A yeAr of books by QueenslAnd writers 2012 BOOKS FROM OUR BACKYARD 2012 Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) invites you to curl up with a good book by a Queensland Author. At QWC, we strive to enable more Australian writers to have sustainable careers, and to be read and enjoyed throughout the world. Our free, annual catalogue Books from our Backyard is one of the many ways in which we work towards achieving this goal. QWC is thrilled to give you Books from our Backyard 2012, which contains 178 books published by Queensland authors in 2012, across a variety of categories and genres. In conjunction with this initiative, we produce stickers that bookshops and libraries may put on books to help promote Queensland Authors, and create an exhibition of the books each year at the State Library of Queensland. Arts Queensland’s Map of the Writing Sector notes that “Queensland is Australia’s most decentralised state…, and so geographical diversity also has a strong influence on our cultural landscape.” The unique voices arising from the many and varied regions of Queensland – from the Cape to the border, from the coast to the bush – make a vital contribution to Australian literature. As Chair of QWC, I encourage you to browse this catalogue of stories emanating from this great state, and keep an eye out for the Queensland Author sticker at your local library or bookshop. KEVIN GILLESPIE Chair, QWC This publication is produced by Paradigm Print Media, a proud supporter of the arts and local writers Paradigm Print Media Books from our Backyard 2012 07 3394 1772 guide, and many of the books 15 Nariel St Albion contained within, are available from paradigmprintmedia.com public libraries and Qld bookshops CONTENTS CHILDREN'S . 3 CRIME & THRILLER . 6 HISTORICAL FICTION . 7 LITERARY & GENERAL FICTION . 7 MEMOIR . 10 non-fiction . 11 POETRY & ANTHOLOGY . 13 ROMANCE . 14 SPECULATIVE FICTION . 15 YOUNG ADULT . 17 isbn Publisher Purchase Brave Squish Rabbit My Zombie Dog CHILDREN'S Katherine Battersby Charmaine Clancy 9780702249433 9780987286321 The Pile Up University of Queensland Press Hot Doggy Digital Press Robin Adolphs uqp.com.au amazon.com 9780987260307 katherinebattersby.com charmaineclancy.com Butternut Books print print • eBook amazon.com robinadolphs.com Squish is just a little rabbit, but being little leads to big fears… print • eBook of storms and chickens and the dark…especially the dark! What will Squish do when he can’t find his friend one stormy night? Maybe he’ll discover that being brave makes the dark a little wonderful after all. It's the yearly event in the neighbourhood street All Zane wants for his birthday is a dog. A real dog. A guy's dog. Where bikes, boards and scooters all meet to compete. But his Mum brings home this little mutt and wants to call it Who'll take out the race, crowds gather to see 'Fluffy'. Seriously? It's shaggy, smells undead and bites people. But no-one can guess who the winner will be. And why do its victims all turn sluggish and keep asking Zane for brains? One by one, everyone he knows is becoming infected. A fast-paced rhyming story with an unexpected ending. Yesterday I Played in the Rain Eric Vale Epic Fail Issi's Baptism Robin Adolphs Michael Gerard Bauer Paul Clark & Graham Preston 9780987260321 Illustrated by Joe Bauer 9781922074164 Butternut Books 9781862919921 Even Before Publishing amazon.com Omnibus Books/Scholastic carparkparables.com robinadolphs.com Australia carparkparables.com print • eBook boomerangbooks.com.au print • eBook michaelgerardbauer. When Lucy brings someone to church for a baptism, Impossible wordpress.com Issi laughs at the idea. 'All you need is some petrol and good print tyres!' But when Issi's day goes all wrong, even he is looking for Have you ever played in the rain? Have you ever felt the rain a fresh start. trickle down your face? One very cute family of ducks discovers Ever had a stupid nickname? A rotten run of bad luck? A best that playing in the rain can be fun for all ages . if you're not friend who just looks on the bright side - even when the bright . afraid of getting wet, that is. side looks black? Well, Eric Vale's got all three, and they're pushing him towards the epic-est of all epic fails! . Jasmin And The Nature Fairies Crispin Scales and the What Would Jesus Drive Violet Apted Golden Pearl Paul Clark & Graham Preston 9781618978066 Ruby Blessing 9781921633713 Strategic Book Publishing and . 