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Beerwah Writers Group
HISTORIES AND MYSTERIES
Our group is proud to publish our latest anthology: Histories and Mysteries.
One book, seventeen writers, thirty-eight narratives. Another eclectic anthology from the Beerwah Writers Group. We invite you on a journey, to explore the unknown and tales of years long past. Spend an afternoon curled up on the couch and immerse yourself in the Histories and Mysteries of the Sunshine Coast and Hinterland Regions. Brought to you by a talented group of local people with a passion for writing, this book makes a wonderful gift and is a worthy contribution to any bookshelf, with the hope of inspiring others to discover their own creativity.
The Beerwah Writers Group are once again proud to publish their latest collection of short stories and poems. Each locally written, edited and designed, and printed here in the Sunshine Coast and Hinterland.
VARIOUS – ALL AGES
ISBN: 978-0-6458827-0-4
Paperback – 172 pages with photographs
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ANOTHER BOOK WORM’S DELIGHT
The Beerwah Writers Group are once again proud to publish their latest collection of short stories and poems. Each locally written, edited and designed, and printed here in the Sunshine Coast and Hinterland.
Christmas – Dreams – Fairy Tales – History – Humour and Satire – Love and Romance – Uninvited Guests …
are just a few of the topics covered, ensuring that there is something here for the most discerning of readers.
One book, eighteen writers, sixty-six narratives. Another eclectic anthology from the Beerwah Writers Group.
There is something for every bookworm in this latest collection of short stories and poetry – love and romance, loss, history, ideology, families, fairy tales and even a few furry friends.
Take a journey, explore the impossible, or just spend a pleasant afternoon curled up on the couch with these snippets from the lives and reflections of a group of people who find joy in writing.
A gift of local talent; a worthy contribution to any bookshelf; hopefully an inspiration to others to discover their own creativity.
VARIOUS – ALL AGES
ISBN: 978-0-6483279-7-4
Paperback – 162 pages
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A BOOK WORM’S DELIGHT
The Beerwah Writers Group are very proud to publish a collection of short stories and poems.
There’s a story for everyone in their latest book: A Book Worm’s Delight. Locally written, edited, designed, and printed here in the Sunshine Coast and hinterland. Take a journey across time and continents in this anthology of short stories and poems.
Experience –
… the last three seconds of a fighter pilot’s life
… an anxious night locked in the Tower of London
… a young girl’s dilemma in a country occupied by German forces
… the splendour and terrors of the Australian outback
… the joys and torments of love.
Action? Adventure? History? Drama? Comedy? Romance?
The book is divided into different genres, each with gripping stories to make you laugh, cry, gasp.
The Beerwah Writers Group know you will find something to your taste in A Book Worm’s Delight.
VARIOUS – ALL AGES
ISBN: 978-0-6483279-0-5
Paperback – 273 pages
BUY NOWPatty Beecham – Growing up, Rocky – A Rockhampton Childhood.
IBSN: 978-0-6452478-1-7
This is the book a Rockhampton Facebook Group demanded!
Sunshine Coast author Patty Beecham has written her early memoir, based on her family life living within the 5 Aboriginal tribes of Cape York, and Rockhampton and Central Queensland.
“This my story of an innocent childhood in a fractured family as we learn to live with each other, only to be torn apart after a tragic accident. It’s a Coming-of-Age story with my dad, Canon John Warby, OAM, as a community leader and Anglican priest. It’s a look back in time and reminiscing of a softer, kinder world, dealing with the changing world of the Seventies, and growing up in a small country town.
It’s a story of survival, overcoming bullies, and bringing myself up.”
The book is also be available in Digital and Audio formats.
“This is the book that the Facebook Group ‘Rockhampton: Remember When’ encouraged me to write. Without their gentle and persistent encouragement, this book would never have been written. These stories are the skipping stones of my life. A little from here and there, until the end is reached. Think of this book like a patchwork quilt, with stories and timelines gently overlapping.
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This is an important personal story of a turbulent political time in the early 1960s with life on Lockhart River Mission and the changing times within the community. A gentle reminiscing told through the protagonist Patty as she recounts her upbringing, and the difficulties of a family learning to live under the one roof.
Patty’s three older siblings attended boarding school, returning for only six weeks each year. Life on the Mission was also fragmented with the father out to sea for six weeks at a time on the pearling luggers. The first time Patty lived with her entire family was when she was four-years old!
