Mandy Partridge's Blog, page 2
January 22, 2024
Acrobalances Goodreads Giveaway.
Hey there, American and British acrobat readers, I'll be giving away 100 'Acrobalances' Ebooks, between the 25th of January and the 7th of February 2024.
This is a Nonfiction How-To book for acrobats, cheer-leaders, dancers, and physical theatre performers.
Over 120 acrobatic balances are photographed and described, including different names from different countries.
Photos by photographers like George Caddy, Pandora Karavan, Ponch Hawkes and Sean Young are published, of Australian troupes like Circa, Vulcana Circus, Luna Circus, Spaghetti Circus, Ashtons, Circus Oz, Dreamstate Circus, Briefs and Casus. International troupes include Mimbre (UK), Zimboys (Zimbabwe), Fuse Circus (NZ), Circolo, Gamo Circus (Ethiopia), Moscow Circus (Russia), the Volcanos (Germany), and the Castellers of Catalania (Spain).
My other books are fiction, but this one is nonfiction, a reference book for acrobatic learners and teachers; written after fifteen years working at Vulcana Circus in Brisbane and Circus WA in Perth.
Having studied for my BA in Drama, then an MA in sociology, I had the academic skills to research and organise my suitcase sized collection of photographs into a text book. Chapters are for Duo, Trio, Fours, Fives, Sixes, Seven and more acrobats, Sequences, and how to adapt tricks to your troupes' abilities.
I decided to focus on easy, achievable balances which children and adults can get in their first training session, and other which will take a bit, and a lot of practice. There are a few super hard balances, for inspiration, but not to be tried at home.
Here is a link to the book, I'll link up the Giveaway, once it is approved.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
This is a Nonfiction How-To book for acrobats, cheer-leaders, dancers, and physical theatre performers.
Over 120 acrobatic balances are photographed and described, including different names from different countries.
Photos by photographers like George Caddy, Pandora Karavan, Ponch Hawkes and Sean Young are published, of Australian troupes like Circa, Vulcana Circus, Luna Circus, Spaghetti Circus, Ashtons, Circus Oz, Dreamstate Circus, Briefs and Casus. International troupes include Mimbre (UK), Zimboys (Zimbabwe), Fuse Circus (NZ), Circolo, Gamo Circus (Ethiopia), Moscow Circus (Russia), the Volcanos (Germany), and the Castellers of Catalania (Spain).
My other books are fiction, but this one is nonfiction, a reference book for acrobatic learners and teachers; written after fifteen years working at Vulcana Circus in Brisbane and Circus WA in Perth.
Having studied for my BA in Drama, then an MA in sociology, I had the academic skills to research and organise my suitcase sized collection of photographs into a text book. Chapters are for Duo, Trio, Fours, Fives, Sixes, Seven and more acrobats, Sequences, and how to adapt tricks to your troupes' abilities.
I decided to focus on easy, achievable balances which children and adults can get in their first training session, and other which will take a bit, and a lot of practice. There are a few super hard balances, for inspiration, but not to be tried at home.
Here is a link to the book, I'll link up the Giveaway, once it is approved.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
November 16, 2023
Old books from the shed
My mum Josephine called to say she's cleaning out the shed, and had found some boxes of my things.
The books from my uni and share-house days!
I was so excited, I got a car and a van load of books, probably about a thousand.
Tragically, I had to throw away Rushdie's Satanic Verses and the Joy of Sex, among others, due to rain, silverfish and white-ant damage. Ed cleared me some shelves in the shed, and I went through the whole lot.
I decided to bring the play scripts and all the Australian fiction upstairs, and my favourite international authors. The shed now has a shelf of politics, a shelf of feminism, and four shelves of fiction.
Up here, I've got two shelves of playscripts/ drama/ circus/ town crying, a shelf of travel books, and eight shelves of Aussie fiction, in my office. The hallway has art and religion/ philosphy and kids books. The back room has another six shelves of overseas fiction, from Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia.
The are also a lot of records, cds, tapes, sheet music and music books in the shed. I will probably buy a cheap record player which plugs into the stereo, to play some of these fab records. The CDs only work in the DVD player now.
If you are wondering why I am suddenly reviewing a lot of books, this is why. I've read them all, some 30 years ago. I've now got a whole shelf of Peter Carey and John Birmingham books, and I found all my old Beat generation stuff- Burroughs, Kerouac, plus Kathy Acker and Tama Janowitz, African writers, so much good stuff.
Some of the only books I'd doubled up on were 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' and 'A Gracious Plenty', and 'Oscar and Lucinda' and 'My Brilliant Career. I've got a row of Miles Franklin now, so much fun playing snap with the authors- Tim Robbins, Norman Mailer, Don DeLillo, Tom Wolfe.
A veritable reading orgy.
The books from my uni and share-house days!
I was so excited, I got a car and a van load of books, probably about a thousand.
Tragically, I had to throw away Rushdie's Satanic Verses and the Joy of Sex, among others, due to rain, silverfish and white-ant damage. Ed cleared me some shelves in the shed, and I went through the whole lot.
I decided to bring the play scripts and all the Australian fiction upstairs, and my favourite international authors. The shed now has a shelf of politics, a shelf of feminism, and four shelves of fiction.
Up here, I've got two shelves of playscripts/ drama/ circus/ town crying, a shelf of travel books, and eight shelves of Aussie fiction, in my office. The hallway has art and religion/ philosphy and kids books. The back room has another six shelves of overseas fiction, from Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia.
The are also a lot of records, cds, tapes, sheet music and music books in the shed. I will probably buy a cheap record player which plugs into the stereo, to play some of these fab records. The CDs only work in the DVD player now.
If you are wondering why I am suddenly reviewing a lot of books, this is why. I've read them all, some 30 years ago. I've now got a whole shelf of Peter Carey and John Birmingham books, and I found all my old Beat generation stuff- Burroughs, Kerouac, plus Kathy Acker and Tama Janowitz, African writers, so much good stuff.
Some of the only books I'd doubled up on were 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' and 'A Gracious Plenty', and 'Oscar and Lucinda' and 'My Brilliant Career. I've got a row of Miles Franklin now, so much fun playing snap with the authors- Tim Robbins, Norman Mailer, Don DeLillo, Tom Wolfe.
