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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. |
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| Winner, IP Picks 09 Best Fiction Award.
Part comedy, part tragedy, part henna-drawn thriller peppered with romance and intrigue, A Beginner’s Guide to Dying in India is a spiritual journey across the continents of the soul. |
A Beginner's Guide to Dying in India, Josh Donellan, IP,
2009.
PB: ISBN 9781921479304
256 pp, $32.95. |
Rainshadows, David P Reiter,
ed., IP Digital, 2007.
Mac/Windows
CD-ROM, $27. |
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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. |
A Frolic in Fiction,
D. A. (Tony) Kearney, IPD, 2001. CD:
ISBN 1875998510, $15.40
e-book: $11 |
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One day Emme, an illegitimate daughter of a woman who hates and beats her, meets a stranger in her forest who tricks her into going through a portal to an alien city on the other side of the world.
Frightened, Emme flees into the city, and is pursued by relentless enemies who would do anything for the price on her head. Alone and vulnerable, Emme finds herself on a quest for the truth about why she has been brought here, and just who her enemies really are. |
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Sacrifice, L. R. Saul, Glass House Books, 2009.
PB:
ISBN 9781921479168
393 pp, $32.95
Release date: 15 May, 2009. |
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year-old Claire is hitting her stride as a woman behaving badly. Merle
Thornton’s novel is an exhilarating trip through a feisty woman’s
escapades in the course of a turbulent life. “Stylishly written,
clever and funny.” — Dan O’Neill |
After Moonlight,
Merle Thornton, IP, 2004.
PB:
ISBN 18767819227
288 pp, $25. |
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'Secret
Writing, Michael O'Sullivan's third novel, achieves
something quite rare in Australian fiction. It ventures into Patrick White's
territory, into that
strange, visionary 'country of the mind' that White made his own - and survives.' — John
Clanchy |
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Pumping life, the teenagers in this novel jump off the page. From the intelligent but physically abused Gray Morrow, to his heroic but temperamental older brother, Gordon, and his tragic relationship with the city-wise but sexually abused Dusty Jones, this is a world many of us fail to recognise as very much our own. |
As If!,
Barry Levy, IP, Release date 1 June 2008.
PB:
ISBN 1876819804
252 pp., $32 |
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Secret Writing, Michael
O'Sullivan, 2005.
PB: ISBN 1876819294
267 pp, $27. |
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Winner,
IP Picks 2005, Best Fiction. “When an author unleashes an imaginative concept
into reality trans-global adventures conspire, best friends turn detective,
and lovers’ trails unfurl. Will dazzle the adventure-minded and armchair
travellers alike.” — IP Picks 2005 Judges’ Report |
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A
Buddhist monk, Sera goes on a political and philosophical journey of discovery
that moves us beyond inertia and impotence to a state in which we can act
to make our neighbourhood and the world a better place. |
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Sera,
A Mother, GHB, 2002.
PB: ISBN 1876819952
206 pp., $27.50. |
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Winner,
IP Picks 2007, Best Fiction. Sylvia Petter’s collection flings the reader across the globe in its bold exploration of love, death, passion, relationship, and family. Echoing her own life experience, Sylvia Petter’s award-winning stories explore universal themes through lenses of distance and separation. |
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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. |
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In Easter at Tobruk Christianity and
war collide in an Australian context. An enticing work peppered with a
glistening sense of magic realism, O’Sullivan’s novel paints
lush, dimensional scenes with literary brushstrokes.
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A non-stop
collection of “fiction
schmiction” from Tasmania. “She
brings together wittily observed reality and her own brand of magic to
deliver some revelatory accounts of life beyond the comfort zone.”
— Margaret
Scott |
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Terminal
Velocity,
Molly Guy, IP, 2003. PB:
ISBN 1876819197
128 pp., $23. |
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An extraordinary journey into the psyche of a self-titled Queen, as she moves from immersion in the physical world towards redemption.
Not recommended for a young audience due to its graphic sexual content. |
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Highly Commended,
IP Picks 2007, Best Fiction. Buggerum is the sort of country town everyone drives past without seeing, and that’s exactly how the locals like it. This is a subtle and compelling satiric novel that looks closely into the heart of all Australian towns. |
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The Buggerum Intrigue, Paul Sterling, 2007. PB: ISBN 97818767819682, 160 pp, $30. Release date: 15 November 2007. |
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Winner of the 2002 IP Picks Award
for Best Fiction.