The story notes the changing society with television and the Pill, and how a family struggle emotionally when the younger brother, a talented self-taught artist, is tragically killed two days before a family wedding.
Patty’s mother buys a corner shop at Keppel Sands, a small seaside community 40 kms from Rockhampton, and Patty has to learn to cope with school bullies in her first year of High School, and helping her father within the small, rowdy church community.
Rockhampton people still remember with great fondness Canon John Warby and Mrs Bunty Warby, as leading public figures in the small town. The group of people on the Facebook group ‘Rockhampton: Remember When’ encouraged Patty to tell her own story, and without their gentle and persistent encouragement, this book would never have been written.
Canon Warby was a Queenslander of the Year 1987 and received an OAM for his work with the Indigenous in later years.
Patty Beecham – These Days I live in Brissy – A collection of words and love letters to the ordinary.
I love to find beauty in the ordinary, and mundane. We are all a week from our own funeral, so cherish every day.
Look for the Light.
This collection of poetry follows my 45-year journey, travelling and working interstate: as I travelled around Australia, following the landscape of place, listening to country.
BUY NOWPatty Beecham – THE POETRY OF PATTY BEECHAM: The Light Between Breath 
“Part philosophical, part whimsical and playful, my poems are elegant thoughts and observations, a love letter to the ordinary, to nature, to travel, and domestic life.”
Patty is a wife, and mother of two, and a long-time member of the Beerwah Writers Group. This collection of poetry follows the writer over her 40-year journey, from life as a single girl living in Newcastle, through to her experiences living and working interstate: marriage, children, and grandchild, life and loss, as she travelled around Australia, following the landscape of place, listening to country.
Patty Beecham and spends her retirement living in Brisbane and Maleny.
Her poetry has been published in the international magazine Prism, winning several awards including The Professor Bruce Dawe, AO, Patronal Prize. She has had articles published in the Courier Mail newspaper, ABC Brisbane and Crikey.com.au.
Patty has been a member of the Beerwah Writers Group for 7 years. Patty was Australia’s first Roving Reporter for ABC Radio, and the first Funeral Photographer in Australia. Patty is a writer and poet, broadcaster, thinker and ideas person, who loves to drive road trips and see the land and country, and has recently created her own travel business within Australia. Interests include cooking, wine, and driving the Bruce Highway.
“I love to find beauty in the ordinary, and mundane. We are all a week from our own funeral, so cherish every day. Look for the Light.”
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Ian B MacLeod – DARK HORSE MOUNTAIN
Star and his herd of wild horses are abducted from their home at Dark Horse Mountain by an alien race from the planet Alpha in the constellation of Alpha Centauri.
Saved from death by three friendly Alphans, Star and his gallant band of horses are instrumental in saving Earth from a hostile invasion by the evil Dakar whose own planet is dying.
SCI-FI/FANTASY, WILD HORSES, ALIENS – SUITABLE ALL AGES
ISBN: 978-1-875552-36-8 (Paperback Edition)
Paperback – 155 pages with illustrations.
Part of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to: Tanesha Ashelford from Forest Glen Horse Rescue
Copies available by phoning Ian B MacLeod 0427 354 389
BUY NOWMore from Ian B MacLeod:
YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW
This book is a journey through Ian’s life covering the past fifty years.
Ian first started writing during the 1960s when he discovered the poetry and music of Rod McKuen who was a big influence on him, especially during his darker days as a struggling singer/songwriter.
Some of the writings developed into songs which helped Ian along the path as a Country music entertainer. As you will see, these were greatly influenced by the songwriting of the late Carl Perkins and the fabulous voice of the late Slim Whitman whose music he incorporates into his shows today.
POETRY/SONG/VERSE/CD – SUITABLE ALL AGES
ISBN: 978-1-875552-35-1
A5 Spiral bound with laminated covers – 92 pages with photographs & illustrations plus 15-Track CD
CD Track Listing: Rockabilly Cowboy; Goodbye, Joanne; Mountain Lowry Call; Buddy, Gene, Eddie, Elvis, Rick & John; Thank You, Mr. Perkins; Lovely Lady; The Whitman Yodel; Song For Jenny; Waterfall; Captain Moonlight; Big Ol’ Brass Bed; My Heart; Song In This Ol’ Guitar; Pickin’ Like Perkins; Rainbows & Teardrops.
