{"id":7,"date":"2021-07-13T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T09:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-02-13T07:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:03:12","slug":"tasmanian-authour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/","title":{"rendered":"Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7\" class=\"elementor elementor-7\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88620d3 elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-items-top elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88620d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4941c13\" data-id=\"4941c13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15b56f8 elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"15b56f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;dropdown&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-chevron-down\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open eicon-menu-bar\"><\/i><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close eicon-close\"><\/i>\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Menu<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-15b56f8\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-114\"><a href=\"#nowhere\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">Nowhere Man and the Roadkill Lady<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-72\"><a href=\"#laststop\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">Last Stop Ladakh<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-43\"><a href=\"#playing\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">playing lady gaga, being nan pau<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-44\"><a href=\"#channeary\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">channeary<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-45\"><a href=\"#settling\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">settling south<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-46\"><a href=\"#eyeing\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">eyeing everest<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-47\"><a href=\"#stepping\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">stepping back<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-48\"><a href=\"#escape\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">escape to kalimantan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-49\"><a href=\"#tracking\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">tracking the dalai lama<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-50\"><a href=\"#dreaming\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">dreaming australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-51\"><a href=\"#surfing\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">surfing for wayan and other stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-52\"><a href=\"#packing\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">packing smack, talking wombats<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-53\"><a href=\"#oleary\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">O&#8217;Leary, JI Terrorist Hunter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-818b825 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"818b825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a49cd18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a49cd18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Me<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebeec0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebeec0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was baptised Steve Tolbert many long years ago in Los Angeles, California. Apparently I cried a lot as a baby and a few months later my parents split up. My father went to Alaska to live a semi-reclusive wilderness life, while my mother stayed to live the big city life in Southern California and in Seattle, Washington.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>I migrated to Australia in 1969 and since then I&#8217;ve taught English, Social Science and Indonesian in high schools in Sydney, Derby (W.A.), Perth, and at various places in Tasmania. In June, 2002 I bought a Bernese Mountain Dog \/ Labrador cross pup and partially retired to feed it. In 2009 I fully retired.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>My other big interest continues to be Asia. For a long time I\u2019ve hoped Australian students would feel inclined to learn more about the region. Hence, my stories have strong Asian themes and tend to deal with spiritualism, racism, culture clash and cultural adjustment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3398d0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3398d0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0215787\" data-id=\"0215787\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7518a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"e7518a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"nowhere\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dad3c27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dad3c27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nowhere Man and the Roadkill Lady<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f8f32c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f8f32c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Adult Novella<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ef313b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ef313b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fd26b3\" data-id=\"8fd26b3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c66ade4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c66ade4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In January, 2024, local Hobart publisher, Forty South, published my novella Nowhere Man and The Roadkill Lady.<\/p><p>Synopsis: Donny Taylor is a hermit living on Tasmania\u2019s remote west coast.<\/p><p>In back-story, we learn he was once a 60\u2019s Coogee Beach Rat and \u2018party-hearty seeker of shouting, laughing, people-crammed spaces\u2019 before his marble was drawn and he was sent off to Vietnam.<\/p><p>At the Battle of Coral Balmoral he\u2019s badly wounded, and after months of hospitalisation is placed \u2018gelded and resentful\u2019 on a Hercules and flown back at night to Australia.<\/p><p>Suffering PTSD, he seeks out psychological help and enrols at Sydney Uni, where he develops a liking for his studies, \u2018to imagine experience through patterns of words rather than incoming mortar rounds.\u2019 He also spends hours sitting on a Coogee Beach bench fixating on waves and memories of his pre-Nam times.<\/p><p>Gradually his PTSD worsens. He experiments with heroin and eventually becomes an addict.<\/p><p>When his mother dies, as atonement to his sister, he vows to end his addiction. Hampered by run-ins with old druggie acquaintances, he flees to Tasmania where he works as a council worker before an encounter with a heroin dealer sends him fleeing again to Tasmania\u2019s west coast and life as a hermit.