Last update: August 28, 2011
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Cullen, Patrick. Collapsing Under Their Own Weight. Reader: Robert Grubb (August 21, 2011).
An estranged couple meet after some years - and circumstances have changed.
Patrick Cullen has won many prizes for his short stories including the 2003 and 2004 Age Short Story Awards and the 2005 Alan Marshall Short Story Award. His novel, What Came Between, was published to critical acclaim in 2009.
Taken from Best Australian Stories 2005, published by Black Inc.
- Carey, Peter. True History of the Kelly Gang. Read By: Paul English and Robert Grubb. (November 2005). ISBN 0 64258 928 3. ABC Books & Audio / BBC Audio Australia. AU$ 24.95. (GST inclusive)
Stock Availability: Reprint under consideration
New Zealand Price (GST inclusive): $29.99
Imprint: ABC Spoken Word - Adults'
Format: 1xMP3 CD
Description: The story of the bushranger who became a national myth.
Ned Kelly is as much a part of the Australian national myth as swag hats and kangaroos. From his meager beginnings, Kelly is forced into a life of crime by his pragmatic mother. As the unwilling apprentice of infamous highwayman Harry Power, Kelly becomes a sharp shooting outlaw.
Running Time: 4.5 hours.
Subject Category: FICTION
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- Carey, Peter. True History of the Kelly Gang. Read By: Paul English and Robert Grubb. (November 2001). ISBN 0 64255 884 1. ABC Books & Audio / BBC Audio Australia. AU$ 39.95. (GST inclusive)
Stock Availability: Available
New Zealand Price (GST inclusive): $39.99
Imprint: ABC Spoken Word - Adults'
Format: 4xCD
Description: Fierce, funny, steeped in Irish legend, and part of Australian folklore, this story paints a true picture of an Australia where English landowners skim off the country's best territory while government land grants allow the settlers just enough acreage to starve. Cheated, lied to and persecuted, by authorities, Ned Kelly retains no faith in his colonial masters - only in the power of words.
Subject Category: General & Literary Fiction
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- Carey, Peter. True History of the Kelly Gang. Read By: Paul English and Robert Grubb. (November 2001). ISBN 0 64255 883 3. ABC Books & Audio / BBC Audio Australia. AU$ 34.95. (GST inclusive)
Stock Availability: Available
New Zealand Price (GST inclusive): $34.99
Imprint: ABC Spoken Word - Adults'
Format: 4xCassette
Description: Fierce, funny, steeped in Irish legend, and part of Australian folklore, this story paints a true picture of an Australia where English landowners skim off the country's best territory while government land grants allow the settlers just enough acreage to starve. Cheated, lied to and persecuted, by authorities, Ned Kelly retains no faith in his colonial masters - only in the power of words.
Subject Category: General & Literary Fiction
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Crawford, Terrence. Trade Secrets. (June 2005). ISBN 0 86819 763 7. Strawberry Hills: Currency Press. 244 pages. Paperback. 210x135mm. AU$ 34.95.
Gibbs, May. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie: A Dramatisation (Audio). ISBN 0 64255 725 X. ABC Audio. 2 Audiocassettes. 126 min. AU$ 19.95.
The stories of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie have been read and loved by Australian families from one
generation to the next and many Australian adults fondly recall reading the famous Gumnut Classics
during their own childhood. In this ABC dramatisation, all the delightful characters are brought to life
in the stories of the intrepid Gumnuts and their good friends, charming Mr Lizard and Little Ragged
Blossom, who encounter the terrifying Bad Banksia Men and the wicked Mrs Snake.
Cast: Don Barker, Ian Boyce, Ted Caddick, Roger Cardwell, John Couch, Hedley Cullen, DulcieDavenport, Sheryn Dee, John Dick, Judy Dick, John Edmund, Jo England, Patrick Frost, Peter Goerecke,
Judy Gordon, Robert Grubb, Lachlan Haig, Johnathan Leigh, Debbie Little, Peter Merrill, Anna Pitman,
Barry Pitman, Emma Salter, Henry Salter, Barbara West.
Lawhead, Steve. Brown Ears at Sea. (1990). Audiobook. Narrated by Robert Grubb. Christian Blind Mission International.
No. CDs/cassettes/mp3-CDs: 2 cassettes (!!!)
Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word)
Price: AU$36.25
Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Robert Grubb
The TDK Australian Audiobook Award 1997 for the best work of Unabridged Fiction was won by Christian Blind Mission International for their production of Steve Lawhead's charming children's book Brown Ears at Sea, narrated by Robert Grubb.
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Yolanda Edens. Flying Down Under. (2006). Travelstory. ISBN 978-90-8539-553-9. Free Musketeers. 114 pages. Paperback. A5. €15.95. DUTCH.
Flying Down Under is a compilation of travel experiences and reports from the writer about multiple trips to Australia. The main theme is the search for the 'feel of Australia'. The writer not only wrote her own impressions down, but also interviewed Dutch immigrants and spoke to several actors from The Flying Doctors, among which Robert Grubb. She also followed the real RFDS on the job. The stories are entertaining and informative at the same time. Flying Down Under is the perfect way to travel to the country of 'No Worries' without leaving your comfy chair.
Sources: IMDB, NIDA, Bushfire Blonde's Diary, Lenore Smith Fansite, German Flying Doctors Fanclub,