ACT Local Author Showcase  The Point by Marion Halligan


The Local Author Showcase at Civic Library reflects the ACT's vibrant, active and diverse writing and publishing scene. It contains copies of recent books by local authors.  All books may be borrowed.

Books stay in the Local Author Showcase for two years from the date of publication.  After two years, the books are added to the ACT Heritage Library for preservation or placed in the general lending collection of Libraries ACT.

Browse the Local Author Showcase or click on an author's name to see which of their books are available..

We are constantly adding to the collection and welcome  suggestions of authors and titles .

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A

Margitta Acker

Barbara Adams

Emma Adams

Liam Adams

Valerie Albrecht

Kristen Alexander

Lucy Alexander

T.J. Alexander

Emma Allen

Caroline Ambrus

Nola Anderson

Zoe Anderson

Libby Andrew

Charlotte Anne

Gaz Anson

Cameron Archer

Debbie Argue

Brendan Arnold

Vivien Arnold

Mehreen Arshi

J. Ashley-Smith

Dale Ashton

Timoshenko Aslanides

Azadeh Atri

Eliza Ault-Connell

Mark Austin

B

Barbara Baikie

Scott Baker

Angela Ball

Rochelle E. Ball

Sarah K. Balstrup

Lawrence Bamblett

Matteo Bandello

Felicity Banks

Rebecca Barber

Jennifer Bardsley

Erin-Claire Barrow

Emma Batchelor

Jack Batchen

Peter Batey

Ros Baxter

Soraya Bazyar

Joan Beaumont

Margaret Bearman

Patricia Beaton

Malcolm Beazley

Mafe Bedoya

Richard Begbie

Susannah Begbie

Allan Behm

Catherine Bell

Mary-Jill Bellhouse

Peter Bellwood

Sandra Bennett

Regina Berenyi

Phillip Berrie

Rhyll Biest

Serina Bird

Barbara Blackman

John Blaxland

John Blay

Merlinda Bobis

Paula Boer

Jenny Bond

Suzi Bond

Frank Bongiorno

Tim Bonyhady

Alison L. Booth

Vanda Boras Podravac

Jan Borrie

Lawrence Bourke

Frank Bowden

Nicola Bowery

Robert Bowker

Fiona Boxall

Stephen Boyden

Eileen C. Boyle

Robert Boynes

Ruth M. Bradbury

Jane Bradhurst

Jeffrey Bradley

Jennifer Bradley

Peter Bradley

E.J. Braggett

John Braithwaite

Larry Brandy

Noel Brown

Melissa Bray

Maleah Brazier

Vivienne Breen

Cynthia Breheny

Daniel Brewster

Scott Bridges

Emily Brindley

Russell Brindley

Michael Brissenden

Ellen Broad

Michelle Brock

Deirdre Brocklebank

Daniella Brodsky

John Brookes

Amanda Brown

Jonathan Brown

Naomi H. Brown

Nicholas Brown

Dorothy Brownrigg

Jeff Brownrigg

SG Bryant

Caroline Buchanan

Helen Joy Buck

Stephanie Buckle

Kirsty Budding

Fil Buffalo

Owen Bullock

Sandra Burchill

Trish Burgess

Peter Burness

Shelley Burr

Pamela Burton

Mark Butz

E.F. Byrne

Michael Byrne

Jason Byrnes

Jeremy Byrnes

C

Robyn Cadwallader

Adrian Caesar

Hilary Caldwell

Jo Callaghan

Richard Calver

Melanie Calvert

David W. Cameron

Kelly Cameron

Milton Cameron

Colin Campbell

Colly Campbell

Lucy Campbell

Gemma Carey

Phillipa Carmody

J.J. Carpenter

John T. Carroll

Monica Carroll

Tabitha Carvan

Maureen Cashman

Lisa Cassidy

Lina-Marie Catto

Danielle Celermajer

Marilyn Chalkley

Gabrielle Chan

Amaris Chapman

Catherine Chapman

Shona Chapman

Juliet Checketts

Milena Cifali

Scott Cirakovic

Peter Clack

John Clanchy

Philip Clark

