW every year. There they receive world class treatment by a team of eight dedicated specialists. We could not continue providing this exceptional care without the support of people like Oscar and we commend this book to you.

For background info on Oscar’s story, go to www.royalwomen.org.au/fundraisers/oscarpeer/anthology-of-my-poems, where you may also choose to make a donation.

STEVENSON, Terence

Dec 7, 2020 | *listed, Poetry, South Australia

Eluding Sylvia, Chasing Poe by self-published author Sher'ee Furtak-Ellis
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ISBN 978-1-922452-76-4
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Love is the Bridge

A Book of Verse for the heart and soul.

About the Author

T.J. Stevenson, (a distant relative of Robert Louis Stevenson) was born in England to a Scottish Father and Irish Mother. He was always encouraged by his parents to pursue his creative talents and remember his heritage.

Edinburgh – Lothian and Glasgow are places which instantly bring happy memories to mind. He has served in both the navy and Army, and with the Army was stationed with the Seaforth Highlanders for two years on the Rock of Gibraltar.

Among his other interests are languages, calligraphy and a lifelong study of philosophy.

He now resides in South Australia.

FURTAK-ELLIS, Sher’ee

Nov 18, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Design, Poetry, Psychology \ Mental Health, South Australia

Eluding Sylvia, Chasing Poe by self-published author Sher'ee Furtak-Ellis
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ISBN 978-1-922452-09-2
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Eluding Sylvia, Chasing Poe

A choose-your-own-adventure prose, poetry and imagery journey from inside the mind of a bipolar-disordered human. One critic said it was like Alice in Wonderland on Lithium; psychedelic yet ordinary.

The book’s written content is a collection of lyrical poems, microstories and prose with the addition of illustrations, photographs and insights in a ‘choose your own adventure’ concept. Each adventure contains a different facet of the symptoms of the Bipolar illness using role play with different mood characters. With the use of this method, it has given the power back to the reader to choose their mood. This displays the relentless lack of choice within the sufferer of the illness.

The author/artist was once a ‘New Poet’ (Friendly Street Poets, 2010) and contributor to ‘Mad, Sad Words’ (Joseph Dunn, 2006).

About the Author

 

Australian poet Sher’ee Furtak-Ellis has read her poetry at theInternational Beat Poetry Goddess Festival,National Beat Poetry Festival, Adelaide Writers’ Week and theNew Voices Writers Festival. Among her awards, she was a winner of Friendly Street Poets New Poets 15, a finalist for theWatershed Creative Prizeand highly commended in the Haiga competition at theSalisbury Writers Festival 2011. As well as being the author and illustrator of Eluding Sylvia, Chasing Poe, a choose-your-own-adventure illustrated poetry, prose and microstory book about her life with Bipolar Disorder, Sher’ee’s poetry and microstories have been published in the International Beat Poetry Foundation Goddess Anthology 2022: Poets Celebrating Women,New Generation Beats 2022 Anthology,Florence Poets Society Silkworm 14 Rise,Mad Sad Words, Friendly Street New Poets 15, Divinely Align Me: How Signs from the Universe keep you on your path,Goddess 2023 Anthology: NBPF 2023 Festival Anthology and New Generation Beats 2025 Anthology.

BARKER, Janelle

Oct 21, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Fiction \ Novel, Mystery Fiction, Poetry, Self-help \ Personal Development

Sounds of the World
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ISBN 978-1-922452-44-3
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Sounds of The World 

My vision, inspirational, empowering.

Janelle is a wife, mother and nana who loves the closeness of family.

She found her inspiration to write again once she moved from the city to the country. Janelle prefers to work from behind the scenes rather than be in the spotlight.

Her writing begins on the surface, before delving effortlessly down into a far more thought-provoking place, taking you with her.

She is grounded in experiences and perceptions with all human mysteries, taking you to a deeper, circumstantial place of events in her work.

 

No One is Safe at Night by self-published author Janelle Barker
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SBN 978-1-922452-43-6​
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No One is Safe at Night

A serial killer is on the loose and terrorising Melbourne…

Best friends Ava, Ally and Ivy are young and carefree. Friends since high school, the girls can’t imagine a life without each other. Whilst working as adult dancers the girls are focused on their friendship and the men in their lives.

But mutilated bodies of young women just like them are piling up and fear is engulfing the city.

