The Overlander’s Handbook
Id Press, Perth, Western Australia, 1976
$10.00
Synopsis
Our yearlong journey in a van with two young children across the world from England to Australia, written as a how-to book for the many people who followed the Hippy Trail in the 1970s, when such a thing was possible. Beautifully illustrated by David Gregson.
It will be on display at the end of 2024 in the Geography Museum at the University of Padua, as part of an exhibition of travel books, curated by Gian Paolo Chiari.
My Name is Pablo Picasso
Currency Press, Sydney, NSW
$8.00
Synopsis
This Cubist play encapsulates Picasso's life and work in a play that lasts for 90 minutes, using slides and magic to show the whole range of Picasso's life and art. It has been performed all over Australia, as well as in NYC and Washington USA.
The New Life
Currency Press,, Sydney, NSW
$10.00
Synopsis
A lonely British immigrant falls in love with a disc jockey as she struggles to adapt to life in Australia. This play was a set book on the New South Wales leaving certificate and has been performed in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, Australia,
Praise the Egg
Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1981 (Republished in paperback 1989) Illustrated by David Gregson
$15.00
Synopsis
Life through the eyes of a flock of chickens. This story took years of observation and 6 weeks to write . It is an accurate account of the life of a chook (Australian for chicken). My book won the Angus & Robertson prize for the best new novel of 1981. It is beautifully illustrated by David Gregson.
In 2009 a musical, Praise the Egg! was directed by Elaine Meder Wilgus, music by Richard Biever, at the State Theater, State College PA, USA