All tracks (P) (C) Pinewood Records, 2010. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Copies available by phoning Ian B MacLeod 0427 354 389 or buy now online
Neil Halpin –
TALL TALES TRUE
The inspiration for this book came from the many stories associated with my life, travelling and working in Forestry and other related industries, such as farming. When I have shared these stories with others, they have always been received with smiles and encouragement to put pen to paper to record these True Tales.
This book is a collection of stories that include a brief history and explanation of why and how certain activities were undertaken. They are usually centred around a humorous character or event.
To order a copy of either of Neil’s books, please email your address or send a text on 0428757018.
GLASSHOUSE MOUNTAINS RESCUE 1965 – 2015
A thrilling collection of real-life stories of daring mountain adventures. Available locally from the author.
Cost is $12 pick up or $15 if posted. Buy from the Author
Sharon Millow –
HOW MUCH CAN MS KOALA BEAR?
This book tells of Sharon’s diagnosis with cervical cancer, a gruelling six-hour operation that was almost fatal, and a subsequent five weeks of Monday to Friday radiation.
It tells of family reactions and support and her subsequent recovery of this insidious disease.
Copies available directly from the Author or buy now online.
THE MonSter 
In March 2007 I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. It was then that I started keeping a diary to track my symptoms, the tests involved while being diagnosed, my feelings and the medications I was taking.
I also started a painting I eventually called, “Feeling Blue”.
All of these things eventually became the content of my book, “the MonSter“.
I am hoping that this blog will be of some help to some of the many people affected by multiple sclerosis, their families, friends…
Copies available by phoning Sharon Millow 0400 025 107 or buy now online.
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Robert Brooke – THE SHELTERING WOLF
If you had the ability to travel back in time to witness any one thing, what would it be?” Guy Curtis has invented an extraordinary device. With it, he develops a plan to send his best friend, Ian Lambie, back to Whitechapel, in the heart of London’s East End. Back to November of the year 1888, to the time of Jack the Ripper. The plan for Ian is simple; hide in the shadows at the scene of the Ripper’s last atrocity and discretely follow him as he leaves. See where he goes. Do nothing more than that. From such basic data, his elusive identity can finally be established. What could possibly go wrong?… Now, in the year 2023, the East End of London is suddenly seeing the worst murders in over 130 years and the police have no idea who is responsible. It’s almost as though a nightmare from a dark past has returned…
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Robert Brooke – THE PATHFINDER
An ardent passion for flying brings New Zealand born Peter Garland to the RAF and war- torn Britain. Very quickly he settles into the life of a fighter pilot with the help of romance, comradery and unmatched determination.
However, it isn’t long until Peter is plunged into the perils of air warfare where he faces not only the enemy, but also his own demons. Everything he holds dear hangs in the balance as injury, loss and the ever-present Nazi threat soon takes a brutal toll.
As the ravages of the war rage on, The Pathfinder operation takes Peter into the belly of the action where all his skills, talent and grit are put to the test. He and his trusty navigator, Gary quickly find themselves swept up in the treacherous turbulence of this great operation.
Little do they know that this mission will have life-altering consequences…
The Pathfinder is a tragically heart-warming tale of heroism and friendship. A story of how to overcome adversity when all seems lost. It shows that out of the depths of destruction and despair come hope, togetherness and strength.
With nostalgic charm, bittersweet triumph and poignant emotion, follow Peter on his epic journey through war, peace and love.
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Robert Brooke – Oradour
There are many dates that will live in infamy.
The 10th June, 1944 seems destined to be one.
In the months prior to D-Day, a young lieutenant is sent home to France to help coordinate the activities of the local Resistance groups in the central regions around Limoges.
When the invasion occurs, a French Resistance group spontaneously rises up against the Nazi occupiers.
One SS Regiment decides that this show of defiance will not go unpunished.
Reprisals are brutally conceived and ruthlessly carried out.
But the SS aren’t finished. Further reprisals are still being planned.
For the lieutenant, and the woman he has fallen in love with, there may yet be a chance to warn a prosperous, peaceful town of the plans the SS have laid for it, and avert a massacre.
If only they can get there in time.
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“A rare look at life in a Chinese Buddhist Monastery, as told by a former English nun invited to teach the monks English.
The myriad aspects of monastic life are all there: the rituals, the quirks, the experiences, the personalities.
Makes me want to move back to the monastery again and let the world go by.”
Bill Porter/Red Pine
Author of Road to Heaven and translator of The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
Copies available by phoning Hwa Rogers 0481 482 467 or buy now online.
BUY NOWLea Scott – ONE FOR ALL
How far will one person go for family?