A veritable reading orgy.
October 11, 2023
Kandy Krush on free sale
American and Canadian readers, 'Kandy Krush' is on free sale at Goodreads from the 11th till the 24th of October 2023.
Because I'm a little known writer, I'm publicising this book, the first of the 'Mirella Castle Investigates' series, once again.
I'm building my reputation, and really value those reviews and star ratings from all readers, not just American and Canadian ones.
If you are an Australian reader, I can send you a signed paperback copy of 'Kandy Krush', if you email me your address, here or at msmandarella@gmail.com .
'Kandy Krush' is the story of Kandy McRobertson, a trans techno musician, who is murdered after a house party. Her house-mate, Mirella Castle, notices that Detective Marlin didn't really have time or interest, but she wants the murderer found and punished. Mirella works with Marlin to track down suspects, and her house-mates also join the investigation. Kandy's boyfriend Steen also wants justice, and he is prepared to join the city's largest motorbike gang to make that happen.
It's a racy crime romp around Brisbane, Australia on bicycles and motorbikes, with a whole bunch of creepy rapist types to find and bring in.
When Kandy is crushed, Mirella tracks the killer.
Keep a lookout on the Giveaways news.
Because I'm a little known writer, I'm publicising this book, the first of the 'Mirella Castle Investigates' series, once again.
I'm building my reputation, and really value those reviews and star ratings from all readers, not just American and Canadian ones.
If you are an Australian reader, I can send you a signed paperback copy of 'Kandy Krush', if you email me your address, here or at msmandarella@gmail.com .
'Kandy Krush' is the story of Kandy McRobertson, a trans techno musician, who is murdered after a house party. Her house-mate, Mirella Castle, notices that Detective Marlin didn't really have time or interest, but she wants the murderer found and punished. Mirella works with Marlin to track down suspects, and her house-mates also join the investigation. Kandy's boyfriend Steen also wants justice, and he is prepared to join the city's largest motorbike gang to make that happen.
It's a racy crime romp around Brisbane, Australia on bicycles and motorbikes, with a whole bunch of creepy rapist types to find and bring in.
When Kandy is crushed, Mirella tracks the killer.
Keep a lookout on the Giveaways news.
August 5, 2023
Mandarella Publishing and Productions
I've bitten the bullet and started a New Business Course at Central Queensland University or CQU.
So, I can introduce my Brand- Mandarella Publishing and Productions.
At MPP, we publish Books and Ebooks, fiction and nonfiction; Author Talks and Town Crier shows, and soon an Online Masterclass in Street Performance.
I can't wait to learn how to redesign my website, concentrating on the services I can provide to my clients. At a recent booking, I was asked, first of all, "Did I have a Blue Card?"
"Absolutely," I said, "and Insurance, MEAA Equity membership and current First Aid.
In Author Talks, and as Town Crier, I will start with an Acknowledgement of Country. I will use inclusive, modern language, and not alienate anyone in our audience.
My upcoming online course, a 'Masterclass in Street Performing', is for young school and uni graduates who have the musical or movement skills, and wants to turn them into dollar bills. Mandarella has busked across Europe and Australia, and learned from dozens of other buskers, and can share the secrets of making a living from your existing talents.
I'm so grateful to have had some great teachers this week, and now have a basic idea about marketing myself and my services.
Mandarella Publishing and Productions. A Logo and a new website coming very soon. Yay!
My story about the 'Hijacker' poster has gone to air on ABC Radio National.
I'll add a link, so people can listen.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/program...
So, I can introduce my Brand- Mandarella Publishing and Productions.
At MPP, we publish Books and Ebooks, fiction and nonfiction; Author Talks and Town Crier shows, and soon an Online Masterclass in Street Performance.
I can't wait to learn how to redesign my website, concentrating on the services I can provide to my clients. At a recent booking, I was asked, first of all, "Did I have a Blue Card?"
"Absolutely," I said, "and Insurance, MEAA Equity membership and current First Aid.
In Author Talks, and as Town Crier, I will start with an Acknowledgement of Country. I will use inclusive, modern language, and not alienate anyone in our audience.
My upcoming online course, a 'Masterclass in Street Performing', is for young school and uni graduates who have the musical or movement skills, and wants to turn them into dollar bills. Mandarella has busked across Europe and Australia, and learned from dozens of other buskers, and can share the secrets of making a living from your existing talents.
I'm so grateful to have had some great teachers this week, and now have a basic idea about marketing myself and my services.
Mandarella Publishing and Productions. A Logo and a new website coming very soon. Yay!
My story about the 'Hijacker' poster has gone to air on ABC Radio National.
I'll add a link, so people can listen.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/program...
June 20, 2023
Chatting to Rapists on the Internet.
Chatting with Rapists on the Internet.
I’m not going to quote the actual men, you can just imagine what they said from my responses.
99% of Rapists in Australia get away with it, 90% not arrested, 9% not convicted, so they keep doing it. Rapists like (insert names of politician who've been accused of rape, from whichever country, but think about those ones with numbers of women accusing them), etc will keep raping their whole lives, they feel entitled to rape. Jails aren't full of rapists, but the real world is.
I did my Masters in Women's Studies in the days before the internet, but my thesis is in the Griffith Uni library. After interviewing hundreds of women uni students across Australia, 90% had been raped, but half of them called their sexual assault, date rape or non-consensual sex (didn't recognise their experience as rape). The 10% of rapes being reported to police, and 1% getting a conviction is pretty standard across Western countries. From my research, I estimated that a third to a half of all Australian men feel entitled to rape; their main drivers are pleasure and knowing they can get away with no consequences. If you want to check figures, google it.
I'm not a rapist, but I expect women who are complete strangers to do everything I tell them, straight way. This is Rape Culture.
Yes. I've been raped, bashed and strangled by boyfriends and 'friends', and lost plenty of friends who'd rather side with the rapist. The sad truth is that the rapist has to either kill, blind, permanently disfigure or cause brain damage to his victim, before he gets a conviction. It's like rape isn't even a crime unless you kill or almost kill the woman as well as rape them. Then you get all the non-rapists prepared to give their rapist mates the benefit of the doubt. Then you get those guys who want you to provide all of your research about the prevalence of rape, for free, right now, because women are all men's servants... And you're a bitch if you don't comply…
Rapists, non-rapists and rape-excusers, let's say that a third of all Australian men are in these three groups.
