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Garbage Guts

Garbage Guts - Emily S. Smith, published by Larrikin House
Genre: Children

 


Choose - Anne Congiu
Genre: Fictional Murder Mystery, published by Antonietta Franks

 

Book by Emily S SMith How to Hug a Cactus
How to Hug a Cactus - Emily S. Smith, published by Larrikin House
Genre: Children

 

Intermittent Angels
Intermittent Angels - Jan Dean
Genre: Poetry

 


written on water
Written on Water -  Gail Hennessy, published by Flying Island Books
To purchase, email gailmariahennessy@gmail.com
Genre: Poetry

 

the m word
The M Word -  Gail Hennessy, published by Girls on Key Press
To purchase, email gailmariahennessy@gmail.com
Genre: Poetry/Memoir

 

watching through the day
Watching Through the Day - Julie Thorndyke and Nandina Vines, published by Interactive Publications
Genre: Children's literature, Children's non-fiction literature

 


Isla's family tree
Isla's family tree - Katrina McKelvey, published by EK Books
Genre: Children

 


The Love that Remains - Susan Francis, published by Allen & Unwin
Genre: Memoir

 

taking breath
Taking My Breath - Cassandra O'Loughlin, published by Ginninderra Press
Genre: Poetry

 

Age as Disease: Anti-Aging Technologies, Sites and Practices

Age as Disease: Anti-Aging Technologies, Sites and Practices – David Jack Fletcher, published by Palgrave Macmillan
Genre: Social Sciences

Enhancement

Enhancement – Ned Stephenson
Genre: Science Fiction

 

Jessica's Gift

Jessica’s Gift – Susan Loch, published by Susan Loch
Genre: Memoir

 

dearest daughter
Dearest Daughter  - Alison Ferguson, published by Backstory Press
Genre: Historical Fiction
 
Beating drug addiction in Tehran
Beating Drug Addiction in Tehran: A women’s Clinic - Kate Dolan, published by Interactive Publications
Genre: Non-fiction narrative

 

 

Congratulations to our Members:

David-Jack Fletcher’s story ‘The Well’ was accepted into the Eerie River Publishing anthology, and his novella ‘The Haunting of Harry Peck’ is published. Available here.

Emily S. Smith and Sharon J. Boyce launched their new books: ‘Kora Kerplunk’s Travelling Tongue’ (Smith) and ‘There’s a Shark in my School’ (Boyce).

Katrina McKelvey has a new picture book with Wombat Books titled ‘Mila and Ivy’.

Ellen Shelley’s poem ‘Memorial Walk’ has been shortlisted for the Queensland Flying Arts Ekphrastic award

Catherine Moffat was shortlisted for the Hunter section, Joanne Burns Microlit award

Janet Hackery has been selected to attend the Futurescapes workshop and invited to appear on Story Hour – a US based livestream speculative reading program.

Erin Munzenberger has had a short story selected for publication in an anthology called ‘Where the weird things are, Vol. 2’ by Deadset Press.

Graham Davidson recently launched his new publishing company Rack and Rune and has already published a few books.

Jan Dean has several poems accepted for anthologies, including: ‘Interior with Wardrobe Mirror’ for Not Very Quiet: The Anthology,  ‘Cranes Fly on My Blue and White Porcelain Brooch’ for This Gift, This Poem, ‘Peepshow, the Veranda Years part one’, for Take Heart Poetry at the Pub Members’ Anthology 2021, ‘Kodo Nishimura, Makeup Monk’ and ‘Cake Boi’, published in Sapphic Touch, the Sappho Anthology 2021, and  ‘What’s New?’ and ‘White Ribbon’ accepted for True Crime e-anthology

Sharon Boyce: Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, read ‘There’s a Shark in the Loo’ (over 70 000 views) and ‘Who is at the Zoo’ (over 32 000 views) on her YouTube channel “Storytime with Fergie and Friends”.

Emily S. Smith: Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, read ‘How To Hug a Cactus’ on her YouTube channel “Storytime with Fergie and Friends”. It’s had over 40 000 views.

Nicole Rain Sellers poems appeared in Burrow, Australian Poetry Collaboration, TEXT, Any Saturday, 2021, Running Westward: Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2021, Love: Lifespan vol. 4, Poetry for the Planet: An Anthology of Imagined Futures, and Plumwood Mountain. Her flash fiction was also published in The Story Hunters anthology.

David-Jack Fletcher had a short story published in British magazine Horrified and another submission, ‘Quietus’, accepted for an American anthology Madam Gray’s Vault of Gore

Erin Munzenberger’s story titled ‘Spores’ was published in Midnight Echo 16

Lisa Barron’s book The Tatter of Life is now distributed in India through their new online book store Pothi Books, giving her strong following in India affordable access to her writing.

Louise Berry’s poem ‘Nicking across the Nullarbor’ was published in ‘Milestones’ an anthology put together by Ginninderra Press.

Ellen Shelley’s poem ‘Resurrection’ was chosen for the Spirit of Renewal Manly poetry ekphrastic competition and is available to watch here

Gail Hennessy has had poems published in: Poetry for the Planet, An Anthology of Imagined Futures; Not Very Quiet Anthology 2017-2021; Outrageous — Guide to Sydney Crime (to be published); the Avondale Anthology, This Gift, This Poem, 2021; Common or Garden Poets, the community blog; and Tanka in Eucalypt: a tanka journal.

