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Campbell Jefferys

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born

December 30, 1975 in Kalamunda, Australia

gender

male

website

http://www.campbelljefferys.com

genre

Literature & Fiction

member since

March 2009

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It started in the hills near Perth, where he was brought rather quietly and with little fanfare into the world. The farming area tucked in the south-west corner of Western Australia became forever his reference point, but even then the world seemed broad and large, with the fields of wheat stretching to the horizon. But the whole world could not simply have been a field of wheat. There had to be more. So, a foray in the big city, slaving through low-paid jobs, struggling and then succeeding, briefly, to make a sporting career in basketball, until succumbing reluctantly to academia. The history graduate, bored and restless, heads off to see the world. He lands a part-time job with a daily paper in a small Canadian town, convinces major newsp...more

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Books by Campbell Jefferys

Average rating: 4.12 · 8 ratings · 4 reviews · 3 distinct works

	True Blue Tucker 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Hunter 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Bicycle Teacher 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	My rating:

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Campbell Jefferys said "yes" to attending the event: True Blue Tucker Launch Party date: November 09, 2011 08:00PM location: Cafe Geyer, Hein Köllisch Platz 1, Hamburg, Germany description: November 9, 20:00, at the Cafe Geyer in Hamburg. Mark this in your calender. This will be the official launch party for the new book by Campbell Jefferys 'True Blue Tucker' and the new publisher Rippple Books. Advanced copies of the book are available at the Weiland in Ottensen (Hamburg). The other book available from Rippple will be 'A Little Leg Work' by Royce Leville and this will be launched at the party as well. Feel free to bring partners, friends, husbands and wives with you. If you think...more
Oct 13, 2011 01:30am
Campbell Jefferys said "yes" to attending the event: Lecture date: January 07, 2010 04:00PM location: University of Cologne, Germany description: As part of the University of Cologne's special Australia lecture series, Campbell will give a talk about how the Australian Dream is sold to the world and to other Australians.
Nov 04, 2009 04:38am
Campbell Jefferys became a fan of Tim Winton and Peter Carey
Mar 28, 2009 06:45am · all of Campbell's favorite authors
Campbell Jefferys gave to: The Riders by Tim Winton	My rating:
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Campbell Jefferys gave to: Dirt Music by Tim Winton	My rating:
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Campbell Jefferys gave to: Bliss by Peter Carey	My rating:
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Campbell Jefferys gave to: My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey	My rating:
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Campbell Jefferys gave to: True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey	My rating:
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Campbell Jefferys gave to: The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity by Mark Vonnegut (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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