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Lawes-Gilvear, Nita
Tiddles, the Special Tassie Devil
Regal Publications
Children’s Literature
ISBN: 187626103X
RRP: $10.95
The Book: A children's picture and story book.
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Lawrence, Anthony
In the Half Light
Carroll and Graf, Avalon
Poetry
ISBN: 0786712309
RRP: $26.00
Lawrence, Anthony The Sleep of a Learning Man 
Giramondo Publishing Poetry ISBN: 1920882014 ___________________________________ Lendis, Celia Postcards from the Town that Disappeared 
Forest Education Foundation, Tasmania Children’s Literature ISBN: 0958537615 RRP: $24.95 The Book: Children's picture book about Tasmanian forests. __________________________________________________________________ Lennox, Magaer Crossroads: Spiritual Reconciliation - the Way Forward Florida Literary Foundation Essays ISBN: 1891855468 RRP: $29.95 The Book: This book looks at reconciliation in Australia between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people from a heart felt perspective. It is endorsed by Reconciliation Australia. The Author: Magaer has links to both the Aboriginal and White worlds. She has also been deeply involved in spiritual practice for many years. _______________________________ Lennox, Magaer
Lulu's Big Adventure 
Firebird Press (self-published) distributed by Booksurge Publishing www.booksurgepublishing.com.au
Fiction (Children’s Literature)
ISBN/ISSN: 0-9757063-0-6
RRP: $19.95
The Book: This is a delightful children's story for the 5-9 year age group about a young desert dog who goes to the big city to visit her brother.
The Author: Magaer lived in Central Australia for 8 years. For a time Lulu, her mother Gypsy, and grandmother Lassie lived with Magaer in the desert.
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Lomer, Kathryn
The god in the ink
University of Queensland Press distributed by Penguin
Fiction
ISBN: 0702232106
RRP: $19.95
The Book: A beguiling novel which moves between Tasmania and Japan, combining a novelist’s sense of story with a poet’s ear for language.
The Author: Kathryn Lomer has a background in ESL teaching. She has published two novels, a collection of poetry and numerous short stories.
Lomer, Kathryn
Extraction of Arrows
University of Queensland Press distributed by Penguin
Poetry
ISBN: 0702233714
RRP: $21.95
The Book: An accomplished first collection which meets life head on, fusing the physical, emotional and lexical in an erotic celebration of the word.
The Author: Kathryn Lomer has a background in ESL teaching. She has published two novels, a collection of poetry and numerous short stories.
Lomer, Kathryn
The Spare Room 
University of Queensland Press distributed by Penguin
Fiction
ISBN: 070223477X
RRP: $18.95
The Book: A tender and funny tale which takes us into two cultures, into lives connected by grief but with hope in common.
The Author: Kathryn Lomer has a background in ESL teaching. She has published two novels, a collection of poetry and numerous short stories.
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Wiggins of Wigginstown
Self Published
ISBN: 0646428160
RRP: $42.00
The Book: The family of Colonial Marine Samuel Wiggins 1750 - 2003 including Pennington/ Osborne family, Wiggins violins and family stories.
The Author: Author of historical book 'Strongest Hand Uppermost'. Published works in anthologies, Tasmanian Historical Books and short stories in literary magazines.
___________________________________ Lucas, Christine E
Bruno: A Bull and His Island 
Christine Lucas brunos_island@vision.net.au or (03) 6327 4001
Local Tasmanian History
ISBN: 0-646-44609-6
RRP: $19.95
The Book: Learning is fun for all ages with this full colour illustrated history of Tamar Island and its most famous resident, Bruno.
The Author: Christine, born in England, has been writing since the middle of the last century and enjoys humour, yarns, history and poetry.
____________________________________________________ Macrow, Peter
Oil Slick Sun 
Pardalote Press
Poetry (Haiku)
ISBN: 0 9578436 7 4
RRP: $18.50
The Book: ”In this first collection from Peter Macrow we experience the world through sensitive eyes. No word is superfluous. Each poem continues to resonate long after the first reading. Like the title, these haiku aptly capture the beauty in the everyday. This fine collection will stay a favourite for a long time to come”. Ron Moss, Secretary, HaikuOz
The Author: Peter Macrow's first haiku were published in Famous Reporter in June 2001. Since then they have appeared not only in Australia, but also in New Zealand, Japan, the United States, Canada and Bulgaria. He is haiku editor for POAM and edits and publishes the poetry magazine, Blue Giraffe.
