Ginninderra Press: 334 books

When Emma Bentham disappears without explanation, two men are thrown into turmoil - David Chess, who was having an affair with Emma and her husband Daniel, a technician in David’s university department. Has Emma left them both for someone else? David’s sorrow at losing Emma leads him into strange...

Everyday life in Newtown in 1978 through the voices of locals and newcomers: violence, intimidation, corruption, bombings, wogs, dagos, Abos and Aussies, racism, sexism, homophobia, poverty, drugs and disco dancing. The personal and emotional lives of Tom and Harry, Jaroslav and Buzz echo the political...

Robin Sinclair lives in the Adelaide Hills, a region not unlike the north-west coast of Tasmania where she grew up. Her haiku, poems and paintings record what she observes and loves. In the second half of this book, she has used her imagination to bring to life the stories of some of her pioneer ancestors...

'John Sabine writes with the authority and gentle humour of experience. As I savoured this collection of his poetry, I felt like a child at the knee of a venerable grandfather, listening, absorbing with wonder the things he was opening my eyes and senses to. Yet I also found myself thinking, 'Oh yes,...

'This delightful suite of stories reflects on the writing lives of women today. Here Virginia Woolf casts her shadow, and also sheds her light on the stresses and the joys of creating fiction. Piquant and pithy, these are explorations of how it is for the woman writer with or without a room of her own.' - Carmel Bird

This is the story of Guy Winship, told in his own words. Growing up in South Africa during the apartheid years, Guy joined the struggle for equality and democracy while throwing himself into improving conditions in poor communities. His work in microfinance and livelihood development in South Africa...

'Another collection of experiences and imaginings from the watchful eye of the poet who gave us Afghanistan - waiting for the bus. Here, the poet weaves and gifts us with yet another salusalu (garland) of memories of and a passion for people struggling to adapt to the realities of their environments,...

Adèle Ogiér Jones has worked internationally for more than two decades, much of it in development, more recently in regions affected by conflict. From 2004 to 2006, when these poems were written, she lived in Afghanistan, leading the education program of the Aga Khan Foundation in northern and central...

Chiperoni: term for a kind of fog, drizzle rain, experienced in the Shire Highlands of southern Malawi during the cold, dry season; name derived from Mount Chiperone, an isolated mountain peak at the southern extremity of East African mountain ranges, covered with montane forests and surrounded by...

Robin Sinclair lives in the Adelaide Hills, where she paints, writes, walks, gardens and observes. She has a husband who makes puppets, a son who has adventures and writes about it, another who writes verse novels, and a daughter who composes music and teaches others to love it. Family habits include writing silly verse at Christmas and reading the dictionary at mealtimes.

Kevin Densley’s poetry has been published in various Australian and UK magazines over the past fifteen years, including Quadrant, The Adelaide Review, LiNQ, Muse, New England Review, Vernacular, Mattoid, Redoubt, Verandah, Tamba, Space, Other Poetry (UK), The Journal (UK), Cadenza (UK), Monkey Kettle...

‘Kevin Densley’s new poetry collection offers a gently ironic look at the blind spots in our everyday odyssey through life. We are carried into a contemporary small town mindscape built atop the white and infinite marble of ancient myth, infiltrated by pop culture and urban legend. These poems...