Non-rapists (like my husband) don't rape, and believe women who say they've been raped. Rapists rape, they think they are entitled to rape, and they don't believe women have a right to refuse rape, they don't believe women who say they've been raped, they'll rape you when you're pregnant, just given birth, you're sick, unconscious or drunk, they rape disabled women, old ladies and little girls, they'll rape their daughters, they'll video tape the rape it and sell it online.
The other third, rape-excusers, these fellas believe their mate wouldn't rape his girlfriend, she must be lying, on a jury, they excuse the rapist, they demand evidence, even witnesses to prove rape, they think women should just shut up about it, lie back and take what's coming to you, what was she wearing, she's asking for it, she enjoyed rape, they believe all the rapist's excuses, they write in the newspaper that the man who killed his wife and kids was a 'top bloke'.
Which third of blokes are you in?
After I explained my theory of Rape-Excusers, Rapists and Non-rapists, no one wanted to argue with me any more. So feel free to use this argument to shut down rapists and rape-excusers.
I’m not going to quote the actual men, you can just imagine what they said from my responses.
99% of Rapists in Australia get away with it, 90% not arrested, 9% not convicted, so they keep doing it. Rapists like (insert names of politician who've been accused of rape, from whichever country, but think about those ones with numbers of women accusing them), etc will keep raping their whole lives, they feel entitled to rape. Jails aren't full of rapists, but the real world is.
I did my Masters in Women's Studies in the days before the internet, but my thesis is in the Griffith Uni library. After interviewing hundreds of women uni students across Australia, 90% had been raped, but half of them called their sexual assault, date rape or non-consensual sex (didn't recognise their experience as rape). The 10% of rapes being reported to police, and 1% getting a conviction is pretty standard across Western countries. From my research, I estimated that a third to a half of all Australian men feel entitled to rape; their main drivers are pleasure and knowing they can get away with no consequences. If you want to check figures, google it.
I'm not a rapist, but I expect women who are complete strangers to do everything I tell them, straight way. This is Rape Culture.
Yes. I've been raped, bashed and strangled by boyfriends and 'friends', and lost plenty of friends who'd rather side with the rapist. The sad truth is that the rapist has to either kill, blind, permanently disfigure or cause brain damage to his victim, before he gets a conviction. It's like rape isn't even a crime unless you kill or almost kill the woman as well as rape them. Then you get all the non-rapists prepared to give their rapist mates the benefit of the doubt. Then you get those guys who want you to provide all of your research about the prevalence of rape, for free, right now, because women are all men's servants... And you're a bitch if you don't comply…
Rapists, non-rapists and rape-excusers, let's say that a third of all Australian men are in these three groups.
Non-rapists (like my husband) don't rape, and believe women who say they've been raped. Rapists rape, they think they are entitled to rape, and they don't believe women have a right to refuse rape, they don't believe women who say they've been raped, they'll rape you when you're pregnant, just given birth, you're sick, unconscious or drunk, they rape disabled women, old ladies and little girls, they'll rape their daughters, they'll video tape the rape it and sell it online.
The other third, rape-excusers, these fellas believe their mate wouldn't rape his girlfriend, she must be lying, on a jury, they excuse the rapist, they demand evidence, even witnesses to prove rape, they think women should just shut up about it, lie back and take what's coming to you, what was she wearing, she's asking for it, she enjoyed rape, they believe all the rapist's excuses, they write in the newspaper that the man who killed his wife and kids was a 'top bloke'.
Which third of blokes are you in?
After I explained my theory of Rape-Excusers, Rapists and Non-rapists, no one wanted to argue with me any more. So feel free to use this argument to shut down rapists and rape-excusers.
June 10, 2023
Banned in Florida Review Challenge.
Hey there, international readers who hate censorship! The following is a list of Books banned in Florida, USA, by their fascist government.
I challenge all my reviewer friends to review as many books on this list as they can. One from each series mentioned is sufficient.
When I read this list, I thought, what a fine selection of Literature, I must read the others that I've not read yet.
Let's review as many of this list as we can, to show the extreme right that Censorship of literature is wrong, and their censorship laws are wrong. Free speech!
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine Lengle.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part -Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D Taylor.
The Handmaid's Tail by Margaret Atwood.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
A Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
Forever by Judy Blume.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Husseini.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
The Giver by Lois Lowry.
The Outsiders by S E Hinton.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.
Harry Potter series by J K Rowling.
George by Alex Gino.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
The Colour Purple by Alice Walker.
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
1984 by George Orwell.
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.
The Call of the Wild by Jack London.
The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien.
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.
Come on, American, Australian and international reviewers and readers! Let's review or rate them all!
OK, a friend just provided a list of more Banned in Florida books- 176 of them! Fascism is really taking over in that state, how sad. Here are some more censored titles- notice that the Censors are clearly white, heterosexuals who hate other races and sexualities. Just like Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party...
At the Mountain’s Base, by Traci Sorell and Weshoyot Alvitre
Before She Was Harriet, by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome
Chik Chak Shabbat, by Mara Rockliff and Kyrsten Brooker
Cow on the Town: Practicing the Ow Sound, by Isabella Garcia
Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales
Dumpling Soup, by Jama Kim Rattigan, and Lillian Hsu-Flanders
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
The Gift of Ramadan, by Rabiah York Lumbard and Laura K. Horton
Grandfather Tang’s Story, by Ann Tompert and Robert Andrew Parker
Hush! A Thai Lullaby, by Minfong Ho and Holly Meade
Islandborn, by Junot Díaz and Leo Espinosa
Little Night/Nochecita, by Yuyi Morales
Looking for Bongo, by Eric Velásquez
Lost and Found Cat : The True Story of Kunkush’s Incredible Journey by Doug Kuntz, Amy Shrodes and Sue Cornelison
Love to Mama: A Tribute To Mothers, by Pat Mora, Paula S. Barragán M.