Ex-airforce pilot Ricky Winger and his brother-in-law Ted stumble across an underground people trafficking racket at an abandoned airfield in Phoenix, run by a ruthless Mexican cartel. When they kill Ted, Ricky infiltrates the cartel’s ranks hell-bent on retribution. Now the cartel has kidnapped his sister and mother for ransom, and the only way to keep them alive is to unlock an age-old family secret to find a stash of money hidden in far-off Australia during a WWII plane crash. Ricky’s only chance to find the money is to re-build the rocky relationship with his estranged father, an agoraphobic war veteran living reclusively in the Australian bush, who holds the secret to its location.
Sassy, risk-taking undercover detective Sol Ramirez has only ever had one agenda as she climbed the U.S. police ranks – to track down the men who gunned down her parents and trafficked her into child prostitution. With her own personal agenda to avenge her parents’ deaths, can she keep her promise to Ricky to keep his family safe while he is away or will the cartel carry out their threat to send Ricky’s family home to him in pieces?
One for All is the first book in a series featuring undercover detective, Sol Ramirez. WATCH OUT FOR BOOK TWO!
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Lea Scott – ECLIPSED
By all appearances, Jade Sheffield has it all; a successful law career, intelligence, beauty… but a shadowy side of her personality has always lurked behind the facade, threatening to eclipse her otherwise conventional life. When she falls for high profile Gold Coast surgeon, Angelo Morley, she becomes tangled in the web of his deceit and shady underworld dealings. Discovering his only interest is to use her as a pawn in his latest scam, her yearning for revenge tips her even further into a snare of unpremeditated murder and panic driven self-preservation. But her crime is discovered by the person closest to her. Can she kill a second time in cold blood to protect herself – and risk losing herself to the darkness forever?
Moving between the glitter strip of the Gold Coast and the beautiful surroundings of Far North Queensland, this psychological thriller delves into the spiralling demise that anger and revenge can wreak on the personality.
Revenge is indeed a strong motivator. But when coupled with what is arguably the worst of the deadly sins: greed, the resultant mixture is an explosive concoction. In Lea Scott’s Eclipsed, not only are the elements blended but the fuse is set and lit. Ian Jay, Author/Book Reviewer/Radio Announcer
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Lea Scott – THE NED KELLY GAME
Australia’s most infamous murdering bushranger, Ned Kelly, has been dead for more than 100 years since he was hanged in Old Melbourne Goal. Now it seems he’s back from the dead – and he can’t stop killing!
He starts with the four youths who stole his skull from the museum as part of a teenage prank. They’re grown men now, and one by one they’re picked off and ‘hanged by the neck until dead’, just as Kelly was.
Felicity Simons, the one girl in on the teenage prank, is now a history lecturer at Australia’s oldest university. When warning messages from Kelly start to appear she embarks on a quest to grant his dying wish, hoping to put mad Ned’s spirit to rest. But has Ned Kelly returned, or is there a real killer out there? As the police begin to hunt the killer, Felicity soon discovers she could be his next victim…
Taking a well-known Australian legend and creating a whodunit is a refreshing concept. Lea weaves the plot well, describes the situations with skill and embeds enough red herrings to keep you guessing all the way. Ian Jay ‘Saturday Read’ ABC Radio
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Susan Usher – FOR THE LOVE OF IT 
Here is an open invitation to sample the delights of
‘For the Love of It’
Feel the mud of the battleground
Read Jane Seymour’s letter
Enjoy a family Christmas
Understand wanting to come second
Feel the wonder of a near death experience
Happiness, sadness, jealousy, love, surprise and ordinary everyday pleasure.
FICTION/SHORT STORIES/POETRY – SUITABLE ALL AGES
ISBN: 987-0-6483279-4-3
Paperback – 149 pages plus Bookmark. Cover by Chris Titmus
Copies available by phoning Susan Usher 0439 258 047 or buy now online
BUY NOWRon Wiseman 
– PRISM – CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL POETRY
Ron Wiseman is the editor of Prism and a valued member of our group.
This is the September 2020 issue of Prism. Our contemporary international poetry anthology has been around for seven years, publishing poets from around the world… over 7500 poems, over 500 poets…
As usual, the selected poems include everything that made the last few months what they were, many seasonal poems, and many exceptional poems of special inspiration.
Copies available by emailing Ron Wiseman rjwiseman@bigpond.com
Neville Saffron – A PLAIN BROWN PAPER PARCEL
This is the author’s first foray into fictional writing and he has chosen the theme of ‘A Plain Brown Paper Parcel’.