____________________________________________________ Madill, Frank
If You Faint, Fall Backwards!
Self Published
Memoir
ISBN: 0646446185
he Book: Medicine, warts and all.
____________________________________________________________ Manchester, Margot
Reg Chopping: All or Nothing
Manchester Publishing
ISSBN: 0958709289
RRP: $29.95
___________________________________________________________ Martin, Asha
The Gateway
Artemis Publishing
Poetry
ISBN: 1876024054
RRP: $15.00
__________________________________________________________________ Martin, Brett
Fundamental Things
Bobby Graham
Fiction
ISBN: 0957839464
_______________________________________________________________ Mathison, Robyn & Lyn Reeves (eds)
Moorilla Mosaic
Bumble Bee Books
Poetry
ISBN: 095861332X
_____________________________________________________________ McCarthy, Loretta
The Bride Price
Self Published
Fiction
ISBN: 0957759886
RRP: $30.00
__________________________________________________________________ McDermott, Kim
Last of the Wildcats
Self Published
Autobiography McDermott, Kim
Dougherty's Way
Self Published
Autobiography
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Shakespeare's Sonnets: An Elizabethan Love Story 
Otakou Press, 69 Lansdowne Crescent, Hobart.
Non-fiction
ISBN: 0646423789
RRP: $15.95
The Book: A radical interpretation of the sonnets, with a surprising conclusion that will fascinate all those interested in the subject of Shakespeare authorship.
The Author: Peter McIntosh is a Hobart scientist who has carefully researched the apparent disconnection between the humdrum facts we know about the Shakespeare the Stratford actor and the great personality that shines out of his writings. _________________________________________________________________ McLaren, Alex C
Practical Visionaries
Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies
History
ISBN: 1862951925
RRP: $30.00
The Book: Three generations of the Inglis Clarke family in Tasmania and beyond. __________________________________________________________________ McLaren, Ian The Hunt for M.V Moroccan Star Sid Harta Publishers Fiction
ISBN: 1921030119
RRP: $24.95
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Mercer, Gina
Parachute Silk
Spinifex Press
Fiction
ISBN: 187675611X
RRP: $25.00
The Book: Molly and Finn have been intimate friends for over 20 years. Theirs is a passionate friendship. It fuels a flow of engaging correspondence through which the two women gossip, argue vehemently and reminisce, exchanging poems and past secrets. There are contradictions and difficulties yet the women’s friendship survives, billowing out as tough, beautiful and necessary as parachute silk to a pair of skydivers.
The Author: Gina Mercer has been in love with words all her life. She writes fiction, poetry and non-fiction and shares her passion for words through teaching creative writing.
Mercer, Gina
The Ocean in the Kitchen
Five Islands Press
Poetry
ISBN: 0 86418 571 5
RRP: $10.00
The Book: Here is sensually engaging poetry which evokes the warmth, energy and lusciousness of the tropics while intelligently exploring the intimacy of the everyday.
The Author: Gina Mercer has been in love with words all her life. She writes fiction, poetry and non-fiction and shares her passion for words through teaching creative writing.
Mercer, Gina and Alison Bartlett (Eds)
Postgraduate Research Supervision: Transforming (R) Elations
Peter Lang, New York
ISBN: 0820449989
RRP: Varies depending on US$ exchange rate
The Book: This collection of theoretical and personal essays explores the complexities and rewards of the relationships between postgraduate researchers and their supervisors. It is a stimulating and informative analysis of this much-neglected but vital aspect of academic life.
The Author: Gina Mercer has been in love with words all her life. She writes fiction, poetry and non-fiction and shares her passion for words through teaching creative writing.
Mercer, Gina
Janet Frame: Subversive Fictions
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0 7022 2459 6 (Out of Print)
The Book: Here is an innovative and deeply insightful analysis of the NZ author, Janet Frame, whose work is internationally renowned and respected. This literary critical work is lucid and well-written even as it grapples with the most perplexing and misunderstood aspects of Frame's oeuvre.
The Author: Gina Mercer has been in love with words all her life. She writes fiction, poetry and non-fiction and shares her passion for words through teaching creative writing.
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Minck, May Memories from Here and There Publisher: Self Published Genre: Memoir
ISBN: 095818190X Minck, May Looking Back Self Published Memoir
ISBN: 0958181918
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