Lubna and Pebble, by Wendy Meddour, Wendy and Daniel Egneus
My Two Dads and Me, by Michael Joosten and Izak Zenou
My Two Moms and Me, by Michael Joosten and Izak Zenou
Neither, by Airlie Anderson
Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain, by Jacqueline Jules and Durga Yael Bernhard
Nya’s Long Walk: A Step at a Time, by Linda Sue Park and Brian Pinkney
On Mother’s Lap, by Ann Herbert Scott and Glo Coalson
One Green Apple, by Eve Bunting and Ted Lewin
The Rough-Face Girl, by Rafe Martin and David Shannon
Running the Road to ABC, by Denize Lauture
Sulwe, by Lupita Nyong’o and Vashti Harrison
Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop, by Margaree King Mitchell and James E. Ransome
Yoko (Yoko Series), Rosemary Wells
Zen Shorts (Zen Series), by Jon J. Muth
10,000 Dresses, by Rex Ray and Marcus Ewert
14 Cows for America, by Carmen Agra Deedy, Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah and Thomas Gonzalez
Abuela, by Arthur Dorros and Elisa Kleven
All Around Us, by Xelena Gonzalez and Adriana M. Garcia
Alma and How She Got Her Name, by Juana Martinez-Neal
Amina’s Voice (Amina’s Voice Series), by Hena Kahn
And Still the Turtle Watched, by Sheila MacGill-Callahan and Barry Moser
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio, by Tony Johnston and Raul Colon
Ashes to Asheville, by Sarah Dooley
Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII, by Marissa Moss and Yuko Marissa Shimizu
The Berenstain Bears and the Big Question (The Berenstain Bears Series) by Jan and Stan Berenstain
The Best Man, by Richard Peck
Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border, by Mitali Perkins and Sara Palacios
Big Red Lollipop, by Rukhsana Khan and Sophie Blackall
Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes in the Old West, by Lillian Schlissel
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap, by Dianne Snyder and Allen Say
The Bracelet, by Yoshiko Uchida and Joanna Yardley
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, by Chief Seattle and Susan Jeffers
Carter Reads the Newspaper, by Deborah Hopkinson and Don Tate
A Case of Sense, by Songju Ma Daemicke and Shennen Bersani
Celebrating Different Beliefs, by Steffi Cavell-Clarke
Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa, by Veronica Chambers and Julie Maren
Climbing Lincoln’s Steps: The African American Journey, by Suzanne Slade and Colin Bootman
The Color of My Words, by Lynn Joseph
Coolies, by Yin and Chris K. Soentpiet
Crazy Horse’s Vision, by Joseph Bruchac and S.D.Nelson
Dad, Jackie, and Me, by Myron Uhlberg and Colin Bootman
Daddy, Papa, and Me, Lesléa Newman and Carol Thompson
Dash (Dogs of World War II Series), by Kirby Larson
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret, by Florence Parry Heide, Judith Heide Gilliland, and Ted Lewin
Day of the Dead, by Tony Johnston and Jeanette Winter
A Day’s Work, by Eve Bunting and Ronald Himler
Dear Juno, by Soyung Pak and Susan Kathleen Hartung
Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin
A Dog Named Haku: A Holiday Story from Nepal, by Margarita Engle, Amish Karanjit, Nicole Karanjit, and Ruth Jeyaveeran
The Double Life of Pocahontas, by Jean Fritz
A Dream Come True: Coming to America from Vietnam-1975, by M. J. Cosson
The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad, by F.N. Monjo and Fred Brenner
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music, by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
Eagle Feather, by Clyde Robert Bulla and Tom Two Arrows
Eagle Song, by Joseph Bruchac and Dan Andreasen
Early Sunday Morning, by Denene Millner and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Encounter, by Brittany Luby and Michaela Goade
Extra Credit, by Andrew Clements, and Mark Elliott
A Family Is a Family Is a Family, by Sara O’Leary and Qin Leng
Fatty Legs: A True Story, by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Liz Amini-Holmes
Festival of Colors, by Surishtha Sehgal, Kabir Sehgal and Vashti Harrison
The First Strawberries, by Joseph Bruchac and Anna Vojtech
The Flag of Childhood: Poems From the Middle East Nye, Naomi Shihab
Flying the Dragon, by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
Four Feet, Two Sandals, by Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed and Doug Chayka
Gaby, Lost and Found, by Angela Cervantes
The Garden of My Imaan, by Farhana Zia
Going Down Home with Daddy, by Kelly Starling Lyons, and Daniel Minter
The Gold-Threaded Dress, by Carolyn Marsden
Gracefully Grayson, by Ami Polonsky
Grandmama’s Pride, by Becky Birtha
The Great Migration: Journey to the North, by Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog, by Pamela S. Turner and Yan Nascimbene
A Handful of Stars, by Cynthia Lord
Henry Aaron’s Dream, by Matt Tavares
The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship between a Boy and a Baseball Legend, by Sharon Robinson
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker, by Robbie Robertson, and David Shannon
I am Jazz, by Jazz Jennings, Jessica Herthel and Shelagh McNicholas
I See the Sun in Afghanistan, by Dedie King, Judith Inglese and Mohd Vahidi
In Our Mothers’ House, by Patricia Polacco
Indian No More, by Charlene Willing McManis, and Traci Sorell
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel, by Firoozeh Dumas
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way, by Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, by Ashley Herring Blake
Jasmine Toguchi, Flamingo Keeper (Jasmine Toguchi Series), by Debbi Michiko Florence, and Elizabet Vukovic
Juana & Lucas (Juana and Lucas Series), by Juana Medina
Julián Is a Mermaid (Julián Series), by Jessica Love
Knots on a Counting Rope, by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault and Ted Rand
Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story, by Reem Faruqi and Lea Lyon
The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Legends Series), by Tomie dePaola
The Life of Rosa Parks (Famous Lives Series), by Kathleen Connors
A Little Piece of Ground, by Elizabeth Laird, Sonia Nimr and Bill Neal
A Long Pitch Home, by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
Lost Boys, by Darcey Rosenblatt
Lucky Broken Girl, by Ruth Behar
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel (Dyamonde Daniel Series), by Nikki Grimes, and R. Gregory Christie
Malala: A Hero for All (Step into Reading Series), by Shana Corey and Elizabeth Sayles
Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match (Marisol McDonald Series), by Monica Brown and Sara Palacios
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968, by Alice Faye Duncan, R. Gregory Christie
The Mighty Miss Malone, by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher (Family Fletcher Series), by Dana Alison Levy
Molly of Denali: Berry Itchy Day, by WGBH Kids
The Moon Within, by Aida Salazar