<\/p><p>One day, decades later, while driving back to his shack he spots an elderly woman shovelling something off the road. Thinking she might be in difficulty, he stops.<\/p><p>She talks. He listens. Eventually she invites him back to her place for breakfast, as women her age have \u2018to take a few chances in life&#8230;\u2019<\/p><p>Donny has not been inside anyone\u2019s home, nor allowed anyone into his shack in over three decades. In the novella\u2019s second half, that and more will change as Donny\u2019s and Judy\u2019s relationship, largely fuelled by her vociferous manner and their love of animals, develops over ensuing weeks before&#8230;<\/p><p><span class=\"auto-style4\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d373c4\" data-id=\"7d373c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da49429 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da49429\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nowhere-Man-JPG-722x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-110\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nowhere-Man-JPG-722x1024.jpeg 722w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nowhere-Man-JPG-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nowhere-Man-JPG-768x1089.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nowhere-Man-JPG-1083x1536.jpeg 1083w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nowhere-Man-JPG.jpeg 1174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" style=\"width:100%;height:141.82%;max-width:1174px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1d86f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1d86f2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e71eadb\" data-id=\"e71eadb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9a6c9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"e9a6c9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"laststop\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a3f820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a3f820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Last Stop Ladakh<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a45e93 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a45e93\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae1fd43\" data-id=\"ae1fd43\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38fc5fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38fc5fa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9494167\" data-id=\"9494167\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d1e65a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d1e65a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Last-stopsml-643x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-67\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Last-stopsml-643x1024.jpg 643w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Last-stopsml-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Last-stopsml-768x1224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Last-stopsml-964x1536.jpg 964w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Last-stopsml.jpg 1147w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" style=\"width:100%;height:159.37%;max-width:1147px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08fd2d4\" data-id=\"08fd2d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38f4557 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38f4557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-400a278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"400a278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My second adult novel, <strong>Last Stop Ladakh<\/strong>, was published by Ginninderra Press in August, 2021. As with Playing Lady Gaga, Being Nan Pau, much of Last Stop Ladakh was researched during a trip; this time to Ladakh in 2017.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Transcontinental highwayman in his youth, Joe Broughton told himself vagabond living meant taking risks, cadging rides, living on the cheap. It could be scary, for sure, but intriguing too, his luck changing daily, having no idea what the next hour would bring or who he would be sharing it with.<\/p><p>Now a septuagenarian widower, his daughter working overseas, his best friend recently deceased, Joe senses \u2018a steady drum beat of routine messaging that tomorrow will be the same as yesterday; that getting old is no better than dying young; that the good life exists only in his memories.\u2019 As the decades-old embers of vagabondage stoke up again, he decides to head off into the unknown one last time, specifically to the Himalayas: quiet, Luddite-friendly, far removed from humanity gone Twitter-mad.<\/p><p>In Indian-occupied Kashmir, after his sister is blinded, his brother killed in a violent protest, Sameer Pandith joins Hizbul Mujahideen as a freedom fighter. When India institutes martial law, he is sent east to Ladakh on a mission of retaliation.<\/p><p>Joe and Sameer are fated to meet; first through an exercise in compassion, then in barbarity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98cda75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98cda75\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-367e3c7\" data-id=\"367e3c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b918fcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b918fcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"playing\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0292b47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0292b47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Playing Lady Gaga Being Nan Pau<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9b50f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e9b50f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e587b2 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e587b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e71948\" data-id=\"4e71948\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76bc53b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76bc53b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"auto-style6\"><span class=\"auto-style5\">In April, 2017 Lacuna Publishing published my first adult novel titled \u2018<\/span><strong><span class=\"auto-style5\">Playing Lady Gaga Being Nan Pau<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"auto-style5\">\u2019. Weighing in at 310 pages, it\u2019s nearly twice as long as any of my earlier Y\/A works. The novel was launched in May, 2017, at the Hobart Book Shop, again by Dr Pam Allen, former head of UTAS\u2019s Asian Studies Department.<br \/><\/span><\/span><br class=\"auto-style4\" \/><span class=\"auto-style4\">The story is set in Yangon, Moulmein and Hpa-an, Myanmar, as well as the Thai-Myanmar border region and the Derwent Valley in Tasmania.