Fiction

Deep within

Sarah Basheer, a seventeen year old Lebanese Druze girl from an undesirable neighbourhood, develops a yearning desire to discover who she really is and ponders her life, religion and her growing infatuation with her high school teacher. 

At the same time, her yearning desire to find out more about the secretive Druze religion, not openly displayed or marketed like The Bible and Quran, sparks an intrigue and conviction.

Sarah’s parents, having firm strict religious beliefs and ideals, want to take Sarah to Lebanon and plan her arranged marriage, as they fear they will lose their daughter to an Australian man. 

Will Sarah discover the truth behind her masked religion? Will she reunite with her unrequited love, or conform to her parents’ rigidly enforced principles? Interwoven student crush, teenage self-discovery, and depth of a masked religion and finally struggles of everyday teenage quandaries. 

In life, it is the choices we make that determine our inevitable outcome. Will Sarah find the kindred spirit she strongly believes is lurking in the world, awaiting her return? 

Sarah Basheer, a seventeen year old Lebanese Druze girl from an undesirable neighbourhood, develops a yearning desire to discover who she really is and ponders her life, religion and her growing infatuation with her high school teacher. 

At the same time, her yearning desire to find out more about the secretive Druze religion, not openly displayed or marketed like The Bible and Quran, sparks an intrigue and conviction.

Sarah’s parents, having firm strict religious beliefs and ideals, want to take Sarah to Lebanon and plan her arranged marriage, as they fear they will lose their daughter to an Australian man. 

Will Sarah discover the truth behind her masked religion? Will she reunite with her unrequited love, or conform to her parents’ rigidly enforced principles? Interwoven student crush, teenage self-discovery, and depth of a masked religion and finally struggles of everyday teenage quandaries. 

In life, it is the choices we make that determine our inevitable outcome. Will Sarah find the kindred spirit she strongly believes is lurking in the world, awaiting her return? 

Stir of Wings

Love is everywhere, claims the song. It is, too. In supermarkets, windswept docks, and op shops. Lost children love sacrificially, and kids on school buses suffer pain worthy of Shakespearian tragedy. Girls in flats share cold germs and weak lemon drink, and migrants find friendship and community support. You’ll find it all here, along with laughter, tears, beanie hats and hurting shoes.

Many of these stories have received awards. But more to the point, they may encourage you to give the world a gentle shove.

Love is everywhere, claims the song. It is, too. In supermarkets, windswept docks, and op shops. Lost children love sacrificially, and kids on school buses suffer pain worthy of Shakespearian tragedy. Girls in flats share cold germs and weak lemon drink, and migrants find friendship and community support. You’ll find it all here, along with laughter, tears, beanie hats and hurting shoes.

Many of these stories have received awards. But more to the point, they may encourage you to give the world a gentle shove.

Up here

Can you have more than one soulmate at the same time?

After two blissful marriages are cut short by tragic circumstances, Peter’s own early entry to heaven fills him with skepticism. Peter soon faces an impossible choice: with both wives Up Here, which woman is his eternal soulmate?

Christina and Jane have their own issues to resolve,              especially considering they were best friends.

From two marriages made in heaven, all three now have one hell of a dilemma. And with Peter’s mother Up Here, too …                           well, she’s got her opinion!

The debut novel from Australian film & TV pioneer Jim Shomos. Up Here is a unique love-triangle featuring two dynamic women and one ro-man-tic; it’s a feel-good exploration of a modern romantic dilemma that asks the age-old question: what if?

Can you have more than one soulmate at the same time?

After two blissful marriages are cut short by tragic circumstances, Peter’s own early entry to heaven fills him with skepticism. Peter soon faces an impossible choice: with both wives Up Here, which woman is his eternal soulmate?

Christina and Jane have their own issues to resolve,              especially considering they were best friends.

From two marriages made in heaven, all three now have one hell of a dilemma. And with Peter’s mother Up Here, too …                           well, she’s got her opinion!

The debut novel from Australian film & TV pioneer Jim Shomos. Up Here is a unique love-triangle featuring two dynamic women and one ro-man-tic; it’s a feel-good exploration of a modern romantic dilemma that asks the age-old question: what if?

Never too late

A man gets more than he bargained for on a holiday to Sydney,      thanks to a crafty seagull; one woman discovers it’s not just meals she’s delivering on the first day of her new job; in 1965, music, friendship and love collide; she is Ray of Sunshine by name and ray of sunshine by nature for the residents at the nursing home on Evergreen Road; one little girl’s life is changed forever when her teacher alters the marks on a report card …

In this wonderful collection of short stories, Ruth Philbrick shows us why it’s never too late to find love, make friends or take on a new lease of life where anything is possible. 

Never Too Late is a charming mix of humour, heartache and endearment. Filled with heart, the characters and their stories will be remembered long after the last page is turned.

A man gets more than he bargained for on a holiday to Sydney,      thanks to a crafty seagull; one woman discovers it’s not just meals she’s delivering on the first day of her new job; in 1965, music, friendship and love collide; she is Ray of Sunshine by name and ray of sunshine by nature for the residents at the nursing home on Evergreen Road; one little girl’s life is changed forever when her teacher alters the marks on a report card …

In this wonderful collection of short stories, Ruth Philbrick shows us why it’s never too late to find love, make friends or take on a new lease of life where anything is possible. 

Never Too Late is a charming mix of humour, heartache and endearment. Filled with heart, the characters and their stories will be remembered long after the last page is turned.

The Heat

Waldene

In the Valley of the Kings