Ghosts of a Lost World
by Mark Uhlmann
ISBN 1 876259 51 5
paperback, A5, 151 pages
$16.00

With sharp insight - and an occasional hint of bitterness - Mark Uhlmann's stories explore the regret men feel when adult realities fall short of childhool dreams.

An Unfamiliar Sea
by George Huitker
ISBN 1 876259 50 7
paperback, A5, 64 pages
$12.50

Geoff Page says: "George Huitker has a playright's ear for common speech and a poet's eye for the poignant situation. Like Woody Allen, he also understands the healing sadness of the comic. An Unfamiliar Sea is a first collection of both achievement and promise."

Love and Laughter
by Michele Leslie
ISBN 1 876259 40 X
paperback, A5, 38 pages
$10.00

Wrily entertaining stories, most with a very surprising twist in the tail.

Belting Down Curnow Street
by Peter Curry
ISBN 1 876259 39 6
paperback, A5
$10.00

A poignant yet often funny novella about two men whose love of cycling becomes the focus of an unlikely friendship which helps them come to terms with aging, retirement and disability.

There Must Be Lions
Nick Earls, Sonya Hartnett, Heide Seaman
ISBN 1 876259 34 5
paperback, A5
$10.00

Stories about mental illness
' . . . a rare insight into a different and strange world, one of humour and sadness, courage and despair.'
- Anne Deveson, author of Tell Me I'm Here

An Inventory of Fragile Knowledge
by Mary Kennan Herbert - read a poem
ISBN 1 876259 26 4
paperback, A5, 44pp
$10.00

Within the past four years well over 100 of Mary Kennan Herbert's poems have been accepted for publication in journals in seven countries.
Robert Hefner, Literary Editor of The Canberra Times, says of An Inventory of Fragile Knowledge, Mary's first book : 'Mary Kennan Herbert's poems chronicle the awakening and maturation of a poetic sensibility that delights in the creatures and the objects of the natural world. The poetry is often a meditation on the act of writing itself, and is at all times imbued with wit, good humour and,above all, love.'

Getting a Life
by Robyn Crocker - read a poem
ISBN 1 876259 23 X
paperback, A5, 44pp
$10.00

Getting a life: finding out who you are, separating yourself from others. Robyn Crocker's stories and poems focus on turning points in relationships between mothers, daughters and sisters.

Defenestration
by Indrani Perera - read a poem
ISBN 1 876259 17 5
paperback, A5, 40 pages
$10.00

defenestration, n. the act of throwing a person or thing out of a window.
The Random House Dictionary of the English Language
A fresh and exciting voice explores the passion of contemporary life, love and loss.


A Secret Sky
Wadih Sa'adeh/Anne Fairbairn
ISBN 1 876259 18 3
paperback, A5, 49 pages
$12.50

Author of several books, Wadih Sa'adeh has a distinctive voice in modern Arabic poetry. A Secret Sky contains transcreations of some of Wadih Sa'adeh's poems by Anne Fairbairn, the well known Australian poet, journalist and artist who has devoted her life to endeavouring to build understanding between cultures through poetry. ' . . . elegant and intensely lyrical writing . . . an important new lyrical voice . . . ' Australian Book Review

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