<br \/><\/span><br class=\"auto-style4\" \/><span class=\"auto-style4\">When Burmese girl, Mya Paw Wah, commits a crime in retaliation for the killing of her brother during a monks\u2019 protest march in Yangon, she is forced to flee the city in disguise. Military Intelligence agents, human traffickers, landmines and snakes are among the dangers Mya faces in her journey to Karen State, near the Thai border, to find her exiled mother. To survive, she plays many roles \u2014 bar-girl, novice nun, military porter, teacher \u2014 some by choice, others forced on her, as she struggles to overcome anger and despair, and maintain hope for a better life.<br \/><\/span><br class=\"auto-style4\" \/><span class=\"auto-style4\">Tasmanian youth Nick Stanish comes to Mae Sot, on the Thai-Myanmar border, looking for his missing brother \u2014 an aid worker at a medical clinic for Karen refugees \u2014 and to avoid dealing with a guilty secret. Seeking answers in the Snake Skin nightclub, Nick instead finds the local Lady Gaga \u2014 the club\u2019s star entertainer \u2014 and is drawn into a world of sex slavery, drug smugglers and refugees fleeing the long, drawn-out border war between ethnic Karen forces and the Myanmar army.<br \/><\/span><br class=\"auto-style4\" \/><span class=\"auto-style4\">Themes include the workings of despotic governments, Buddhism, human trafficking, Ethnic Burmese refugees and refugee camps and the roles Australian aid agencies like AusAid are playing in the troubled Thai-Myanmar border region.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4bd6f2\" data-id=\"e4bd6f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-004a83b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"004a83b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/playing.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/playing.png 491w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/playing-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" style=\"width:100%;height:149.9%;max-width:491px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa46cec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa46cec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"auto-style4\">Good Reading Magazine featured the novel in their May, 2017 edition.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacunapublishing.com\/index.php\/authors\/tolbert-steve\/playing-lady-gaga-being-nan-pau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Available in both print and eBook format from Lacuna<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab8f739 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab8f739\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9cb7cb\" data-id=\"c9cb7cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b29cc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6b29cc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"channeary\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9f7783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9f7783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Channeary<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c31154a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c31154a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60eecb0\" data-id=\"60eecb0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf2934d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cf2934d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/channeary.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/channeary.png 420w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/channeary-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" style=\"width:100%;height:151.43%;max-width:420px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43b87dd\" data-id=\"43b87dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d45f9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d45f9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e47fd1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e47fd1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My first book, CHANNEARY, was published by Addison, Wesley, Longman (now Pearson Publishing) in 1991. It was immediately short listed for the Multicultural Book Award and has sold more than 20,000 copies. High schools around Australia continue to use it as a set text, primarily for Grades 7-9 classes. It&#8217;s the story of Channeary, a young Cambodian girl who is tragically forced to leave her home when the Khmer Rouge take over her village.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Channeary flees to the Thai border where she arrives sick and starving.\u00a0 At a Buddhist monastery she is nursed back to health, then has no option but to live and work for years in a refugee camp.\u00a0 It&#8217;s here she meets the Australian nurse who eventually brings her to Tasmania.\u00a0 How she copes and doesn&#8217;t cope, and the help she gives and receives from an old solitary South Coast fisherman serves as the basis for the remainder of the story.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Out of Print<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-300ee17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"300ee17\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68c730f\" data-id=\"68c730f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5633e62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"5633e62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"settling\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a84642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a84642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Settling South<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97e4401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97e4401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8cd2175 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8cd2175\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c7b459\" data-id=\"0c7b459\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc0396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dc0396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Settling South is loosely-based on a tragic incident that took place in a bush house close to Hobart&#8217;s Mt Wellington some years ago.\u00a0 The story was published by Addison,Wesley, Longman in 1995.\u00a0 It&#8217;s my only story set entirely in Australia.\u00a0 But it still has strong Asian themes.\u00a0 When Tim&#8217;s mother dies of cancer at Lakes Entrance, Victoria, he has to go live with his reclusive, Vietnam War-traumatised father above Bright in the Snowy Mountains.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>There Tim finds that his father and a local policeman are still fighting the war, but now it&#8217;s against each other.\u00a0 Still under legal driving age, Tim nevertheless is taught how to operate a motorbike that is hidden away in a bush shed.\u00a0 While that&#8217;s going on, Tim witnesses how the conflict between his father and the policeman escalates until the eventual blow up occurs.