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Thistledown Seed
** Shortlisted for WA Premier’s Prize for Book of the Year 2023 ** Interweaving fiction and memoir in multiple threads, Thistledown Seed follows the displacement and violence of the Holocaust for a Polish family who subsequently settle in Western Australia. In this deeply moving account, Louise Helfgott explores another side of her family’s tragic past made famous in the Oscar-winning movie, Shine, about her brother David Helfgott. The floating thistledown seed, often seen in Europe during summer, represents the diaspora of the Jewish people who were scattered around the world as a result of the Holocaust. 'Only a poet perhaps can extract such beauty from a tragedy so immense it will sha...
Collection # 6
The Australian Script Centre promotes and distributes some of Australia's best performace writing to a variety of markets. This collection profiles the best scripts from the 2005-6 program. It includes major prize winners, critical and popular successes and yet to be produced gems.
Mandurian Stories
An anthology for Mandurah, by Mandurah.Mandurian writers, artists, and children collaborated to create a tangible manifestation of the creative spirit of Mandurah. The words and images in this book contain fragments of lives, facets of experience, and aspects of unique understanding. The common thread, woven through each page, is a deep-seated appreciation for Mandurah itself.
Out of Tune
Margaret Helfgott, sister of the piano virtuoso David Helfgott, shines new light on the story behind the film that brought him into the public arena. Her story contests the ideas developed in the film Shine in a thought-provoking manner.
Nothing to Remember
Nothing to Remember! is a facsimile of 22 delicately-colored prints on hand-drawn music paper created between 2004 and 2006 by Louise Bourgeois. This artist's book follows an earlier publication, Ode à l'Oubli (Ode to Forgetfulness), which Bourgeois made entirely out of fabric, using linens and clothing remnants from her past. Nothing to Remember! is an immediate collectible, with only limited quantities available.
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Out of the Sawdust
Fact and fiction waltz together. The author through years of research has gleaned and pieced together enough material to render her own interpretation of the amazing life story of her parents. Set in World War 2, tragedy struck. Two lives collided and afforded an opportunity to make something great together. Nothing could be salvaged from the past, so through hardship and determination a monument to loyalty was erected. Sounds glamorous until you get to the bedrock of their relationship and find out what love really looks like.
The Two of Us
Every week over two million readers enjoy Good Weekendmagazine's 'The Two of Us'. This popular and well-loved column focuses on a unique relationship between two intriguing Australians. They may be as well-known as David and Gillian Helfgott, Bob and Helena Carr, Louise Adler and Max Gillies, Bill Crews and John Singleton; as relatively unsung as the carers, the volunteers and the good mates; or as anonymous as the sex-worker 'Clare' and her regular client 'Robert'. Those interviewed include spouses, friends, siblings, co-workers, professional rivals, parents and children. Each speak with candour about their perceptions of the other, how they met, what brought them together, the ups and downs, ins and outs, strengths and weaknesses of their relationship. And in speaking of their other half, each inevitably reveals much about himself or herself. Some ninety couples are featured, each 'snapshot in time' a candid glimpse into the workings of the human heart, the mysteries of attraction and rapport, the special nature of the ties that bind the two of us.
Louise Bourgeois
Those who have stood under one of her 'Mamans,' sculptures of spiders that symbolize maternal protection, understand the singularity of Louise Bourgeois's artistic approach. In terms of style, her pioneering body of work is complex, and she uses a wide variety of materials - drawings, etchings, installations, works made of fabric, scupltures out of wood, marble, bronze, latex, plaster, hemp - to deal with universal questions. The extensive monograph provides an overview of the overall artistic development of Louise Bourgeois and presents a large number of works. The volume is grouped into themes that characterize her oeuvre, including memory, trauma, relationships, sexuality, fear, as well as the difficulty involved with being an artist and mother at the same time. Personal photographs furthermore provide insight into the artist's childhood and family life.
The Old Romantic
Meet Ken. He's obsessed with death, planning his own funeral and desperate to die in the bosom of his family. Unfortunately for Ken, that's the last place his family wants him.
