BOOKS

"This anthology of creative explorations on death and dying, is both a generous act of service and an important contribution to a literary field that deserves greater support. Australians' death literacy - our understanding of death, dying and grieving, and how to respond when exposed to them - is unfortunately low. No experience is more certain, yet we frequently ignore the topic as though that will somehow prevent it. Discussions of death and dying, ageing, mortality, end-of-life planning, and voluntary assisted dying are of great public interest in NSW and nationwide. This collection is an artistic and creative intervention into these issues, and it will undoubtedly achieve social impact for the public good." Felicity Blake, Director; The Dove Media.

Like a magic carpet ride, my stories unfold before you. Knowing the limitations of revealing a whole life, my memoir offers glimpses into rich and exciting life events.

This is Maureen's debut novel (fiction)

You will read about women's resilience, experiencing a different way of life in the Top End, and its health system, the beautiful Daly River, abundant bird life and of course the mysterious Banyan tree.

Are you at a turning point in your life?

This book offers a glimpse into the world of ceremony and how the right ceremony for you can bring clarity, joy, and transformation. Ceremonies, or rites of passage as they are sometimes called, have been often shut out of our lives.

This book revisits Ceremonial possibilities.

The Practical Book of Ceremonies for the Southern Hemisphere will help you create new possibilities.

Behind the Label: The Naked Truth, is a lighthearted look at fashion. It exposes the way clothes affect our lives. This happens both personally as we use our clothes for fun, power and subjugation, and environmentally as our clothes daily contribute to the destruction of our planet. Clothing is one of the biggest polluters in the world. Every 10 minutes in NSW alone we dump 6,000kg of used clothing to landfill.

An intelligent and reader-friendly book, there is little doubt that this is a highly insightful work that deserves to be widely read. read more...

From their wealth of experience as health professionals in nursing, caring, education and management and the odd sideline as a tourism operator, the authors have had the priviledge of sharing the life experiences of many ordinary "bread-and-butter" women. They found their humour, resilience and insight a revelation and that being a sexagenarian can be both fullfilling and exciting.

The vitaility, insights and "love of life" demonstrated in this book are truly inspirational. read more...

To gather these inspirational vignettes, Maureen and Joan interviewed women in Australia and New Zealand. "Glimpses into the lives of Positively Aging Women" gives us an opportunity to consider how older women, aged seventy to hundred and beyond, are contributing to the well-being of our community. By describing the unsung lives of these women we get a glimpse of how maturity really is and can be, rather than the negative myths often presented by the popular media. Myths such as "we're all going to end up in a nursing home you know!" and "the aged are such a drain on the tax payer".

Maureen and Joan delight in exploding these false myths of maturity and their book "Glimpses" does this both poignantly and beautifully, making it a fabulous and uplifting gift for mother, sister, aunt or friend. read more...

This small, but very beautiful, book uses both text and images to express the vibrancy of the dynamic journey into wisdom. read more...