\u00a0 When their bush house comes under siege, Tim is forced to use the motorbike to flee south to Dover, Tasmania, while avoiding apprehension by the police.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Out of Print<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5d51ac\" data-id=\"e5d51ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a150de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a150de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/settling.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/settling.png 420w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/settling-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" style=\"width:100%;height:152.38%;max-width:420px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f2ed0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f2ed0f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b57b44e\" data-id=\"b57b44e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebee3e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"ebee3e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"eyeing\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8087c7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8087c7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Eyeing Everest<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1102d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1102d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d50c216 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d50c216\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e409bb6\" data-id=\"e409bb6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2abe632 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2abe632\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/eyeing.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/eyeing.png 419w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/eyeing-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" style=\"width:100%;height:151.79%;max-width:419px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26bb0a2\" data-id=\"26bb0a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a85d64d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a85d64d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eyeing Everest is a semi-autobiographical story that was published by Addison,Wesley,Longman in 1996. Fifteen year old Meika lives with her mother in the northern suburbs of Hobart, but spends many of her weekends at her aunt&#8217;s place in the Derwent Valley.\u00a0 It&#8217;s here Meika is told stories about her father, a man with a love for the wilderness who left Australia for Nepal after Meika&#8217;s mother left him fourteen years earlier.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>When yet another affair ends for her, Meika&#8217;s mum commits suicide and Meika is left with the task of trying to unravel her mum&#8217;s last hours.\u00a0 What she finds out sends her life into a tailspin.\u00a0 She gets involved with Hobart street kids and soon is in trouble with the police.\u00a0 It&#8217;s Meika&#8217;s aunt &#8211; her guardian now &#8211; who assists her again.\u00a0 She arranges for Meika to travel to the Everest Track in Nepal to meet a father she has never seen before.\u00a0 What transpires on the Everest Track, in the Himalayas, forms the bulk of the story.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Out of Print<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce837b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce837b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aff1413\" data-id=\"aff1413\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920b285 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"920b285\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"stepping\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c05f34e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c05f34e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stepping Back<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e0d13d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e0d13d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fa60f2 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fa60f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-096afe6\" data-id=\"096afe6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75c5767 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75c5767\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stepping Back was published at the same time as Eyeing Everest.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a romance set largely in a Red Cross Hospital south of Phnom Penh. In 1996 it was judged a Notable Book in the CBC Book Awards.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Somaly is a sixteen year old part-Cambodian girl who has lived with her mother on the remote west coast of Tasmania since she was a toddler.\u00a0 Somaly&#8217;s mother was a nurse in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia when she gave birth to Somaly.\u00a0 Shortly after that, Somaly&#8217;s father was killed by a land mine and Somaly and her mum left the country for Tasmania.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Juxtaposed with Somaly&#8217;s life in Tasmania is the life of Keo, a traumatised Cambodian who lost an arm and his girlfriend in a Khmer Rouge ambush, and who now works as a hospital orderly on the Thai border.\u00a0 About the time Keo is informed that he&#8217;ll finally be allowed to return to Cambodia, Somaly&#8217;s mother in Tasmania finds out she has MS.\u00a0 If she&#8217;s ever to return to the country she has ached over for years, she must do it soon.\u00a0 So Keo from the Thai border, and Somaly and her mother from Tasmania step back into a war-ravaged country filled with stoical, quietly-spoken people who, despite the legacy of Khmer Rouge rule, genocide, an estimated one million buried mines and extreme poverty, are still to this day strongly imbued with Buddhist warmth, graciousness and compassion.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Out of Print<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c22681\" data-id=\"5c22681\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97f103e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97f103e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/stepping.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/stepping.png 420w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/stepping-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" style=\"width:100%;height:151.43%;max-width:420px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-150f32c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"150f32c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b200e18\" data-id=\"b200e18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ec4442 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6ec4442\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"escape\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee35fc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee35fc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Escape to Kalimantan<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ddb1e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ddb1e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e515ca3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e515ca3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cafce0\" data-id=\"0cafce0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3555fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c3555fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/escape.