Kearney
lays just claim to being a Master of Limericks, Master of Obfuscation (Oxbridge),
Fellow of the Royal Society of Limerickers, Honorary Fellow of the Ancient
and Royal Society of Obfuscators in delivering limericks and satires that
are an antidote to a world that takes itself far too seriously.
The
essential reference and research guide for professional and amateur growers
of orchids. Over 100 pages of interactive text and 750 colour images
about orchid genera worldwide.
Jack performs the classic bush poems of greats like Banjo Patterson, Henry Lawson, Will Ogilvie, and C J Dennis. An excellent reference work for schools and to be enjoyed by lovers of bush poetry everywhere.
Gauguin
and van Gogh reflect on their stormy relationship at Arles, which may
have contributed to Vincent's suicide. A multimedia production based
on the sell-out Brisbane live performance.
This highly illustrated DVD examines the philosophy and practices behind 'terratecture' and provides key information the reader needs to design, build and live or work in an earth-integrated building, including architectural aspects, site selection and council regulations. Also see The Healthy House.
Winner, 2008 IP Picks Best Creative Non-fiction Award
This memoir is a nostalgic insight into what it was like to grow up in Australia in the 1930s and 40s. Mixed with undertones of delightful humour and fading innocence. Read by Anne Stevenson.
Australian Earth Covered and Green Building, Sydney, Joan and David Baggs, IPD, new edition, 2009. DVD, ISBN 9780975680711 $49.50.
The
third CD from the star of the Tamworth Music Festival’s annual Sex,
Lies and Bush Poetry event. “Whoever
it was who coined the term ‘A Knockabout Bloke’ may well have
had Jack Drake in mind.” — Bruce Simpson
Bronco Harry’s Last Ride,
Jack Drake, IPS, 2005. Audio CD: ISBN 0957847750, $25. iTunes Store samples
Commended,
Best Poetry, IP Picks 2003. Jenni Nixon’s
book is a journey of salvage through some hard lessons and difficult times,
told in a way that is atmospheric and immediate, often with a wry twist.
— Jill
Jones
The Best of IP 10th Anniversary Celebration CD, with nearly
400 pages of fiction, poetry, multimedia, podcasts, even a movie trailer
from some of the finest authors working in Australia today.
“These are poems that engage the senses, challenge the intellect, and
fire the imagination. They explore the mystery of what we are and our perpetual
quest for communion.”
— Alex Skovron
A
murder mystery in multimedia! David P Reiter’s second work of literary
multimedia begins as a short novel set in Far North Queensland, but your
imagination takes you far beyond the immediate page, with links to other
works and surprising places.
Sharpened Knife, David
P Reiter, IPD, 2002. Interactive (Win/Mac) CD-ROM: ISBN
1876819553 $27.50.
A
skillful blend of Celtic harp, guitar, bass, mandolin, tenor harp, banjo and
vocals by Alan S. Ferguson, who breathed Celtic air and music from his youth
in Scotland, who now plays in bands in Western Australia, where the meeting
of cultural traditions continues.
Two steamy collections from Queensland’s tropical
coast: Louise Waller’s Slipway and Kristin Hannaford’s Inhale.
“Their poetry shares a similar celebration of love and family, as
well as in detailed description and the joys of being immersed in nature.”
— Gig
Ryan.
Dinkum
performance verse from a country Queensland legend. “Whoever
it was who coined the term ‘A Knockabout Bloke’ may well have
had Jack Drake in mind.” — Bruce Simpson
Performance poetry with a bite from
the Bush Poet of the Year 2001! His
love of words and verse started when his father gave him a copy of Banjo
Patterson’s verses when he was 10 years old.
Dinkum Poetry, Jack Drake,
IPS, 2002. Audio CD:
ISBN 0957847726, $25
This
is writing that celebrates the art in science and the science in art. Frankenstein's
bathtub will give you 'at last a word / for the thing [you] could
never name.’ “[Her] poems show us new ways of seeing ourselves
and the world.” — Deb Westbury
This
lively collection of historical, modern and fantasy stories is a cross
between Henry Lawson, Ben Elton and Fay Weldon, taking the reader to
unexpected places.