Most Valuable Players (Rip and Red Series), by Phil Bildner and Tim Probert
The Mud Pony, by Caron Lee Cohen and Shonto Begay
My Mother’s Sari, by Sandhya Rao and Nina Sabnami
My Name Is María Isabel, by Alma Flor Ada, Kathryn Dyble Thompson and Ana M. Cerro
My Name Is Sally Little Song, by Brenda Woods
Nadia’s Hands, by Karen English, Jonathan Weiner
The Name Jar, by Yangsook Choi
The Night Diary, by Veera Hiranandani
Niño Wrestles the World (Niño Series), by Yuyi Morales,
Other Words for Home, by Jasmine Warga
Pink Is for Boys, by Robb Pearlman and Eda Kaban
Pink! by Lynne Rickards and Margaret Chamberlain
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, by Rob Sanders and Steven Salerno
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes, by Duncan Tonatiuh
Proud: Living My American Dream (Young Readers Edition), by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Javaka Steptoe
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates, by Jonah Winter and Raúl Colón
Sadako, by Eleanor Coerr and Ed Young
Sally and The Magical Sneeze, by Simon Taylor and A.D. Lester
Sam and the Lucky Money, by Karen Chinn, Ying-Hwa Hu, and Cornelius Van Wright
Sam!, by Dani Gabriel and Robert Liu-Trujillo
The Shark King, by R. Kikuo Johnson
Sing a Song: How “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Inspired Generations, by Kelly Starling Lyons and Keith Mallett
Soccer Star, by Mina Javaherbin and Renato Alarcao
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War, by Duncan Tonatiuh
Sonia Sotomayor (Women Who Broke the Rules Series), by Kathleen Krull and Angela Dominguez
The Sound of Silence, by Katrina Goldsaito and Julia Kuo
Starry River of the Sky, by Grace Lin
Stella Brings the Family, by Miriam B. Schiffer and Holly Clifton-Brown
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Street, by Gayle E. Pitman
Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution, Rob Sanders, by Jamey Christoph
A Storm Called Katrina, by Myron Uhlberg and Colin Bootman
A Sweet Smell of Roses, by Angela Johnson and Eric Velásquez
Swimming with Faith: The Missy Franklin Story (ZonderKidz Biography Series), by Natalie Davis Miller
Thank You, Jackie Robinson, by Barbara Cohen and Richard Cuffari
The List of Things That Will Not Change, by Rebecca Stead
To Night Owl from Dogfish, by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons, by Joseph Bruchac, Jonathan Locker, Thomas London
This Place Is Not My Home, by Cyn Bermudez
Thunder Boy Jr., by Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales
Thunder Rose, by Jerdine Nolen and Kadir Nelson
Time to Pray, by Maha Addasi, Ned Gannon, and Nuha Albitar
Totem Tale, by Deb Vanasse, Erik Brooks
The Turtle of Oman (The Turtle of Oman Series), by Naomi Shihab Nye and Betsy Peterschmidt
Two Roads, Joseph Bruchac
Unstoppable: How Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Defeated Army (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books Series), by Art Coulson and Nick Hardcastle
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer (Unusual Chickens Series), by Kelly Jones and Katie Kath
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys, by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard and E.B. Lewis
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac
Were I Not a Girl: The Inspiring and True Story of Dr. James Barry, Lisa, Robinson and Lauren Simkin Berke
When Aidan Became A Brother, by Kyle Lukoff and Kaylani Juanita
When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana, by Michael James Mahin and José Ramirez
When Spring Comes to the DMZ, by Uk-Bae Lee
Who Is the Dalai Lama? (Who was…? Series), by Dana Meachen Rau
Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller, by Doreen Rappaport and Linda Kukuk
Winter Candle Frame, by Ashford Jeron and Stacey Schuett
Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family (The Yang Family Series), by Lensey Namioka, Kees de Kiefte
Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear (The Yang Family Series), by Lensey Namioka
That's 176 banned books, from Duval County Florida, in the USA. What a backward place! What nasty fascist leaders!
I challenge all my reviewer friends to review as many books on this list as they can. One from each series mentioned is sufficient.
When I read this list, I thought, what a fine selection of Literature, I must read the others that I've not read yet.
Let's review as many of this list as we can, to show the extreme right that Censorship of literature is wrong, and their censorship laws are wrong. Free speech!
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine Lengle.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part -Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D Taylor.
The Handmaid's Tail by Margaret Atwood.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
A Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
Forever by Judy Blume.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Husseini.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
The Giver by Lois Lowry.
The Outsiders by S E Hinton.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.
Harry Potter series by J K Rowling.
George by Alex Gino.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
The Colour Purple by Alice Walker.
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
1984 by George Orwell.
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.
The Call of the Wild by Jack London.
The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien.
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.
Come on, American, Australian and international reviewers and readers! Let's review or rate them all!
OK, a friend just provided a list of more Banned in Florida books- 176 of them! Fascism is really taking over in that state, how sad. Here are some more censored titles- notice that the Censors are clearly white, heterosexuals who hate other races and sexualities. Just like Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party...
At the Mountain’s Base, by Traci Sorell and Weshoyot Alvitre
Before She Was Harriet, by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome
Chik Chak Shabbat, by Mara Rockliff and Kyrsten Brooker
Cow on the Town: Practicing the Ow Sound, by Isabella Garcia
Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales
Dumpling Soup, by Jama Kim Rattigan, and Lillian Hsu-Flanders
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
The Gift of Ramadan, by Rabiah York Lumbard and Laura K. Horton
Grandfather Tang’s Story, by Ann Tompert and Robert Andrew Parker
Hush! A Thai Lullaby, by Minfong Ho and Holly Meade
Islandborn, by Junot Díaz and Leo Espinosa
Little Night/Nochecita, by Yuyi Morales
Looking for Bongo, by Eric Velásquez
Lost and Found Cat : The True Story of Kunkush’s Incredible Journey by Doug Kuntz, Amy Shrodes and Sue Cornelison
Love to Mama: A Tribute To Mothers, by Pat Mora, Paula S. Barragán M.