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/escape.png 420w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/escape-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" style=\"width:100%;height:151.43%;max-width:420px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67f86f1\" data-id=\"67f86f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f0b6b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f0b6b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Escape to Kalimantan was published by Addison,Wesley,Longman in 1998. As it contains a few sections of simple Indonesian, it would serve as a nice adjunct to the study of that language.\u00a0 It tells the story of fifteen year old Jack, who has been taught by his father, Arnold, to respect life, to feel a strong compassion for it in all its rich and varied forms. But the horror of 28 April 1996 changes all that. Jack&#8217;s sister is killed in the Port Arthur Massacre, and days later Jack&#8217;s mother leaves for good. When his father&#8217;s mental state begins to deteriorate, Jack realises he&#8217;s got to do something to help his father get on with life again.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Wild places and wildlife are Arnold&#8217;s passionate interests, so close contact with these, Jack believes, will provide his father with his best hope of recovery. He finds out about a place that has the richest animal and plant life in the world. It&#8217;s called Kalimantan &#8211; wild Kalimantan. Like his poster filled room, the perfect place to escape to, Jack thinks.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>But reality is rarely captured accurately on picture posters. In today&#8217;s world even the wild places and their inhabitants aren&#8217;t safe from humanity bent on destruction, as Jack and his father unwittingly find out.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Out of Print<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-814b53d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"814b53d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a4e111\" data-id=\"6a4e111\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-016a19f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"016a19f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tracking\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-313f6da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"313f6da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tracking the Dalai Lama<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d32e4b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d32e4b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-078eb9d elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"078eb9d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dae5916\" data-id=\"dae5916\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e5cfd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e5cfd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A month after Hyland House published this novel, Fuller&#8217;s Book Shop in Hobart set up a display of Tracking the Dalai Lama.\u00a0 They signposted the display and wrote &#8211; &#8216;For younger readers who think like older ones&#8217;. Perhaps they could have added &#8216;and who have an interest in the Himalayas, Tibet, Tibetans, the Dalai Lama and the Chinese occupation.&#8217;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>(An excerpt from Magpie Volume 16, No. 5, 2001) &#8216;Desperately needing a change of scene as she struggles to escape the malaise brought on by a tragedy involving her best friend, Jess accompanies her father on a trip to Northern India and later to Tibet. In Dharamsala they meet the Dalai Lama and &#8211; incredibly &#8211; for a few very eventful weeks, their lives become closely entwined with his. In the scoop of a lifetime, Jess&#8217;s journalist father is asked to cover the story of the Dalai Lama&#8217;s secret return to Lhasa.&#8217;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For older students &#8211; grades 9-12 students.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Out of Print<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8a878c\" data-id=\"b8a878c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc9a960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc9a960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/tracking.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/tracking.png 452w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/tracking-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" style=\"width:100%;height:152.21%;max-width:452px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c150cd4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c150cd4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2ad6b9\" data-id=\"b2ad6b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ea4c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"52ea4c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"dreaming\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d641cce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d641cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dreaming Australia<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff5fd34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff5fd34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b5085f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b5085f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52c3b4d\" data-id=\"52c3b4d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe5c0be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe5c0be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dreaming.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dreaming.png 469w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dreaming-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" style=\"width:100%;height:142%;max-width:469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61fa497\" data-id=\"61fa497\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcc1d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcc1d0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dreaming Australia was published in January, 2005 by Ginninderra Press.