Luci Croci’s poem ‘Mussels’ was published in Lifespan Vol 2, Growing Up. ‘Remake’ and ‘Imposing Order’ were published in Live Encounters, and ‘Medlar’ was published in Lifespan Vol 4, Love. Her poems ‘Dipping into the Tao Te Ching’ and ‘At the Pub, A Horse’s Tale’ have been accepted for the Live Encounters 12th Year Edition.

Kathryn Fry’s second book of poems The Earth Will Outshine Us was published in September. Her poem ‘All the Willing Hours’ will be republished in the Not Very Quiet Anthology 2017-2021. ‘Impromptu’ was published in Kit Kelen’s blog, Common or Garden Poets and ‘Toddler with Neptune’s Necklace’ in This Gift, This Poem, 2021.

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Peter Wells’ poem ‘Woodsheds’ was shortlisted in the Australian Catholic University (ACU) Poetry Prize and he has also been included in the anthology “Resilance”

Liv Hamilton published a flash piece ‘Torn Curtains’ in Pulp Modern Flash

Cassandra O’Loughlin’s academic article“Critically Imagining a Decolonised Vision in Australian Poetry”, is published in Landscapes: The Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

J.A. Haigh has been awarded a 2021 AHWA mentorship with Kaaron Warren, author of  ‘Into Bones Like Oil’. Haigh will be polishing her dark, folkloric novel ‘A Harbour Not a Home,’ to an eerie gleam under Warren’s guidance. Haigh has also been offered a place in the selective US based workshop, ‘Fearscapes’, led by literary agent Anne Tibbets and bestselling author Dan Wells.

Lucy Nelson placed 1st in the Newcastle Short Story Award 2021Lucy wins $3000

In alpha order: Maree Gardner Chapman, Mark Lock, Dee Murdoch, Patricia O’Shea, Grant Palmer, Brenda Proudfoot, Chloe Warren, Peter Wells – all published in the 2021 Grieve Anthology

Jen Pritchard has a short story published in Southern Cross Uni magazine.

Bronwyn MacRitchie released an audiobook of her memoir, Pixie Dust (read by the author), available for download on Audiobooks, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, and Scribd

Diana Pearce’s poems were published in seven issues of THE MOZZIE throughout 2021. 

Rebecca Trowbridge released Fossilised Lightning, an ecopoetry collection co-authored with Nicole Rain Sellers. She had a poem published in Poetry for the Planet: An Anthology of Imagined Futures in October.

Magdalena Ball’s new poetry book titled The Density of Compact Bone has been published by Ginninderra Press.
The Light Electric Vehicle and the Climate

The Light Electric Vehicle and the Climate - A.T. Spathis, published by Houdini Phantom
To purchase, email houdini.phantom@icloud.com 
Genre: Science
 Gloam
Gloam - Averil Drummond, published by Austin Macauley
Genre: Young adult/adult

 


Unmaking Atoms - Magdalena Ball, published by Ginninderra Press
Genre: Poetry

 


Green Point Bearings - Kathryn Fry, published by Ginninderra Press
Genre: Poetry

 

Singapore Fling With The Millionaire - Michelle Douglas

Singapore Fling With The Millionaire 
- Michelle Douglas, published by Harlequin Romance
Genre: Romance

 

 
HWC Members Emily and Sharon with their new children's books

 


Emmie and the Tudor Queen (Hearts & Crowns #2) - Natalie Murray, published by Midnight Tide Publishing
Genre: Young adult

 

Life is Not Fair When You Are Just a Chair - Emily S. Smith and Graham Davidson

Life is Not Fair When You Are Just a Chair - Emily S. Smith and Graham Davidson, published by Storytime Lane
Genre: Children
                                                                                   fossilised lightning
Fossilised Lightning - Nicole Sellers & Rebecca Trowbridge, published by Girls on Key
Genre: Poetry

 

High Wire Step
High Wire Step  - Magdalena Ball, published by Flying Island Press
Genre: Poetry

 


IF: A memoir - Richard West
Genre: Memoir

 

shooting through
Shooting Through - Katrina Kittel, published by Echo/Barrallier Books
Genre: War

 

Matron Ida Greaves
Matron Ida Greaves - Christine Bramble
Enquires to: sistersofthevalley@gmail.com
Genre: History

Gold
Gold - Ned Stephenson
Genre: Crime

 

Emmie and the Tudor King (Hearts & Crowns #1)
Emmie and the Tudor King (Hearts & Crowns #1) - Natalie Murray, published by Midnight Tide Publishing
Genre: Young adult
 

 

Other People's Houses

Other People’s Houses Kelli Hawkins, published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Genre: Thriller

 

 


A Gentleman's Daughter - Alison Ferguson, published by Backstory Press
Genre: Fiction

 

Unreliable Narratives
Unreliable Narratives – Magdalena Ball, published by Girls On Key

 

Pixie Dust
Pixie Dust - Bronwyn MacRitchie
Genre: Memoir

 

maiden manoeveurs
Maiden Manoeuvres  - Alison Ferguson, published by Backstory Press
Genre: Historical Fiction

 


widow's wake
Widow's Wake  - Alison Ferguson, published by Backstory Press
Genre: Historical Fiction