Lubna and Pebble, by Wendy Meddour, Wendy and Daniel Egneus
My Two Dads and Me, by Michael Joosten and Izak Zenou
My Two Moms and Me, by Michael Joosten and Izak Zenou
Neither, by Airlie Anderson
Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain, by Jacqueline Jules and Durga Yael Bernhard
Nya’s Long Walk: A Step at a Time, by Linda Sue Park and Brian Pinkney
On Mother’s Lap, by Ann Herbert Scott and Glo Coalson
One Green Apple, by Eve Bunting and Ted Lewin
The Rough-Face Girl, by Rafe Martin and David Shannon
Running the Road to ABC, by Denize Lauture
Sulwe, by Lupita Nyong’o and Vashti Harrison
Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop, by Margaree King Mitchell and James E. Ransome
Yoko (Yoko Series), Rosemary Wells
Zen Shorts (Zen Series), by Jon J. Muth
10,000 Dresses, by Rex Ray and Marcus Ewert
14 Cows for America, by Carmen Agra Deedy, Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah and Thomas Gonzalez
Abuela, by Arthur Dorros and Elisa Kleven
All Around Us, by Xelena Gonzalez and Adriana M. Garcia
Alma and How She Got Her Name, by Juana Martinez-Neal
Amina’s Voice (Amina’s Voice Series), by Hena Kahn
And Still the Turtle Watched, by Sheila MacGill-Callahan and Barry Moser
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio, by Tony Johnston and Raul Colon
Ashes to Asheville, by Sarah Dooley
Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII, by Marissa Moss and Yuko Marissa Shimizu
The Berenstain Bears and the Big Question (The Berenstain Bears Series) by Jan and Stan Berenstain
The Best Man, by Richard Peck
Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border, by Mitali Perkins and Sara Palacios
Big Red Lollipop, by Rukhsana Khan and Sophie Blackall
Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes in the Old West, by Lillian Schlissel
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap, by Dianne Snyder and Allen Say
The Bracelet, by Yoshiko Uchida and Joanna Yardley
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, by Chief Seattle and Susan Jeffers
Carter Reads the Newspaper, by Deborah Hopkinson and Don Tate
A Case of Sense, by Songju Ma Daemicke and Shennen Bersani
Celebrating Different Beliefs, by Steffi Cavell-Clarke
Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa, by Veronica Chambers and Julie Maren
Climbing Lincoln’s Steps: The African American Journey, by Suzanne Slade and Colin Bootman
The Color of My Words, by Lynn Joseph
Coolies, by Yin and Chris K. Soentpiet
Crazy Horse’s Vision, by Joseph Bruchac and S.D.Nelson
Dad, Jackie, and Me, by Myron Uhlberg and Colin Bootman
Daddy, Papa, and Me, Lesléa Newman and Carol Thompson
Dash (Dogs of World War II Series), by Kirby Larson
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret, by Florence Parry Heide, Judith Heide Gilliland, and Ted Lewin
Day of the Dead, by Tony Johnston and Jeanette Winter
A Day’s Work, by Eve Bunting and Ronald Himler
Dear Juno, by Soyung Pak and Susan Kathleen Hartung
Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin
A Dog Named Haku: A Holiday Story from Nepal, by Margarita Engle, Amish Karanjit, Nicole Karanjit, and Ruth Jeyaveeran
The Double Life of Pocahontas, by Jean Fritz
A Dream Come True: Coming to America from Vietnam-1975, by M. J. Cosson
The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad, by F.N. Monjo and Fred Brenner
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music, by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
Eagle Feather, by Clyde Robert Bulla and Tom Two Arrows
Eagle Song, by Joseph Bruchac and Dan Andreasen
Early Sunday Morning, by Denene Millner and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Encounter, by Brittany Luby and Michaela Goade
Extra Credit, by Andrew Clements, and Mark Elliott
A Family Is a Family Is a Family, by Sara O’Leary and Qin Leng
Fatty Legs: A True Story, by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Liz Amini-Holmes
Festival of Colors, by Surishtha Sehgal, Kabir Sehgal and Vashti Harrison
The First Strawberries, by Joseph Bruchac and Anna Vojtech
The Flag of Childhood: Poems From the Middle East Nye, Naomi Shihab
Flying the Dragon, by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
Four Feet, Two Sandals, by Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed and Doug Chayka
Gaby, Lost and Found, by Angela Cervantes
The Garden of My Imaan, by Farhana Zia
Going Down Home with Daddy, by Kelly Starling Lyons, and Daniel Minter
The Gold-Threaded Dress, by Carolyn Marsden
Gracefully Grayson, by Ami Polonsky
Grandmama’s Pride, by Becky Birtha
The Great Migration: Journey to the North, by Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog, by Pamela S. Turner and Yan Nascimbene
A Handful of Stars, by Cynthia Lord
Henry Aaron’s Dream, by Matt Tavares
The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship between a Boy and a Baseball Legend, by Sharon Robinson
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker, by Robbie Robertson, and David Shannon
I am Jazz, by Jazz Jennings, Jessica Herthel and Shelagh McNicholas
I See the Sun in Afghanistan, by Dedie King, Judith Inglese and Mohd Vahidi
In Our Mothers’ House, by Patricia Polacco
Indian No More, by Charlene Willing McManis, and Traci Sorell
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel, by Firoozeh Dumas
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way, by Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, by Ashley Herring Blake
Jasmine Toguchi, Flamingo Keeper (Jasmine Toguchi Series), by Debbi Michiko Florence, and Elizabet Vukovic
Juana & Lucas (Juana and Lucas Series), by Juana Medina
Julián Is a Mermaid (Julián Series), by Jessica Love
Knots on a Counting Rope, by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault and Ted Rand
Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story, by Reem Faruqi and Lea Lyon
The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Legends Series), by Tomie dePaola
The Life of Rosa Parks (Famous Lives Series), by Kathleen Connors
A Little Piece of Ground, by Elizabeth Laird, Sonia Nimr and Bill Neal
A Long Pitch Home, by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
Lost Boys, by Darcey Rosenblatt
Lucky Broken Girl, by Ruth Behar
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel (Dyamonde Daniel Series), by Nikki Grimes, and R. Gregory Christie
Malala: A Hero for All (Step into Reading Series), by Shana Corey and Elizabeth Sayles
Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match (Marisol McDonald Series), by Monica Brown and Sara Palacios
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968, by Alice Faye Duncan, R. Gregory Christie
The Mighty Miss Malone, by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher (Family Fletcher Series), by Dana Alison Levy
Molly of Denali: Berry Itchy Day, by WGBH Kids
The Moon Within, by Aida Salazar
Most Valuable Players (Rip and Red Series), by Phil Bildner and Tim Probert
The Mud Pony, by Caron Lee Cohen and Shonto Begay
My Mother’s Sari, by Sandhya Rao and Nina Sabnami
My Name Is María Isabel, by Alma Flor Ada, Kathryn Dyble Thompson and Ana M. Cerro
My Name Is Sally Little Song, by Brenda Woods
Nadia’s Hands, by Karen English, Jonathan Weiner
The Name Jar, by Yangsook Choi
The Night Diary, by Veera Hiranandani
Niño Wrestles the World (Niño Series), by Yuyi Morales,
Other Words for Home, by Jasmine Warga
Pink Is for Boys, by Robb Pearlman and Eda Kaban
Pink! by Lynne Rickards and Margaret Chamberlain
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, by Rob Sanders and Steven Salerno
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes, by Duncan Tonatiuh
Proud: Living My American Dream (Young Readers Edition), by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Javaka Steptoe
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates, by Jonah Winter and Raúl Colón
Sadako, by Eleanor Coerr and Ed Young
Sally and The Magical Sneeze, by Simon Taylor and A.D. Lester
Sam and the Lucky Money, by Karen Chinn, Ying-Hwa Hu, and Cornelius Van Wright
Sam!, by Dani Gabriel and Robert Liu-Trujillo
The Shark King, by R. Kikuo Johnson
Sing a Song: How “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Inspired Generations, by Kelly Starling Lyons and Keith Mallett
Soccer Star, by Mina Javaherbin and Renato Alarcao
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War, by Duncan Tonatiuh
Sonia Sotomayor (Women Who Broke the Rules Series), by Kathleen Krull and Angela Dominguez
The Sound of Silence, by Katrina Goldsaito and Julia Kuo
Starry River of the Sky, by Grace Lin
Stella Brings the Family, by Miriam B. Schiffer and Holly Clifton-Brown
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Street, by Gayle E. Pitman
Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution, Rob Sanders, by Jamey Christoph
A Storm Called Katrina, by Myron Uhlberg and Colin Bootman
A Sweet Smell of Roses, by Angela Johnson and Eric Velásquez
Swimming with Faith: The Missy Franklin Story (ZonderKidz Biography Series), by Natalie Davis Miller
Thank You, Jackie Robinson, by Barbara Cohen and Richard Cuffari
The List of Things That Will Not Change, by Rebecca Stead
To Night Owl from Dogfish, by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons, by Joseph Bruchac, Jonathan Locker, Thomas London
This Place Is Not My Home, by Cyn Bermudez
Thunder Boy Jr., by Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales
Thunder Rose, by Jerdine Nolen and Kadir Nelson
Time to Pray, by Maha Addasi, Ned Gannon, and Nuha Albitar
Totem Tale, by Deb Vanasse, Erik Brooks
The Turtle of Oman (The Turtle of Oman Series), by Naomi Shihab Nye and Betsy Peterschmidt
Two Roads, Joseph Bruchac
Unstoppable: How Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Defeated Army (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books Series), by Art Coulson and Nick Hardcastle
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer (Unusual Chickens Series), by Kelly Jones and Katie Kath
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys, by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard and E.B. Lewis
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac
Were I Not a Girl: The Inspiring and True Story of Dr. James Barry, Lisa, Robinson and Lauren Simkin Berke
When Aidan Became A Brother, by Kyle Lukoff and Kaylani Juanita
When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana, by Michael James Mahin and José Ramirez
When Spring Comes to the DMZ, by Uk-Bae Lee
Who Is the Dalai Lama? (Who was…? Series), by Dana Meachen Rau
Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller, by Doreen Rappaport and Linda Kukuk
Winter Candle Frame, by Ashford Jeron and Stacey Schuett
Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family (The Yang Family Series), by Lensey Namioka, Kees de Kiefte
Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear (The Yang Family Series), by Lensey Namioka
That's 176 banned books, from Duval County Florida, in the USA. What a backward place! What nasty fascist leaders!
May 4, 2023
Coronation gig
I'll be performing as Brisbane Town Crier tomorrow for the King Charles III Coronation. You can catch me on Channel 9's Today show from 8am, and I'll perform live at Queensland Government House, Bardon, at 1pm.
Mark Love will perform as my Companion at both gigs.
I will make the Proclamation, written by Peter White, of the British Ancient and Honourable Guild of Town Criers.
I have added an Acknowledgement to Country at the start of the Cry, as is the polite way to start any speech in Australia.
It could be my last ever gig as Town Crier, who knows? The City Council did not renew my contract as Brisbane Town Crier last year, so I am ex-officio now.
Mark Love will perform as my Companion at both gigs.
I will make the Proclamation, written by Peter White, of the British Ancient and Honourable Guild of Town Criers.
I have added an Acknowledgement to Country at the start of the Cry, as is the polite way to start any speech in Australia.
It could be my last ever gig as Town Crier, who knows? The City Council did not renew my contract as Brisbane Town Crier last year, so I am ex-officio now.
January 5, 2023
Hijacker
Back in 1990, I studied Aboriginal Literature with Cliff Watego, at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. We were allowed to choose our own assessment, so our class decided to do a play.
Cliff had a bunch of unpublished plays and filmscripts, as well as the couple of dozen published plays printed at that time.
Our class chose'Hijacker' as it's cast were a few Indigenous, and the rest non-indigenous, reflecting the make-up of our class. We didn't want to cross cast.
We performed 'Hijacker' by Eric Wilmot and Richard Guthrie, at the Cement box theatre, with Aaron Ross playing the lead role. I designed the poster for the show, and screen-printed it at UQ Activities.