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>It tells the story of Soraya, a young girl from Masar e-Sharif, Northern Afghanistan. After her mother is killed in a missile attack, she is sent away with her brother and cousin to a people smuggler in Pakistan who will arrange for her to travel to Australia. But the journey through the mountains north of Kabul is dangerous, particularly after her two male escorts are commandeered by the Taliban to work as porters. Fortunately Soraya meets Muhammed, a rohani (or holy man), who guides her across the border to the city of Peshawar. There she meets her people smuggler who insists that Australians \u201cwill wave and shout their greetings and helpful officials will be at the dock to assist her.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Upon arrival in Australia, Soraya is interned in the Woomera Detention Centre.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ginninderrapress.com.au\/store.php?catalog\/search\/steve+tolbert\/date\/1\">Available through Ginninderra as an eBook<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d09782 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d09782\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4626c23\" data-id=\"4626c23\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b29325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b29325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;Dreaming<\/em> Australia\u2019s author <i>seamlessly integrates his research into the story. Set in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia and Australia, the author convincingly evokes each place and succeeds in subtly illuminating the strong differences between spiritually and materially based cultures. Dreaming Australia is a dramatic, exciting and moving story of a young girl\u2019s journey through terrible perils. Along the way she experiences huge losses and betrayals as well as unexpected, but heart warming friendships.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><p>Rosie Waitt<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae51f02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae51f02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a196327\" data-id=\"a196327\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d16e8d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"d16e8d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"surfing\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22f52a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22f52a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Surfing For Wayan and Other Stories<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156e081 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"156e081\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e03b8e elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e03b8e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-adeb10e\" data-id=\"adeb10e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc3959 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dc3959\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Surfing for Wayan and Other Stories was published by Ginninderra Press in February 2006. It includes seven stories, six unique settings, many divergent themes and characters:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Seventeen-year old Jacob returns to Bali in Surfing for Wayan. Once terrified of surfboards, he\u2019s there to surf wild for four people, including his brother killed in the 2002 Bali Bombing.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In Summits, Lhotse speaks by cell phone to her father who\u2019s dying in a blizzard on Mount Everest. Three months later she walks up Nepal\u2019s Everest Track to view that mountain and share her thoughts.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>A young Afghan reflects on the event that spurred him into becoming a suicide bomber in Remembering Nurila.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In Tunneling Cu Chi a Tasmanian boy, a Vietnamese-Australian girl and an American war veteran meet on a tour of Vietnam\u2019s infamous Cu Chi Tunnels. Each is there to resolve their Vietnam War issues.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In Another Door a friendship develops between a panic-struck girl going for her first driver\u2019s license and an old widower who\u2019s obliged to renew his license annually.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>During the bombing of Baghdad a young Iraqi-Australian boy struggles to make sense of media headlines in the prize-winning Sandy Heads.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>After his granddad dies in Fishing Manhattan, a boy learns that places change and it\u2019s important to love what you have.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For readers aged 12 to 112.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ginninderrapress.com.au\/store.php?catalog\/search\/steve+tolbert\/date\/1\">Available through Ginninderra as an eBook<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51919d0\" data-id=\"51919d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c92a44f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c92a44f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/surfing.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/surfing.png 473w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/surfing-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" style=\"width:100%;height:140.38%;max-width:473px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86e691f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86e691f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Surfing for Wayan and Other Stories is a fine, fine collection. What Steve Tolbert captures so well is the challenge of a person coming to terms with a world broader than they had imagined. His stories have a heart and soul &#8211; that is, in my mind, what sets them apart &#8211; and, at the same time, they entertain and beguile.&#8221;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Irene McGuire, Fullers Bookshop<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6224a53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6224a53\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd6bea1\" data-id=\"dd6bea1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa8d645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"aa8d645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"packing\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3033e0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3033e0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Packing Smack, Talking Wombats<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d9a6f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d9a6f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70c48fed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70c48fed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67192874\" data-id=\"67192874\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5954f52a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5954f52a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/packing.