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Edited by: Sarah Macdonald

Published by Bantam, Australia and NZ, 2004.
Features the short story A Battle with the English Equipment by Nick Earls.

Led by the bestselling author of Holy Cow!, come away with some of Australia's most intrepid adventurers on a first-class trip around the world ...

Share the joys of travel along with a beating in a Russian bathhouse with Irris Makler, French Disneyland a la Nikki Gemmell, love and longing in Portugal with Christopher Kremmer, loathing and paranoia with Nick Earls in London, an unlikely bikie culture in Peter Moore's Vietnam, the perils of Sri Lankan dinner parties with Tim Elliott, living underground in New York with Caroline Overington, a Chinese haunting with Annette Shun Wah, getting off the beaten track in Japan with Tony Davis and discovering a whole other country after India with Sarah Macdonald.

Come Away With Me is the ideal companion to help you get away from it all, no matter where you are.

Edited by: Jessica Adams, Juliet Partridge and Nick Earls

Published by Penguin Books Australia (Puffin imprint), 2003.

Following in the footsteps of the best-selling and very popular Girls’ Night In anthologies comes a collection of never-before-seen stories, poems and illustrations from the who’s who of Australian and overseas kids writers, plus some fabulous celebrities. Over 30 writers have contributed including Morris Gleitzman, Andy Griffiths, Graeme Base, Garth Nix, Eoin Colfer, Jessica Adams, Andrew Daddo, Pia Miranda, and Ken Done to name a few.

All the royalties from Kids’ Night In will be donated to War Child, a worthwhile charity that helps children whose lives have been torn apart by war in areas such as Africa, the Balkans and Afghanistan.

Bedtime stories, rainy day stories, or holiday reads - there’s no collection like it. It’s a great kids' night in.

Edited by: Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson, Imogen Edwards-Jones and Nick Earls

Published by Penguin Books, Australia, 2002.
Features the short story The Italian Job by Nick Earls.
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Hot on the heels of the extraordinary popularity of the best-selling Girl’s Night In and Girls’ Night In, Gentlemen By Invitation comes the biggest book yet. This third book in the series contains even more stories from the hottest writers around, as well as cocktail recipes, hangover cures, music recommendations and much, much more from a glittering collection of celebrities.

Big Night Out is brimming with short stories from top-selling authors including Jessica Adams, Nick Earls, Kathy Lette, Marian Keyes, Candace Bushnell, Tara Moss and many more. Cocktail recipes and hangover cures from Jamie Oliver, Julian Clary, Boy George, Donna Hay, music recommendations for a Big Night Out from Nick Hornby, Natasha Stott Despoja, INXS and Debora Mailman, all punctuated by original drawings from the likes of Kaz Cooke, Reg Mombassa and Paul Livingstone (aka Flacco). Anyone who’s anyone is in this book, including Joan Collins, Kate Moss and Bob Geldof. All stories, tips, drawings and recipes have been donated free-of-charge by their authors, as once again proceeds go to War Child, to help children whose lives have been torn apart by war.

Edited by: Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson, Imogen Edwards-Jones and Nick Earls

Published by HarperCollins, London, 2002.
Features the short story Cabin Baggage by Nick Earls.
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A-list of contemporary writers, performers and celebrities invite you on a Big Night Out to remember...!

This book contains everything you need to guarantee a starry, starry night, from brilliant short stories to secret recipes for cocktails (and hangover cures) and DJ's essential listening for a night on the town.

And while you laugh, cry and feel just a little bit star-struck, you'll also be raising funds for War Child, the charity set up to aid children around the world affected by war. As if you needed any more encouragement to rub shoulders with the rich and famous...

Includes contributions from Julian Clary, Kate Moss, Boy George, Bob Geldof, Jamie Oliver, Nick Hornby, Nick Earls, Maggie Alderson, Jessica Adams and Joan Collins.

(From the promotional blurb for Big Night Out)

Sand between the toes, soft-serve ice-cream, the scent of baby oil, and the stillness before a thunderstorm - summer's here.

Twenty-one dazzling stories for summer reading by some of Australia's best loved writers and hottest new voices, evoking the languorous days, restless nights and indelible memories of summers past and present.

Edited by: Jessica Adams, Chris Manby and Fiona Walker

Published by Penguin Books Australia, 2001.
Features the short story Cabin Baggage by Nick Earls.
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Following the phenomenal success of Girls' Night In, you're invited to spend another night in with the hottest women authors in town ... and some fellas as well (under strict supervision, of course).

Over forty of your favourite writers have written stories specially for Girls' Night In, Gentlemen By Invitation, making it the chunkiest and funkiest book around. And since all of the proceeds go to the charity War Child, by buying this book you've made a difference to the lives of children devastated by conflict.

Guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and ... blush, Girls' Night In, Gentlemen By Invitation contains bedtime stories that your parents never told you.

