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JUNE NEWS – With new distribution partner Hardie Grant on board, we’ll soon be back to the business of publishing books. In August we’ll have 50 Reasons to Quit/Keep Smoking by writer/comedian Fiona Scott-Norman, which passionately, provocatively and piss-takingly argues both sides to smoking. September sees our first novel come into the light. Paradise Updated by Mic Looby is a hilarious and hair-raising tale of compromised idealism and corporate skullduggery in the travel writing industry. And in October, Beth Sometimes takes us into a world of rectangular emotion and cardboarderly camaraderie with From Sometimes Love Beth, a compendium of postcards she wrote to somebody, anybody and anything every day for a year. Stay tuned. more


latest releases

Lines of Wisdom – Young Writers, Old Stories, Timeless Encounters

A beautician smuggles her family out of communist Hungary; a man steps off a train and gets his life on track; a Pitjantjatjara woman guards the secrets of a sacred women’s Dreaming. These are the stories of ordinary and elderly Australians, collected by young Australian writers over cosy cups of tea. It’s a celebration of life, a conversation across the generations and a reminder for us all to listen while we can.

ISBN 9780980374650; November 2008; $39.95

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Lame Claims to Fame

A small book with its sights set on the big time, Lame Claims to Fame revels in and runs from the cult of celebrity. Everybody takes giddy delight in their real encounters with unreal people, but who’s got the lamest claim to fame? Send us your lame claim and if it goes in the next edition, we’ll send you a copy.

ISBN; 9780980374629; November 2008; $14.95

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From Little Things Big Things Grow

Created in collaboration with the Gurindji people and independent publisher One Day Hill, this beautiful children’s book tells the inspirational Australian story of the Gurindji people’s fight for land rights. Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody’s much-loved lyrics are illustrated by Gurindji children from Kalkaringi in the Northern Territory and accompanied by paintings by renowned Australian artist Peter Hudson. All profits will go directly back into creating art and cultural facilities for youth in Kalkaringi. (This book is being distributed through Dennis Jones & Associates.)

ISBN 9780975770887; November 2008; $19.95

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Herding Kites

A frenzied collection of creativity, this unique anthology gathers up the dynamism and raw talent of the young writers and artists who have contributed to the National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) over the past ten years. Includes everything from short stories, poetry, plays and memoir, to comics, artwork and political satire from emerging voices of Australia and many who are already well established.

ISBN 9780980374643; October 2008; $27.95

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The Slow Guide to Sydney

Salve for the soul and a handbook for savouring life without spending, The Slow Guide to Sydney is an inspirational lifestyle guide for Sydneysiders who want to slow down and live it up. It celebrates all that’s local, natural, traditional, sensory and gratifying about life in Sydney – and is about as close you’ll get to a seachange without shifting postcode.

ISBN 9780980374612; Oct 2007; $29.95

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The Slow Guide to Melbourne

In a world spinning on the nexus between ‘now’ and ‘next’, The Slow Guide to Melbourne steps off the merry-go-round to celebrate all that’s local, natural, traditional, sensory and most of all gratifying about life in Melbourne. Live more, fret less we reckon.

IBSN 9780980374605; Oct 2007; $29.95

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