In his first DVD, multi-award winning
author David P Reiter makes a time traveller of the legend. Hemingway’s
on a quest for his arch-enemy Franco, during the Spanish Civil War, but he
also meets up with famous people
from the past and future who have shocking things to say about war, love
and art.
Mansell
is lively and very much her own poet, at her best when her observations
are sharpest, emotionally
frank and pungent enough to surprise. And that is often. — Philip Salom
Hemingway in Spain, David P Reiter, IPD, 2006. DVD-R, 125 minutes. ISBN 9781876819866 Available in PAL or NTSC versions (please specify), $40.
The
author uncovers the reasons why her great-grandfather survived the Holocaust
when so many in his family perished. “She has provided a rich tapestry — through
narrative, visual images and sound — of Jewish life in that period.
— Suzanne
Rutland
Reiter
completed this work while in residence at the prestigious Banff Centre
for the Arts. An adaptation of his poetry collection, Letters
We Never Sent, it's
a ground-breaking work of interactive, literary multimedia that will
shed new light on the possibilities for poetry.
If These Walls Could Talk... Genevieve Cumming-Jaffé, IPD. Interactive (Win/Mac) CD-ROM:ISBN
1876819626 $27.50.
Winner,
IP Picks 2003, Best Poetry. “Rich
with a sensuality and love of language that invests both myth and the modern
day with vibrancy and beauty.” — Peter McFarlane
The definitive guide to creating a safe, healthy and environmentally friendly home. The Healthy House shows that you can put a stop to pollution in your own surroundings, whether you are building a new house, renovating an existing building, or renting.
The Healthy House, Sydney and Joan Baggs, IPD, 2nd edition, 2005. DVD, ISBN 9781876819811 $49.50.
Mitchell
uses his formidable reading skills so that the listener is thirsting for
what comes next. Buttler employs music styles at times so familiar to us
they act as another image in the poem. — Garth
Madsen
A brilliant collaboration of words and music between tanka artist Kathy Kituai and composer/musician Nitya Bernard Parker based on Kathy's poetry book Straggling into Winter.
Jumbuktu, Paul Mitchell and
Bill Buttler, IPS, 2005. Spoken Word / Music CD: ISBN 9781876819873 $25. iTunes Store samples
The Heart Takes Wing, Kathy Kituai & Nitya Bernard Parker, IPD, 2008. DVD, ISBN 9781921479120 $25.
The latest music CD from Alan Ferguson and Co, based on an impromptu concert at the WA Irish Club, featuring the best of traditional and more recent Celtic music.
Brings together two peculiar people, an absurd
situation and a harsh examination of romantic love. Throw it all in the
interactive blender and the result is a multilinear, hypertext romance.
Choose your own path through the story to the final decision point, which
will have you re-examining your own choices in life and love.
Live at the Irish Club, Alan Ferguson, L Steding, C Merry, IPD, 2008. Music CD: ISBN 9781921479007 $25. iTunes Store samples
Stephen Oliver’s voice resonates with strength and passion. With the highly original music of Matt Ottley this CD transports us across soundscapes of harmony and disharmony, life and death, peace and violence.
Winner, IP Picks Best First Book, 2010
Pedro Jones is lost. Abandoned by his father and forced into commission housing with his Filipino immigrant mother, the future seems bleak.
But when Pedro meets the 'mad' street busker, Johnny Lazzaro, and gets involved with the East Timor freedom movement, life takes an unexpected detour through the uncharted backblocks of the human heart.
James Laidler deftly crafts a cast of vivid characters in this gritty story of self discovery, justice and belonging.
King Hit,Stephen Oliver (words), Matt Ottley (music), IPD, 2007.Audio + textCD-ROM/CD:ISBN 9781876819705 $25.
Artist Dale Kentwell headed for the Outback with two young children and a desire to paint what she saw. Her quirky paintings are set against witty nuggets of text , commenting on themes of motherhood, and the beauty of the Outback.
The DVD film has an extended interview with Dale, narrated by her son Jarrah, plus a complete slideshow of the paintings.
“These are poems that go beyond the limits
of words. By wrestling with the poems in 3rd i, by engaging with them,
the world is more intensely lived. This guy is offering us everything.
This is heroic poetry.”
— John Marsden
Cutting
edge multimedia, blending memoir, astronomy, mythology and documentary. Phase
1 of an ongoing project supported by a major grant funding
by Arts Queensland.
