Musings at Death’s Door

'Musings at Death's Door: anancient bicultural Asian-Australian ponders about Australian society'. (Please note that royalties will be donated in toto to motor neurone disease research). In summary, the book (my sixth) sets out my considered conclusions fearlessly but fairly. It lays into the subservience and incompetence of our politicians, the sham of democracy as we experience it, the racket of asylum seeking, the professional ethnic,and the progressive breakdown of family, in the main. In contrast, I extol the egalitarianism of [read more...]

Crazy bitch : A portrait of domestic violence?

This book is not for the faint hearted, the language fits the perpetrators of this kind of crime. The words used in this book are what you would expect from violent men who abuse women. Once you get over the shock you see just how clever this book is in its description of men who commit domestic violence. This is a story that must be told, it could save women from suffering at the hands of an abuser. RECOMMENDATIONS A story of domestic violence, portrayed through a series of letters from the victim to her abuser, and the abuser to [read more...]

Gingerbread Aliens

Is it a rock? Is it a football? Is it the charred remains of a space ship and its strange looking alien inhabitant? Meet David, Brian and Simon three cheeky brothers and Mrs Witherbottom, the nosy neighbour with the biggest bottom in the world and a whopper of a tail to match.

Scruffy Wuffy’s Dog Diary

It's a new year, but what is a new year for a scruffy wuffy dog? Find out as you get to know Ollie, the scruffy wuffy dog. See how he works out his scruffy wuffy priorities for the year. With some unexpected events he may even transform into a new scruffy wuffy dog.

Admiral Arthur Phillip The Man

Arthur Phillip was Captain in the British Royal Navy when commissioned to command and colonise New South Wales in 1786. This biography is significant as it concentrates on Phillip as a person; earlier publications tend to cover his naval career, governorship, or both. His life is depicted on a canvas of the world as he knew it in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries clearly illustrating the character of Australia’s first governor.   Research in Germany and England posed the question ‘did Arthur Phillip have [read more...]

Book Marketing using Social Media for Emerging Author

Most authors have traditionally used offline strategies to create buzz for their new book. These methods typically entail striving to gain coverage in local press, sending out press releases and holding public sessions to talk about the book. These methods are certainly costly and may not reach as many people as an emerging author may intend to. Social media has changed this, and emerging authors can now access millions of potential readers and buyers. Through a well created website, an emerging author is able to connect to his [read more...]

The Unwanted Guest

The Unwanted Guest follows Adrian Walker, a man in his twenties, who has not long been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, as he tries to come to terms with such chronic diagnosis, all the while dealing with life’s usual problems and mistakes, as well as the expectations he has of friends, family and also himself. Katherine Eaddy was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2007, after many years of living with unexplained medical complaints that would appear and then unexpectedly lessen or disappear. It is estimated that 21,000 [read more...]

Kathmandu 1

Arum took a deep breath of the mountain air. In the east the sky was lightening and the snowy peaks had taken on a faint glow. It would be dawn in less than an hour. From across the valley came the eerie howl of a jackal. He remained still, allowing his heart rate to slow. His slight build masked a sinewy strength, yet his eyes were what people remembered, dark and intense. After a moment he pushed his cap to the back of his head and lit a cigarette. Unscrewing the silencer from his old Walther, he gazed down at the body of Comrade [read more...]

Results from the Frankfurt book fair 2011

This year’s Frankfurt book fair was an amazing success. Every book we displayed had a favorable response. Most authors have been asked to submit PDFs of their books either by a publisher or an agent. We even had one book snapped up by a publisher before the fair started and contracts signed before the book fair finished. Some books even had publishers and agents fighting over them, all wanting the rights to the book. This year’s Frankfurt book fair again proves that for the serious author who wants to have [read more...]