COLLECTION
'where the science that is medicine bumps thrillingly against human fear, passion, despair and hope'
Dr Alec Logan
Foreword
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Old and new, great recipes, ... 'A goldmine of interesting information. Ever wondered what are the 10 most dangerous foods to eat while driving?'
RACT Motor News
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A big game hunter and explorer, death masks of poisoners and preachers, and a transprterd Irishman who escaped from Tasmania and became a respected US politician and Civil War leader ... Read more
'A great read [with] snippets of Midlands history, interesting photos and wonderful recipes. I was amazed to see a recipe on what to feed a baby kangaroo!'
Mayor Kim Polley
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First telephone call in the Southern Hemisphere ... Transit of Venus ...
Glimpses into the life and times of a small country town in the heart of Tasmania
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Aviator Harold Gatty, Dr WH Tofft & his tuberculosis sanitarium, life from the sheep's point of view, in the land that produces the best wool in the world
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NEWS
February 2012. 'Black Bag Moon: Doctors' Tales from Dusk to Dawn' is in production at Radcliffe. Publication date: June, 2012. More news as it develops.
Medical humanities
January 2012. I am now on the International Editorial Board of Hektoen International, an online medical humanities journal out of Chicago, USA, to which I sometimes submit short stories.
Your ideas very welcome. We're working on new definitions of medical fiction, something other than hospital dramas, medical thrillers, bodice-ripping romance and thinly-veiled personal reminiscences and anecdotes. Please throw in your two cents' worth!
Accepted!
17 November 2011. Black Bag Moon, the second work of medical fiction, has been accepted for publication by Radcliffe Publishing in the UK (http://www.radcliffe-oxford.com/).
Seeking publishers
The AFTBACK Chronicles
Contemporary satire. Three stuffed animals endure internet brides and bear poaching in China, autism in the Wild West and cyberspace psychoanalysis so their human mistress can endure a year's separation from her husband. Read more
Just Add Nauseam
Modern mystery. What lurks beneath the surface in Tasmania? Asylum seekers save the day. Eco-terrorists, old wills, egotistical chefs and a climate change scientist as murder suspect are waiting for you ... Read more
Other news
Secrets from the Black Bag
Recommended Text of General Practice Training Tasmania and Recommended Reading for the [medical] Association of Course Organisers in the UK.