Bernie Dowling: 8 books

How did U.S. President Barack Obama get so familiar with Australian slang and culture? Perhaps he read Bernie Dowling’s 7 Shouts. President Obama is in the book along with sports Australians really .love, the Melbourne Cup horse race, of course, but also fish throwing and cockroach races. 7 Shouts...

New Zealand teenager Ella Yelich-O’Connor went from obscurity to fame and fortune as Lorde in less than 18 months. Ella was not a conventional child. “I went to a lot of David Lynch films, I read a lot of strange books, I loved to go to the museum all day. I was that kid.” Ella liked reading...

IN 2017 a man named Paul Pisasale is facing criminal charges including corruption in public office, extortion, assault, and attempting to pervert justice. In 2016 Mr. Pisasale was re-elected Mayor of the Queensland City of Ipswich with 83.45 per cent of the popular vote. Something is broken...

This is the sixth anthology in the series begun by the Arts Alliance Pine Rivers.  Again we have short stories and poetry illustrated by local artists.   In 2015, we are privileged to have contributions from artists of the Pine Rivers U3A advanced class tutored by Lillian Tebesceff.   We include...

Redemption is the seventh anthology in the series of illustrated short stories and poems from writers of the Moreton Bay Region of Australia. The short stories are illustrated by artist Chelsea Lomandra who grew up in Samford, part of Pine Rivers district of Moreton Bay Region. Some...

Sweet and Sour is the third anthology from the writers of Moreton Bay Region of Australia. Each story is illustrated by an artist of the region. The stories cover styles from humor, mystery and thrillers as their authors cleverly unveil layers of the modern world.

This anthology follows on from the critically acclaimed debut volume The Writing on the Wall. Writers from the Moreton Bay Region of Australia present 24 short stories, each one illustrated by an accomplished artist. Can you believe it . . . adds a smattering of poetry , ranging from the comic through parodies to the lyrical.

The fix is in, the bodies are piling up, and they’re racing in this comedy noir. A dead actress, a dead gambler and that’s for starters. With murder following his every step, determined under-achiever Steele Hill is tangled in layers of intrigue and deviousness. The reluctant...