(Jacket blurb for Girls' Night In, Gentlemen By Invitation)

       

Edited by: Jessica Adams, Chris Manby and Fiona Walker

Published by HarperCollins, London, 2001.
Features the short story Green by Nick Earls.
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They're back with a brand new collection of short stories for the summer - but this time they're leaving the boys at home.

So blow the dust off your Jimmy Choos, loosen those locks and grab yourself an ab-fab of a Girls' Night Out - you'll be raising funds for War Child as well as having a darn good read.

While the girls are away the boys can play - and boy can they play!

It's time to put your dirty feet up, switch on the box and enjoy a fourteen-pack, double-crust of a Boys' Night In - you'll be piling on the pounds for charity and having a wicked read.

(From the jacket blurb for Girls' Night Out, Boys' Night In)

'He could see her now in her clinging red dress, returning home late from somewhere after their father had sailed away to sea ... Often she would swing him off the ground and swirl him round and round, until, tangled in the long tresses of her hair and in the red folds of her skirt, they would fall laughing in a heap on the soft sand.'

Memories and imagination ignite the senses in this scintillating collection of stories for summer by some of the finest writers in the country.

Edited by: Philip Neilson and Helen Horton

Difficult Love: Twenty-Six intimate stories by contemporary Queensland writers.

Whatever love may be, we know it is never simple and seldom easy. So a group of talented writers responded to the challenge of exploring the theme of difficult love.

Difficult love takes many forms - humorous, dramatic, satirical, fantastic, and more. They an all represented in this sparkling and revealing collection. Venero Armanno's narrator despairs of finding love: 'He was a man in love and I was a man who could barely say the word.' Nick Earls revels love in all its unpredictability, Donna Lee Brien redefines the meaning of 'normal' love, Kim Wilkins deals with the difficulty of mother love, Katherine Wilson with obsession, and Stuart Glover with love as comic farce.

Whatever your experience of love, there is a story here for you.

Edited by: Jessica Adams, Chris Manby and Fiona Walker

Published by Penguin Books Australia, 2000.
Features the short story The Night Sky from Battery Hill by Nick(ola) Earls.
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Over thirty-five women from the global A-list of contemporary writers request the pleasure of your company for a Girls' Night In ...

Indulge in sexy stories of face-sucking, lip-smacking lust; discover the perils of email romance and Brad Pitt lookalikes; wallow in poignant stories of heartache and lost love; enjoy the dirty details of disastrous dates; and curl up with tender tales that promise that love is out there, somewhere.

And by buying this book you can help make a positive change in the lives of children caught up in the horrors of war. Proceeds from Girls' Night In will go to the charity War Child, and will fund education and communications projects for children in war-torn countries across Africa.

So take the phone off the hook and enjoy Girls' Night In - the ultimate all-night chick-flick.

(Jacket blurb for Girls' Night In)

Edited by: Sarah Neal

Published by Black Inc, 2000.
Features the short story Molecule by Nick Earls.

Are your eyes too puffy to see? Is there a lump like old chewy stuck in your chest? Is someone playing teppanyaki with your heart? Have you been... dumped? Haven't we all.

This is not a self help book. But reading these stories may prove to be extremely therapeutic. I mean, let's face it, there's bound to be someone who has had it worse than you.

And if you're a heartbreaker then prepare to identify yourself somewhere in here...

(Jacket blurb for Dumped)

Edited by: Carmel Bird

Published by Penguin Books Australia, 2000.
Features the short story The Goatflap Brothers and the House of Names by Nick Earls.

This landmark collection brings together the best Australian short stories written in the twentieth century.

From early bush life, through the Depression and the Second World War, to the fast lane of urban contemporary existence, Australian short story writers have explored and reflected our national identity and experience. The Penguin Century of Australian Stories represents, in one volume, our finest writers in all their modes: the lively comic fiction of Henry Lawson and Steele Rudd, the distinctive imaginations of Christina Stead and Patrick White, the experimental style of Peter Carey, and the highly lyrical prose of Brenda Walker and James Bradley.

Shimmering heat, hissing sprinklers, childhood memories, sexual awakenings, new beginnings, relentless waves, love lost and found ...

It's summer time.

Penguin Australian Summer Stories 2 is a collection of fine Australian writing for the first summer of the new millennium. It combines the work of some of Australia's best writers to guarantee hours of quality holiday reading.

(Jacket blurb for Penguin Australian Summer Stories 2)

Water, jealousy, sizzling heat, passion, freedom, death, yearning - all feature in Penguin Australian Summer Stories.

From a dark tale of passion to a most unusual ocean voyage, from an exhilarating boyhood joy-ride to a diving tragedy - this collection of stories for summer showcases the talents of well-known and upcoming Australian writers. Their stories, at once hilarious and sad, lively and restrained, make for great summertime reading.

(Jacket blurb for Penguin Australian Summer Stories)

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Sunny Garden is designed, written and maintained by Liz Perkins, in cooperation with Nick Earls, Penguin Books and Random House Australia. Any questions about Sunny Garden should be directed to Liz

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