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G.S. Johnston
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Born
in Australia
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May 2011
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https://www.goodreads.com/gsjohnston
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The Skin of Water
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2012
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Sweet Bitter Cane
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The Cast of a Hand: Based on a True Story of Love and Murder in Second Empire France
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2015
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Consumption
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2011
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For A Moment More
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Climate Change and flat-bed scanners.
So, like, last Friday I went to the Greta Thunberg inspired climate change rally in Canberra. I was hesitant to go, not because of any disagreement with the rally’s ideas […]
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For A Moment More is an elegy for those who suffered during the HIV/AIDs crisis of the ‘90s. Yet the novel is not a mournful lament. It is vibrant in its depiction of Sydney’s Oxford Street with its nightclubs" Read more of this review » |
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"From the moment I landed in Sydney’s Oxford Street on a Saturday night in the early 1990s in Chapter 1 right through until the final paragraph of For a Moment More, I was immersed in a world that much of society knows little or nothing about: a world"
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"There is so much we have forgotten—or simply never knew—about life in gay Sydney as the HIV/AIDS epidemic took hold. The virus devastated a generation of young men, alongside the communities who loved and supported them. G.S. Johnston’s 'For a Moment"
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"This is a novel that genuinely deserves to be read.
I came of age around the time and place For A Moment More is set – Sydney's Oxford Street in the early-to-mid '90s – and it really took me back. G.S. Johnston perfectly captures the highs and lows of " Read more of this review » |
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Fables & Lies: A WWII Novel Based on a True Story
I read this novel last month, written from the German civilian viewpoint about Berlin museum curators ...more " |
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My novel is listed twice. Once was my entry connected to my author page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... The other I think has come from the ...more " |
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| Making Connections: 1655. - THE SKIN OF WATER by G.S. Johnston | 13 | 68 | Jan 30, 2014 12:01PM | |
| Fiction Fanatics: February POINTS Challenge! <3 <3 | 18 | 45 | Mar 01, 2019 01:37AM | |
| Aussie Readers: February - Love is in the air | 155 | 228 | Mar 04, 2019 09:25PM | |
| Cozy Mysteries : 2018-2019 Winter Challenge | 54 | 137 | Apr 07, 2019 02:06AM | |
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| WACKY READING CHA...: Historical Landmarks of Denmark (1st Qtr, 2019) | 104 | 86 | Jun 10, 2019 09:28AM |
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Hello G.S., Thanks for the friendship. Hopefully, you'll enjoy reading Moonwarriors: Guardians of the Night. Take it easy, Rusty
