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ALLARS, Hannah

Apr 30, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Christian, Poetry

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The Invitation

This book is a collection of words strung together from the Creator.

Poured into my heart from the Spirit that lives within, during morning, dusk or a mundane task.

Written on paper, as a form of praise to the One who holds every day.

From Him flow streams of living water that are needed to satisfy and sustain us for this life under the sun and for every season that comes.

He is the One who holds life abundant, the One who fills and pours out so that we may do the same.

Within each of these words is an invitation, An invitation to accept the sacrifice that He made, An invitation to partake, An invitation to draw close and drink deeply, An invitation to praise, An invitation to journey the ebbs and flows of life hand in hand with Him, An invitation to daily surrender and to live for the glory of another, An invitation to live as an ambassador for something far greater!

I pray these words bring hope, truth and refreshment.

I pray you may sit within them, pray through them, and above all: Let them point you to the person of Jesus, the only one who will ever satisfy the thirst of our souls.

HOMOC, Alexander

Apr 2, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Poetry, Short Story Collection

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Was The Poet Drunk?

 

A collection of poems, thoughts, and short stories.

But those locals—who have swum against these currents, Fought against these icy waters—Know that this ocean isn’t always dangerous.

These waves don’t just harbour death, Don’t only aim to steal your last breath. Maybe if you stay long enough, Watch the sun set, Watch the clouds part, You’ll notice—

the break, the serene silence, the sweet absence of violence.

About the Author

 

Alexander Homoc was born in Melbourne, Australia. This anthology presents as his second published book, with Alexander publishing his first novel Will Ink Suffice? in 2023 at eighteen years old. This collection of poetry and short stories is a devotion to the growing pains of teenage years and to the uncertainty of what the future holds. The inspiration for this anthology has been gathered from various places, including family, past love, and the fear of being forgotten. Many of the poems and short stories within Was The Poet Drunk? have won local accolades, including Fig in the Night, which won the My Brother Jack Open Poetry Award 2024, Hope, A Needle Pulling Thread, which received third place in the My Brother Jack Open Short Story Award 2024, and A Mug from Goodwill, which was highly commended in the Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize 2024. Alexander devotes his love for reading and writing to his VCE literature class, where he learnt that writing was not merely about words on a page, but about an act of hope—an act of defiance.

RAMANATHAPILLAI, Rajmohan

Feb 3, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Photography, Poetry, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government, Victoria

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Turtles Without a Sandy Beach

 

Hope of Sri Lankan Tamil Survivors

The book records the memories of Sri Lankan Tamil survivors who lived through war for over three decades. By creating a three-dimensional presentation, this book provides a dignified healing space for hallowing the memories of those survivors.

First, it uses poetry to capture human rights violations and unspeakable memories.

Second, each poem in this collection tells a story inspired by actual events without fully revealing the graphic nature of life in war. The book creates a healing space for those memories through nature photography.

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About the Author

 

Dr. Rajmohan Ramanathapillai is a native of Sri Lanka who grew up through civil unrest to become a human rights advocate, poet, and photographer.

With a master’s in Religious Studies and a PhD in Philosophy from McMaster University, Canada, Dr. Rajmohan taught philosophy,
peace, and human rights across the world. He has successfully directed programs aimed to promote peace, including the “Culture of Peace” program for the children of Tamil refugees and the Tamil Diaspora community in Toronto, and the “Kindness is Contagious” program for African American children.

Since moving to Australia, Dr. Rajmohan has completed a master’s in counseling from Monash University and worked as a trauma counselor, providing trauma therapy for torture and trauma survivors of asylum seekers and refugees around the world. Now, he serves as a Family Violence Therapeutic specialist supporting women and children.

Dr. Rajmohan hopes that his poetry collection, Turtles Without a Sandy Beach, will educate and inspire us all on matters of human rights and survival.

PAISIO, Franco

Sep 16, 2024 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, New South Wales, Poetry, Sydney

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Mini Poems and Other Bagatelles

Mini Poems and Other Bagatelles is a collection of predominantly concise poems written over the past five decades. The majority of these verses have been unearthed from the bottom of drawers, neglected folders, the reverse sides of envelopes, and in other unlikely places. Some are humorous, while others encompass a degree of pathos; they are compiled here not in chronological order but randomly
– merely for fun.

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Bone and Marrow-Deep

Bone and Marrow-Deep is a collection of mainly recent poems, taut, lyrical, and short. Dealing with the passing of time, loss of memory, and old age reveries. Poems, in their simplicity, exploring both the complexities and caprices of existence. Poems in search of clarity, in search of things indecipherable. Paisio shows once again in these brief verses, that even if he deems existence superfluous, and unjustifiable, he is enamoured with the magnificent, wondrous, unique, and unrepeatable adventure that life is.

About the Author

 

Franco Paisio was born in Milan in 1936. He is an artist and poet who studied painting, sculpture, and ceramics in Italy and Australia. He had numerous solo exhibitions both in Australia and Europe. His works are held in many national, corporate, and private collections. Franco has given numerous poetry readings, and from 1975 to 1985 was a contributing editor of “Aspect”, the now defunct Sydney-based art and literature magazine. He lives and works in contemplative solitude in Sydney, Australia.

WILLIAM, Curtis

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

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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.

WATSON, Michael

Aug 7, 2024 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Melbourne, Poetry, Victoria

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WITHOUT ANGELS

 

prose and poems

Without Angels is a series of small prose pieces written over the years since retiring in 1996.
It covers personal memories and observations of daily life.

About the Author

Michael Watson was born in 1942 in Melbourne.
After dropping out of High School he spent some years in farms around Victoria and New South Wales as a Jackeroo before returning to study at the age of 20. He completed a first class honours degree in Science at Monash University and went on to study for an MA at Princeton, New Jersey in 1967. The he met Nadine in 1969, whom he married in 1970. They have two children, Anne and David, and five grandchildren, Doug, Jack, Charlie, Juliette and Olivier.