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Joshua Donellan

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Born

in Melbourne, Australia

October 23

Website

http://www.jmdonellan.com

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Humor, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Murakami, Gaiman, Atwood, Rushdie, Adams, Robbins, Slap bass solos, to ...more

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JM Donellan is an author, poet, musician, voice actor, radio DJ and teacher. He was almost devoured by a tiger in the jungles of Malaysia, nearly died of a lung collapse in the Nepalese Himalayas, fended off a pack of rabid dogs with a guitar in the mountains of India and was sexually harassed by a half-naked man whilst standing next to Oscar Wilde's grave in Paris.

He has an unnatural fondness for scrabble and an irrational dislike of frangipanis.

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	Zeb and the Great Ruckus 4.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killing Adonis by J.M. Donellan, Joshua Donellan (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Stories for Queensland by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kate Eltham , Joshua Donellan (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eighty Nine by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rebecca L. Dobbie , Laura Eno (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Stage Door Shadows by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessica Bell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Andrew J. McKiernan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[untitled] by Les Zigomanis (Editor), Danny Rider (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Rijn Collins (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[untitled] (issue 6) by Les Zigomanis (Editor), Blaise van Hecke (Publisher) , Busybird Publishing (Publisher) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Beginner's Guide to Dying in India by J.M. Donellan, Joshua Donellan (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stendhal Syndrome by J.M. Donellan, Joshua Donellan (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Speed of Dark

by Elizabeth Moon

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Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions

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The Open Revolution: Rewriting the rules of the information age

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Quotes by Joshua Donellan

“I had an aunt named 'abnormal Shauna' once. But she passed away in an unfortunate cliff-top interpretative dance and fireworks accident.”
― Joshua Donellan, Zeb and the Great Ruckus

tags: humor, humorous, humour, humourous

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“...we've already had one horrible thing happen today, which means that if you think about it the odds of anything else horrible happening again in the next few hours should now be quite low.”
― Joshua Donellan, Zeb and the Great Ruckus

tags: humor, humour

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“I haven't been so sure of anything since the time Mum asked me if I absolutely, definitely, certainly thought it was a good idea to practise doing cartwheels inside the house.”
― Joshua Donellan, Zeb and the Great Ruckus

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“I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!”
― William Shakespeare

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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
― Mary Oliver

tags: poetry

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“You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.”
― Ira Glass

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“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

tags: love

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“You can't lie to your soul.”
― Irvine Welsh, Porno

tags: honesty, introspection

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