In her award-winning debut, Sally Finn is concerned
with the big picture beyond the constructs of plot and character. “Raw,
vital
and
refreshingly
unsentimental.
Welcome to a fiercely independent voice on the literary scene.”
— Robert
Drewe |
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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. |
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The Diggings Are Silent and Other
Australian Stories, Wendy Evans, IP, 2004, PB:
ISBN 1876819243
168 pp., $24.
Audio
CD by Alan Ferguson, IPD, 2004, ISBN
1876819596, $22.
iTunes Store samples |
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Winner,
IP Picks 2006, Best Fiction. “"The
characters of House of Given reveal a story of family as we all
know it to one extent or another, and of life, the fragile kind in which we all,
sooner or later, find ourselves."
— Lauren
Daniels |
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“With
settings ranging from wartime to a women's prison to feral pig territory,
coupled with solid, memorable characters of true depth and desire, these
stories reach out to a wide audience with the grace, wit and wisdom of
an introspective storyteller.” — Lauren Danels, for the judges,
IP Picks 2005 |
House of Given,
Bill Collopy, IP, 2006.
PB: ISBN 9781876819378
292 pp., $30. |
The Dispossessed, Andrew
Lansdown, 2005.
PB: ISBN 1876819308
190 pp, $27. |
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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. |
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A
satiric novel from multi-award winner David P Reiter. “We
have women afraid to be women, and men afraid to be men. In the midst
of all this, children happen, and the noose tightens. The only way to
stay sane is to learn to laugh at the absurdity of trying to make sense
of it all.” |
The Last Laugh,
Monique Choy, IPD, 2006. Interactive CD-ROM: ISBN
9781876819859, $22. |
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Winner, IP Picks 09 Best First Book.
A creative and well-crafted fantasy story for young adults, and takes the reader on an entertaining ride as it looks at magic curses, good and evil, and the challenges of dealing with the adult world. |
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The Secret Stealer,
Jess Webster, GHB, March 2010.
PB:
ISBN 9781876819330
232 pp, $24. |
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Award-winning short story author King provides thought-provoking fantasy cycling through the shadowy landscapes of death, gnarled relationships and the slippery side of human nature. |
Memento Mori,
Daniel King, IP, PB:
ISBN 9781921479274
156 pp, $30. |
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“In this novel about the shadow cast by unrecognised creativity and
frustrated sexuality, Margaret Metz offers riveting insights into what drives
individuals to violence and drink.” — Sue
Booker |
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The Umbilical Word is a contemporary novel about chasing dreams, confronting loss and discovering what’s important in life. A mustread for every parent and parent-to-be. 'A fresh story full of warmth and humour, The Umbilical Word will charm its way into your heart.' – Rebecca Sparrow |
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In his second novel, satirist David Reiter does for the Australian education system what the BBC series Teachers did for the British system. A humourous exposé of the education system, with a serious undercurrent.
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The Umbilical Word,
Darren Groth, IP, Release date 1 June 2008. PB:
ISBN 9781876819798
236 pp, $30. |
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Sailing from Queensland to Melanesia in 1903, 17 year-old Hilda Kofke accompanies her beloved father, Gustave, a government officer on his final ‘labour recruiting’ voyage through the South Seas. Far from the pacifist and champion of Pacific islanders’ rights she believed him to be, Hilda learns that her father was once ‘the butcher of New Guinea’ who believed in the ‘perfect logic’ of the pre-emptive strike. |
The Voyage of the Shuckenoor,
Erica Bell, IP, Release date: 22 August 2008. PB:
ISBN 9781921479045
448 pp, $32.95. |
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Runner-up, 2000 Steele Rudd Award. These are
stories of our time: the loves we dream of as opposed to the relationships
that define us. Exploring passion in its many twists and turns, Reiter shows
a gift for satire that is rare in an age that takes itself too seriously. |
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Triangles, David
P Reiter, IP, 1999.
PB: ISBN 1876819030
218 pp., $20.85. |
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When Willow Farrington first meets Isaac Silberstein she doesn’t know what to expect. He’s a gnome-like old man who survived a World War II concentration camp, and she’s an almost-14-year-old who’s just back at school after a four-month stay in hospital with an eating disorder. He’s written a recipe and gardening book, and she has to do a talk on it for school. |
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Willow Farrington Bites Back,
Rebecca Bloomer, IP Kidz, 2009. PB:
ISBN 9781921479336
100 pp, $24.95. |
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