Narrator Magazine, Blue Mountains

Quarterly online regional creative writing competition.

Read for free online, or download in full-colour, printable PDF for free

Print-on-demand hard copies $12.95 including p&h anywhere in Australia

See: narratormagazine.com.au to read online, submit your short story, poem, essay, cartoon or artwork, or for more information

Burnished: Burnside Life Stories, compiled by Kate Shayler, ISBN 9780980670455

‘Burnished: Burnside Life Stories’ is a collection of life accounts from residents of Burnside Children's Homes, Sydney, Australia, compiled by Kate Shayler, author of 'The Long Way Home' and 'A Tuesday Thing'.

When Kate released 'The Long Way Home', her own story of childhood at Burnside, she was overwhelmed by the response and found herself wishing that other homes kids could have that healing experience too.

As Kate gave talks on her books, she was asked questions such as 'Why did you have to go to a home?' and 'What happened to you when you left the home?' Eventually, Kate advertised for people who were willing to share their stories, and the result is 'Burnished: Burnside Life Stories'.

The stories have been commended by Caroline Jones AO, presenter of Australian Story on ABC TV, as being 'endearing and inspiring. Their real-life stories cast a shadow over our history. Yet each one shines with the courage and character of the writer.’

To truly understand what the Forgotten Australians experienced and why we need to understand their experiences, ‘Burnished: Burnside Life Stories’ is essential reading, and an important work documenting Australia's history.

Paperback $24.95, e-versions $9.95

See the website here

The High School Survival Guide, Ally Mosher, Ben 'R-Tizt' Francis and Tracy Keith, ISBN 9780987173157

The High School Survival Guide is an up-to-date and down-to-earth handbook giving advice on life, love, home, work and school. Perfect for girls attending early high school, the book assists with everything from studying for exams, to getting a job, and even family life and dating.

This book is full-colour, all the way through, highly visual and designed like a magazine.

Paperback $34.95, e-versions to be released 2012

See the website here, or view the page on Facebook for book extracts and more tips and advice

How to Create a Facebook page for your business, Jennifer Mosher, ISBN 9780987255105

This click-by-click guide to getting started with social media has more than 100 Facebook-approved screen shots and is an essential tool for all small business owners and operators.

With over 800 million users, Facebook is one of the easiest ways to access your clients and prospects, to deliver them with free information about you and your business and offerings.

Currently available in ePub or full-colour, printable PDF (90+ A4 pages) for just $4.99

Running Over A Chinaman, Julie Jones, ISBN 9780980670400

Resource for health and allied workers to aid in starting conversations about mental illness.

Also a novel, based on a true story, which can be read for its own enjoyment.

Paperback $24.95, e-versions $9.95

See the website, view on Google Books, or search "Running Over A Chinaman" to read the serialisation on Facebook

Art and the Drug Addict's Dog, Paris Portingale, ISBN 9780980670424

Welcome to the world of Art Handel, a world where the expected and the unexpected often collide with the absolutely and totally unexpected and with little regard for each other. It's sometimes nice to see how the other half live - this book gives you an insight into how the other half of that other half live.

Paperback $24.95, e-versions $9.95

See the website, view on Google Books, or read the serialisation on Facebook