The next year, 1991, we were asked to produce the show again, for NAIDOC week. Aaron Ross directed the show in 91, and I played a role, and designed the poster again.
This year, the Avalon Theatre at UQ will re-open, and the poster for Hijacker will feature as a permanent exhibition in the foyer.
A copy of this poster also resides in the Queensland Art Gallery, so it is my most famous and best known art-work.
If I could work out how to post a photo, I would include one here.
'Hijacker' was the first Aboriginal written, Aboriginal acted show produced by the University of Queensland.
Cliff had a bunch of unpublished plays and filmscripts, as well as the couple of dozen published plays printed at that time.
Our class chose'Hijacker' as it's cast were a few Indigenous, and the rest non-indigenous, reflecting the make-up of our class. We didn't want to cross cast.
We performed 'Hijacker' by Eric Wilmot and Richard Guthrie, at the Cement box theatre, with Aaron Ross playing the lead role. I designed the poster for the show, and screen-printed it at UQ Activities.
The next year, 1991, we were asked to produce the show again, for NAIDOC week. Aaron Ross directed the show in 91, and I played a role, and designed the poster again.
This year, the Avalon Theatre at UQ will re-open, and the poster for Hijacker will feature as a permanent exhibition in the foyer.
A copy of this poster also resides in the Queensland Art Gallery, so it is my most famous and best known art-work.
If I could work out how to post a photo, I would include one here.
'Hijacker' was the first Aboriginal written, Aboriginal acted show produced by the University of Queensland.
November 8, 2022
Self research shock.
This week I was shocked to add up how many short stories, articles, play-scripts, film-scripts and books I've written. I was starting to write a treatment of Long Pork, after an interesting Pitching from Stage to Film night at La Boite last week. I thought I'd collect articles and short stories in one folder, and looked in the external hard drive.
A Log-line is a Hook.
A Treatment is a short synopsis with spoilers and a character list.
My writing career spanned the UQ student paper, Semper Floreat, through the 1990s, which meant transferring the file to a floppy disk, using a printer at the library or at Semper to print it and submit hard copy. Later in the 90s, I was writing for fanzines like Octarine, The Book of Bud, Heretical, and some papers like the Independent Monthly and Green Left.
The old writing folder has both home print-outs, often on the reverse side of something else, and yellowed clippings from papers and zines.
A lot of these, I'll have to type back in, word for word.
The late 90s and 2000s saw me writing more play-scripts and film-scripts, as I worked in the Circus. But it was also a frustrating time. Of the 12 play-scripts I wrote, only about half got produced. Only one is visible on youtube.
All of the 7 short film scripts I wrote were produced, but very low budget. Most are visible on Youtube. Since hard disks (CDs) and external hard-drives, and then the internet, I've got more of this stuff as files.
Of the 10 books I've written, six have been published, and three are still in the writing or editing process. The first few books, I only have as print-outs. But that's possibly not a bad thing.
Glad I wrote a few books before I got one published.
I counted 11 articles, all published, 7 short stories, mostly published, and I didn't count songs and poems. Because I'd have to go through over twenty hand written journals, and I didn't have limitless time.
Should I be bothered writing a Treatment for Long Pork, and all that it entails? Why not?
The process, through Screen Queensland, seems similar to arts grant applications, and I've written a lot of those.
Writing is the one thing I've always done, even through the brief career as a performer, and all the crap casual jobs which I've done to pay the bills.
Writing- it's a Compulsion.
Screen writing, or project management, as the application suggests the funding is for, could be my next direction.
I'm still working (editing) the final Mirella Castle Investigates book, Acid Pops. I've got a Speculative Fiction book coming next, and an idea for a serial murder mystery, 'Death at the Town Criers' Tournament'.
A Log-line is a Hook.
A Treatment is a short synopsis with spoilers and a character list.
My writing career spanned the UQ student paper, Semper Floreat, through the 1990s, which meant transferring the file to a floppy disk, using a printer at the library or at Semper to print it and submit hard copy. Later in the 90s, I was writing for fanzines like Octarine, The Book of Bud, Heretical, and some papers like the Independent Monthly and Green Left.
The old writing folder has both home print-outs, often on the reverse side of something else, and yellowed clippings from papers and zines.
A lot of these, I'll have to type back in, word for word.
The late 90s and 2000s saw me writing more play-scripts and film-scripts, as I worked in the Circus. But it was also a frustrating time. Of the 12 play-scripts I wrote, only about half got produced. Only one is visible on youtube.
All of the 7 short film scripts I wrote were produced, but very low budget. Most are visible on Youtube. Since hard disks (CDs) and external hard-drives, and then the internet, I've got more of this stuff as files.
Of the 10 books I've written, six have been published, and three are still in the writing or editing process. The first few books, I only have as print-outs. But that's possibly not a bad thing.
Glad I wrote a few books before I got one published.
I counted 11 articles, all published, 7 short stories, mostly published, and I didn't count songs and poems. Because I'd have to go through over twenty hand written journals, and I didn't have limitless time.
Should I be bothered writing a Treatment for Long Pork, and all that it entails? Why not?
The process, through Screen Queensland, seems similar to arts grant applications, and I've written a lot of those.
Writing is the one thing I've always done, even through the brief career as a performer, and all the crap casual jobs which I've done to pay the bills.
Writing- it's a Compulsion.
Screen writing, or project management, as the application suggests the funding is for, could be my next direction.
I'm still working (editing) the final Mirella Castle Investigates book, Acid Pops. I've got a Speculative Fiction book coming next, and an idea for a serial murder mystery, 'Death at the Town Criers' Tournament'.
June 23, 2022
Circus article in ArtsHub!
Today, ArtsHub published my article, 'Australian Circus bounces back'.
In it, I mention Chesea McGuffin from Company Two, Natano Fa'anana from Casus, Spenser Inwood from A Good Catch, and Darcy Grant from Gravity and Other Myths.
Here is the link - https://www.artshub.com.au/news/featu...
In it, I mention Chesea McGuffin from Company Two, Natano Fa'anana from Casus, Spenser Inwood from A Good Catch, and Darcy Grant from Gravity and Other Myths.
Here is the link - https://www.artshub.com.au/news/featu...