Each story is complete and portrays a completely different subject.
- Old time melodrama of an amateur detective
- A sinister town with a deep secret
- The courage of volunteer rescue squads
- The trials and tribulations of a misplaced bush mechanic
- Murder most foul in the outback of yesteryear
- A gentle love story with a different slant
FICTION/SHORT STORIES – SUITABLE ALL AGES
ISBN: 978-0-64832279-6-7
Paperback 286 pages. Cover artwork by Chris Wright
Copies available by phoning Neville Saffron 07 5496 4616 or buy now online
Other titles by Neville Saffron:
TALES FROM THE LIFE I LIVED
Be warned, the most used phrase in this narrative will be, “I remember…”, as I ramble through a rich and memorable, mostly irreverent, if not slightly off-beat look at life, with just an occasional bit of seriousness.
Also, be warned there is no rhyme or reason to this, basically no story; it just rambles. And all names of the people referred to have been changed to protect the innocent, but mostly my family who have long memories, and can be vicious when provoked.
I hope these mostly fictional rambling thoughts bring back memories of a time past, or at least bring a smile to your face.
MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/HUMOUR & ENTERTAINMENT
ISBN: 978-0-9943861-0-6
Paperback – 424 pages. Cover artwork by Chris Wright
Copies available by phoning Neville Saffron 07 5496 4616 or buy now online
MEMORIES FROM THE LIFE I LIVED
Neville presents an entertaining sequel to the very successful stories ‘Tales From the Life I Lived’. This new book describes the sometimes hectic, always chaotic, irregular adventures and pitfalls of his life throughout the 1950s, 60s ad 70s within his much-loved country, Australia. It provides an entertaining read as it rambles through parts of a full, interesting, and frequently challenging life.
MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/HUMOUR & ENTERTAINMENT
ISBN: 978-0-9943861-9-9
Paperback – 293 pages. Cover artwork by Chris Wright
Copies available by phoning Neville Saffron 07 5496 4616 or buy now online
MEMORIES OF MY WORKING LIFE
This book is a collection of light-hearted stories about the trials and tribulations of one person who, as a pimply faced uneducated fourteen-year-old boy, went forth into a totally unknown world; into a working life which began as a shearing shed roustabout, through to a managing director of an international pharmaceutical company, with many variations in between. Interludes mixed and varied, but in the author’s word, “almost always interesting.”
NON-FICTION/MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/HUMOUR & ENTERTAINMENT
ISBN: 978-0-6483279-5-0
Paperback – 224 pages. Cover artwork by Chris Wright
Copies available by phoning Neville Saffron 07 5496 4616 or buy now online
Ivan W. Bowden – THROUGH THE THICKET: A TANGLE WITH END TIMES
Unexpectedly and unceremoniously dismissed from his college lecturing position, Dr Edward J. Sutherland retires to the Sunshine Coast. His enjoyable fishing excursions on the Maroochy River are offset by a struggle with disputable and strongly held views of the future. He faces conflict within himself and with numerous others including his fishing partner, a newly imported American pastor, church members, a specialist physician, and a militant atheist.
The novel goes beyond entertaining through romance, touches of humour, and conflict resolution. Readers are exposed to vigorous and mentally challenging discussions at a surf club, a backyard barbecue, a prophetic conference, in a neighbour’s lounge room, and via email. They are forced to examine whether their entrenched views are merely inherited or rest on solid foundations.
A Reviewer wrote:
“This delightfully Australian tale regularly introduces characters who have you saying, ‘I know someone just like that!’ But don’t be fooled by the engaging nature of the story. Ivan Bowden has skilfully used his narrative to make some serious theological points–something the Bible also does very well.”
–Dr Ian Hussey, Lecturer, Malyon College, Brisbane, Australia
Author
Dr Ivan Bowden, now retired, lectured in theology, hermeneutics, homiletics, and New Testament Greek at Bible colleges in Australia for over thirty-five years, particularly at what is now the Brisbane School of Theology.
Availability
Readers can:
- Borrow the book from the Sunshine Coast Libraries
- Acquire a $10 copy (1 only available) at the special price of $10. (Note: The Kindle version below is recommended if you miss out on the $10 copy).
- Purchase it from amazon.com.au: Kindle version $12; paperback $40.82; hardcover $17.75
- Purchase it at Koorong bookstore (102 Brisbane Rd., Mooloolaba) $50.04