Au Press imprint: 1283 books

Author Kathy Parker is a lover of beautiful words and wide-open spacesa writer, poet, survivor, warrior, and word alchemist. In this new work, she presents a journey of breaking to mending, surviving to loving, and the courage to rise from our darkest places, undefeated. The Unravelled Heart, her...

Yesterday, I knew how disgusting it was to eat sheep brains And broccoli. And oysters. Yesterday, I could fly a kite, Keep a secret, And swing from the clothesline. The world felt settled. Then Laura Fisher spoke to me. Now a million weird worries surround me, And Im not sure if I will survive grade...

Australian Psychologist and author, Denise Greenaway uses her own experience as a guest of one of the oldest tribes in the world, and takes the reader on a powerful journey into the ancient female mind and spirit. Set in a remote, desert, Aboriginal community, her novel re-discovers the powerful connection...

When Alices husband, George, passes away, her world is turned upside-down by grief. Still, she is a strong, modern woman, unafraid of facing challenges head on. She will not allow the loss of her beloved to completely destroy her life, especially since she still has a daughter to care for. However,...

In 1988 Gary wrote forty-seven poems in forty-seven days. He has not written anything since. His poems capture many aspects of human lifethose things we strive for in ourselves and which we seek to find in others. The poems contained in this book are quite reflective and wanting at times. They are...

In this extraordinary memoir Jenny vividly recounts her past with emotional honesty making it an absorbing account of the incredible life of THE GREAT PROVIDER her father Ernest Johns. A Powerful true story of Love and Life.

1918: Lord Howe Island, off Australias eastern coast. An American, Paul De Martinet, arrives to paint the sub tropical outposts vanishing birds. Home to an insular community, jealousy and suspicion lurk not far below the surface of what appears to be an otherwise carefree community. On expeditions...

In todays world, it can be difficult to maintain your faith. Those seeking a greater understanding of the Bible have numerous excellent theological commentaries available to them, but due to volume and depth, many of these are out of reach of laypeople. Others lose contact with the Bible, because...

Hilarious, challenging and heart-warming. Enjoy the personal adventures of two Australian volunteers, living and working in the former Soviet State of Kazakhstan.

Virginia Goodall is a control freak. And shes miserable. Fresh off the stinging defeat of a divorce, her career as an attorney in transition, and an impending empty nest that looms large with her childrens departure from home, shes dubious about life without her familiar roles. If she is not...

There is a moment in Miss Jays life when she stops looking at the world and starts truly seeing it. She begins to notice strange and miraculous thingsgifts from the universe to one who would embrace them as an absolute truth. Birds and animals appear at significant moments, sharing wisdom and...

In this book, your outer purpose is the dharma of why you are born today. You are born today. You can learn from and listen to your inner voice just by reading things like this mystical book. It tells you who has the right sacred hold and who is supreme. And in knowing that God has the ability to...

Young Raj Bhandari was read poetry as a child, and he carried that intense passion into adulthood. He retired from a long and very happy career in 2002 and realized it was time to not just be influenced by poetry but to invoke the written word himself. This collection of over one hundred poems encompasses...

A triple breakdown in relationships, work life, and health leaves Professor Denis Ladbrook teetering on the brink. Inspired by Carl Jung's idea that the ocean symbolizes the unconscious the great source of life, emotion, and soul Denis chooses to leave the city for the seaside hamlet of Yanchep, an...