9780646587707 Even Before Publishing Rights Co. Mighty Ink Publishing carparkparables.com amazon.com amazon.com Finalist CALEB Prize for faith inspired print • eBook crispinscales.com writing It's been raining for days! Sitting at her bedroom window print • eBook carparkparables.com watching the rain, six-year-old Jasmin is bored. She even asks print • eBook the rain to go away! To her great surprise a purple fairy named Lila appears. Using magic, Lila changes Jasmin to teeny tiny fairy It is Palm Sunday in the Westbrooke Church car park and Jesus size with wings. The fairy takes Jasmin on a wondrous adventure. A stolen princess and a rebellious witch. Dragons, fairies, is riding into Jerusalem. The only problem is deciding what Jesus would have driven into Jerusalem! Was it a motorbike, a truck . gnomes, elves, werewolves and vampires. Daemons, harpies and even a few zombies. And an evil, though disturbingly handsome, or a limo? Find out what the cars think in book 6 of this critically king. A clumsy dragon chosen to save the world. A shame he's acclaimed series. not very good at it... Animal Pursuits The Big Rusty Nail Millie's Special Something – the – Richard J. Atkinson Big Rusty Nail Lily Burgess Tania Cox 9781466958302 9780987391087 Illustrated by David Miller Trafford D & M Fancy Pastry Pty Ltd 9781921504389 trafford.com amazon.com Working Tiitle Press Invitation to Pitchfest in Las Vegas. wordsfromdaddysmouth.com.au penguin.com.au animalpursuits.com eBook taniacox.com print print • eBook by Lily Burgess Illustrated by Kate Hawthorne Big, bad Reggie loves to scare Millie. It's fun. But not for Millie. It's frightening! Her friends each have a special something to It is a fantasy about animals with trivia, facts, fantasy and many feel brave. puns. What might happen if animals took over a world after The Big Rusty Nail is an entertaining journey of a day in the life of humanity dies? It is a tale of murder in the animal kingdom a primary school sports room monitor, shared between a dad and So why doesn't she? Or does she? resulting in a chase, capture and subsequent court case of his young children. The story also provides a modern take on the . perpetrators. It is told by an elephant to his grand calves. proverb 'A Stitch in Time Saves Nine'. 3 isbn Publisher Purchase What Makes My Dad Happy Schumann the Shoeman The Adventures of Pigalotoffun Tania Cox John & Stella Danalis Deborah Gray Illustrated by Lorette Broekstra 9780702239236 9780646575384 9781742378381 University of Queensland Press Deborah Gray Allen and Unwin uqp.com.au bookworm.com.au allenandunwin.com Shortlisted 2010 CBCA, Book of the pigalotoffun.com.au taniacox.com Year, Picture Book & 2010 Itabashi print print • eBook Picture Book Translation Contest print What makes Dad happy? When I write a note for the pocket Pigalotoffun is a mischievous little pig. She lives on a big of his coat. When he helps me to fly way up high in the sky. Meaningful and stunningly beautiful, this picture book challenges readers to think about where things come from farm. Pigalotoffun loves to play tricks on farmer Bailey and When we hammer and glue a cubby for two. What makes your farmer Madison. Dad happy? and the world of big business. Inspired by the author’s struggle to find replacement parts for his electric tools, . Schumann the Shoeman feels like a journey into another world, a fable for times gone past. What Makes My Mum Happy Word Hunters: Inside Asperger's Looking Out Tania Cox The Curious Dictionary Kathy Hoopmann Illustrated by Lorette Broekstra Nick Earls & Terry Whidborne 9781849053341 9781742378374 9780702249457 Jessica Kingsley Publishers Allen and Unwin University of Queensland Press amazon.com allenandunwin.com uqp.com.au Nautilus Silver Medal, Children's taniacox.com nickearls.wordpress.com Picture Books (US), 2012 finalist print • eBook print • eBook ForeWord Book of the Year Awards (US) kathyhoopmann.com What makes Mum happy? When I start her day with breakfast on a tray. When I make her a crown to wear into town. When print she watches me dance, skip, hop and prance. What makes Twins Lexi and Al stumble upon an old dictionary and their Through engaging text and full-colour photographs, this your Mum happy? world changes forever. They are blasted into history to hunt book shows neurotypicals how Aspies see and experience . down the words that threaten to vanish from our past and our the world. This is the perfect introduction to the world of present. Their lives and the future of the world are at stake. Asperger’s, told from their own perspective, for the people in Can they find a way back home? Or will they be trapped in the their lives: including family, friends, and classmates. past forever? . With Nan My Totally Awesome Story Mosquito Advertising: The Tania Cox Pat Flynn & Peter Carnavas Crunch Campaign Illustrated by Karen Blair 9780702249471 Kate Hunter 9781921136122 University of Queensland Press 9780702239397 Windy Hollow Books uqp.com.au University of Queensland Press windyhollowbooks.com.au patflynnwriter.com uqp.com.au Shortlisted CBCA Awards print • eBook katehunter.com.au taniacox.com print • eBook print A twig that eats..