When it all becomes too much the girls make the choice to escape to Lake Eildon for a camping trip – triggering events that will change the girls’ lives forever…

MARTINO, AFROZ

Aug 10, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Fiction \ Novel, Photography, Poetry, South Australia

Bringing my Words to Light by self-published author Afroz Martino
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ISBN 978-1-922452-91-7
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Bringing my Words to Light

I have so much to say, so much to put on a page, but all I see are dancing words. So, one morning I got up and decided to simply allow the words to fall on the page; and with these words I have written this book from my heart.

Five Pebbles in a Pond by Afroz Martino
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ISBN 978-1-922722-73-7
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Five Pebbles in a Pond

It is a story of sacrifice and love.

Five exceptional women originating from diverse backgrounds meet each other at university and strike an everlasting friendship. Despite their differences in language and heritage, they become one in spirit. They name their sisterhood ‘SAKTE’, each letter representing their name.

As they struggle through life, the foundations of their friendship stand strong. Five Pebbles in a Pond is a story of a unique friendship between friends who struggle with identity, dual culture and traditional values.

It is a story inspired by true events.

Afroz Martino Author

About the Author

Afroz is the eldest daughter of the late Dr A K M Amzad Hossain Mian and Begum Firoza Hosneara Mian, born in Pabna, Bangladesh. Her parents moved her and her sister, Azmiri Mian, to Greece when Afroz was 8 years old for her father to complete his doctorate. After, they could not return to Bangladesh as civil war broke out, so they immigrated to Australia.

Afroz graduated from Flinders University with a Bachelor of Science and then worked many different jobs, travelled, and eventually pursued a career helping disadvantaged children. She married David Martino, and together they have four daughters and two grandchildren.

Writing poetry has given Afroz a sense of belonging, understanding of being a woman and is a way to make sense of her world.

Testimonials

A book to touch your soul. Raw experiences told from the heart. This is how it touched me when I read it. It was very powerful.

Georgina Williams

First-generation Australians will empathize with Author’s struggles between traditional cultural values and  Australian values. We were there and at the time it seemed insurmountable, now our children take pride in their multicultural backgrounds.

Josie Allocca

Such meaningful poems! Bringing my words to light took me on a journey through my own life, the struggles and what makes life what it is, unique for each and everyone of us.
 
Katrina Stratos

In every poem I read I felt the Author’s emotions and it touched my heart. It made me cry while reading author’s wonderful words. So touchy the whole writing in this book that’s why I loved it.

Marufa Gaffar

Afroz Martino’s beautifully written poetry collection Bringing my words to light is about her love, relationships, nature and many more aspects of life. The boldness and frankness in her writing is very rare to find. This is very enjoyable to read about Afroz’s adventurous journey of life through her poetries.

Firoz Mannan

…very beautiful… very clear… nicely organized… practical and I guess it’s a deep thoughts of every woman…

Nusrat

This book is a good book to read. Afroz penned her sadness, and her struggle with two different cultures and her pride and love for her family, so well, that I could feel all her emotions in this book.

Nancy Kirby

SYKES, Sezzajai

Jul 2, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, Design, Earth \ Nature, Poetry
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ISBN 978-0-6485614-9-1
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A Pandeme of Bees

pandeme (pan-deem) is a composite of Greek words Pan and Deme meaning “All encompassing possession of flowers and bees in one place”

Pandeme of Bees is a collection of mellifluous, sensual bee poetry. The poems are multilayered. They are cryptic, abstract, hidden, opening, lascivious. The themes interweave to create a word meadow to feed, entice, seduce and seed love for the bee and the hive.

SezzaJai is a word smith, bee keeper and mystery navigator. She has translated an epistemology of bee behavior into human emotion. Her deep understanding of scientific apian research has been word forged into the rhyme and rhythm of beauty and inner knowing of bees.

About the Author

SezzaJai is a performance artist, enjoying engaging community in spoken word, Bee dances, community talks and awareness raising events.  SezzaJai has developed ‘Bee Theatre’ which is a fun, engaging experience to playfully explore and inhabit the Hive. This an immersive practise to gain an insects perspective in the world. It is a noisy, chaotic, cohesive, somatic exploration that can inform our own earth supporting practices.

SezzaJai has helped tend Bees in England, France, New Zealand Australia, which includes helping on commercial Bee farms as well as bee- centric gardens that inform local bee keeping practices.