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/packing.png 471w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/packing-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" style=\"width:100%;height:141.83%;max-width:471px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c443b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51c443b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;<i>Steve Tolbert has intertwined two contrasting worlds and produced a riveting and engrossing novel. It evokes powerfully both the violence and police corruption of the drug scene in the Melbourne underworld as well as it does the natural beauty of Flinders Island and the integrity of the people who live there.<br \/>The writing is superb and has left me with a longing to visit Flinders Island while allowing me the illusion that I know so much about it already.<\/i>&#8220;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Viewpoint<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35a2d079\" data-id=\"35a2d079\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4224225d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4224225d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Packing Smack, Talking Wombats<\/strong>\u00a0(Ginninderra Press) was published in January 2007. The story is loosely based on recent cases of police corruption and gangland activities in Melbourne. Jackson is a seventeen\/eighteen year old girl with future plans for attending university. Through her first boyfriend, Ben, she unwittingly becomes involved in a St Kilda heroin sale that goes wrong. In order to protect Ben, she flees with the heroin supply to the supposed sanctuary of Flinders Island. Here she meets John, an animal-fixated vet science student, and Pete, a recluse who has lost his family in tragic circumstances. When Jackson\u2019s pursuers \u2013 in the form of bent, but entertaining Nick, and later, two employees of the corrupt Detective Inspector Michael Harris \u2013 arrive on Flinders Island, the entire island community is drawn into the sordid, violent world of gangland drug dealing.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thematically, city\/country contrasts and traditional Aussie values, particularly in remote areas, are strong. The novel would be highly suitable in a study of remote places, or the study of values education using Values for Australian schooling (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valueseducation.edu.au\/values\/\">www.valueseducation.edu.au\/values\/<\/a>), or in the study of illicit drugs in Australia. A study guide that focuses on these three themes is available at the end of the website.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ginninderrapress.com.au\/store.php?catalog\/search\/steve+tolbert\/date\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Available through Ginninderra as an eBook<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba9f18d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba9f18d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a41987\" data-id=\"9a41987\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d848ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"2d848ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"oleary\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af0a3db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af0a3db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">O'Leary, JI Terrorist Hunter<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcaf3f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcaf3f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young Adult Novel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4b4bfe elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4b4bfe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-480a39d\" data-id=\"480a39d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8db193a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8db193a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"auto-style6\"><span class=\"auto-style5\">O&#8217;Leary<span lang=\"en-au\">,<\/span>\u00a0JI Terrorist Hunter\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"auto-style6\"><span class=\"auto-style5\">(Ginninderra Press) was published in August, 2010. The novel is set in Clifton Beach, Tasmania and Bali and Central Java.<br \/><br \/>Michael O\u2019Leary\u2019s life as a \u2018weird and wacky\u2019 word-fixated student changes after his mother is killed and his father badly injured in a Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist attack. In the company of his alter ego, Bounty Hunter Clint, Michael travels to Indonesia intent on confronting JI operatives. At each stage of his mission, the seventeen-year-old meets mysterious people. None occupy his mind \u2013 and quickly his dreams \u2013 more than Sugi, a Muslim girl who may or may not be working with the \u2018enemy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f22d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f22d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span class=\"auto-style5\">\u201cMichael O\u2019Leary, the young protagonist of this novel, struggles with a mental illness that has defined his childhood and dictated his responses to events in his life. This is handled with extraordinary sensitivity and insight&#8230;<br \/><br \/>The novel is above all about loss and grief, but it never descends into sentimentality or mawkishness. For all the gravity of its subject matter, moments of deep despair are balanced by \u2018laugh out loud\u2019 moments of rollicking humour. So congratulations, Steve, on another meticulously researched and finely crafted work&#8230;\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Pam Allen<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f59c9e9\" data-id=\"f59c9e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2980a81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2980a81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oleary.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oleary.png 465w, https:\/\/stevetolbert.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oleary-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" style=\"width:100%;height:141.29%;max-width:465px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6539e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6539e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da66dcd\" data-id=\"da66dcd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9e4454 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-custom_html\" data-id=\"a9e4454\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-custom_html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\">\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Me I was baptised Steve Tolbert many long years ago in Los Angeles, California. 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