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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. |
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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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Rainshadows, David P Reiter,
ed., IP Digital, 2007.
Mac/Windows
CD-ROM, $27. |
A Frolic in Fiction,
D. A. (Tony) Kearney, IPD, 2001. CD:
ISBN 1875998510, $15.40
e-book: $11 |
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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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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 |
Secret Writing, Michael
O'Sullivan, 2005.
PB: ISBN 1876819294
267 pp, $27. |
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After Moonlight,
Merle Thornton, IP, 2004.
PB:
ISBN 18767819227
288 pp, $25. |
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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 2004, Best Fiction. “This is the rubble of suburbia,
an Australia we are too smug to acknowledge, too scared to enter. Joel
Deane has written a dark and moving novel
about families on the margins.” — George
Megalogenis |
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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. |
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Sharpened Knife, David
P Reiter, IPD, 2002. Interactive (Win/Mac) CD-ROM: ISBN
1876819553 $27.50. |
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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. |
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As If!,
Barry Levy, IP, Release date 1 June 2008.
PB:
ISBN 1876819804
252 pp., $32 |
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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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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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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,
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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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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“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 |
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Shenna impulsively rescues a group of strangers and receives a near-fatal wound. Nursed back to health, she finds herself pitched against their terrible secrets; a mystery at the climax of 1000 years of interracial bitterness and bloodshed. |
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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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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The Last Laugh,
Monique Choy, IPD, 2006. Interactive CD-ROM: ISBN
9781876819859, $22. |
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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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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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The Umbilical Word,
Darren Groth, IP, Release date 1 June 2008. PB:
ISBN 9781876819798
236 pp, $30. |
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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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First
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. |
House of Given,
Bill Collopy, IP, 2006.
PB: ISBN 9781876819378
292 pp., $30. |
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Triangles, David
P Reiter, IP, 1999.
PB: ISBN 1876819030
218 pp., $20.85. |
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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.” |
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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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