Takes the form of a 'coma diary' kept by one Misty Wilmot as her husband lies senseless in hospital after a suicide attempt. Once, she was an art student dreaming of creativity & freedom; now, after marrying Peter at art school & being brought back to Waytansea Isl&, she's been reduced to the condition of a resort hotel maid. ...

Reveals the author's successes & regrets, as well as the humour & sadness that surround him, with the same empathy & vividness that made him one of the great doctor-writers of modern literature. This title brings together stories & observations dashed off on park benches & in library carrels over the past decade. ...

Bobby Baker is, in her own words, 'a woman & an artist'. But for 11 years, while creating internationally acclaimed performance pieces such as Box Story & How to Live, she also privately battled severe mental illness. These drawings tell the story. ...

Hungarian drama in which orphaned teenager Juli (Zsuzsa Czinkoczi) & her grandparents return from exile in Russia to Budapest after World War II. Unfortunately Juli's hopes of happiness in her homeland are gradually eroded by the strictures of a disciplinarian society. ...

Darkly comic British faux-documentary. Wannabe documentary filmmaker Barry Lick (Jonathan Williams) has come up with a film idea he believes will be the making of him: a no-holds barred investigation into the activities of a local businessman (Joe O' Byrne) whom he suspects of being involved in various dubious activities including prostitution, pornography, property rackets & drug trafficking. But Barry & his crew soon find themselves out of their depth as they realise they have become the pawns in their own game. ...

Darkly comic British faux-documentary. Wannabe documentary filmmaker Barry Lick (Jonathan Williams) has come up with a film idea he believes will be the making of him: a no-holds barred investigation into the activities of a local businessman (Joe O' Byrne) whom he suspects of being involved in various dubious activities including prostitution, pornography, property rackets & drug trafficking. But Barry & his crew soon find themselves out of their depth as they realise they have become the pawns in their own game. ...

An eminent Australian writer is invited to contribute to a book entitled " Strong Opinions". For him, troubled by Australia's complicity in the wars in the Middle East, it is a chance to air some urgent concerns: how should a citizen of a modern democracy react to their state's involvement in a war that involves the use of torture? ...