S.R. Clark

Patricia Clarke

Paul Cliff

Grant Clifford

Diana Marlay Cole

MR Collard

Paul Collins

Victoria Collins

Paul Collis

Matthew Colloff

Lenore Coltheart

Howard Conkey

David Conley

John Connor

Brian D. Cooke

Carol Cooke

Natalie Cooke

Dominic Cookman

Michael Cooney

Caroline Cooper

E.M. Cooper

John Cope

Deanna Copeland

Craig Cormick

Greg Cornwell

Meredith Cosgrove

Sean Costello

PS Cottier

Peter Cotton

Spiros Coutroubas

Kate Cramond

Belinda Cranston

Christine Crawford

Dave Crawford

Jen Crawford

Julian Cribb

Robert B. Cribb

Susannah Crispe

Ken Crispin

Elisa Cristallo

Ryan Cropp

David Crowe

Shaun Crowe

Jan Curren

Vesna Cvjeticanin

D

Paul Daley

Mistie Dal Molin

Matt D’Aquino

Julian Davies

Tanya Davies

Laura Dawes

Greg Dawson

Peter Dawson

Manav Dedhia

Pauline Deeves

Kym Degenhart

Grace De Morgan

Rebecca Dengate

Richard Dennis

Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern

Nicholas Dibley

Martin Dolan

Kieran Donaghue

Rob Donnelly

TP Donohue

Bronwen Douglas

Peter Dowling

Graham Downie

Jane Downing

Karen Downing

Michaela Draca

Nicholas Drayson

Aaron Dries

Lauren Dubois

David Dufty

Adam Duncan

Deanne Duncombe

Clive Dyer

E

Alex Eagleton

Paul Easther

Peter Edgar

Suzanne Edgar

Grant Edwards

Mel Edwards

Elizabeth Egan

Paul Eggert

Andrew's Einspruch

Theodore Ell

Livia J. Elliot

Mal Elliott

Alexander Ellis

Florina Enache

Helen Ennis

Brooke Erins

Russell Erwin

F

John Falzon

Niloofar Fanaiyan

Sergio Famiano

Cormac Farrell

Roger Farrow

Dare Fasugba

Rose Fatone

Tina Faulk

Samantha Faulkner

Nigel Featherstone

BCR Fegan

Clinton Fernandes

Khadija Mustansir Ferozpurwala

Paul Ferrar

Alan Fewster

Amelia Fielden

Stewart Firth

Annette Fisher

Michael Fitzgerald

Lyn Fitzsimmons

Caren Florance

Tony Flowers

Dianne Fogwell

Dennis Foley

Jo Forestier

Joseph Forshaw

Stephen Glynn Foster

John Foulcher

Karen Fox

Tom Frame

Damien Francis

Josh Francis

Greg Fraser

Ian Fraser

Ken Fraser

Jaemin Frazer

Peter Freeman

Jackie French

Jessica Friedman

Catherine Frieman

Mitch Frost

Jacinta Froud

Stephan Frühling

Kate Fullagar

Lisa Fuller

Odette Fuller

G

Andrew Galan

Bruce Gall

Bill Gammage

Joshua Gans

Bob Gardiner

Ross Garnaut

Merryn Gates

Joelle Gergis

Malcolm Gerloch

Ardeshir Gholipour

Brenda Gifford

Stephen Gilfedder

Rob Ginnivan

Nicole Godwin

Jane Golley

Cameron Gordon

Sandy Gordon

Tjanara Goreng Goreng

Ginger Gorman

Samia Goudie

Alan Gould

Steve Gower

Joyce Graham

Anne Gray

Denis R. Gray

Stephen Gray

Robert Green

Molly Greene

Tom Greenwell

Alastair Greig

Emma Grey

Tom Griffiths

Sasha Grishin

Anita Gupte

H

Hazel Hall

Kimi Hall

Susan Hall

Marion Halligan

Clive Hamilton

Robert Hamilton

Chris Hammer

Penelope Hanley

Graham Hannaford

Chris Hansen

Donna Maree Hanson

Stephen Harris

David Harrison

Keith Harrison

Ian Hart

R. K. Hart

Hollie Hartwright

Matt Harvey

Toni Hassan

Allan Hawke

Sam Hawke

Tracey Hawkins

Katherine Hayes

Peter Haynes

Geoff Hazel

David Headon

Amanda Heal

Sonya Heaney

Jack Heath

Leanne Heffernan

Christine Helliwell

Dr Ian Henderson

Robbie Henderson

Marie Henkel

Misty Henkel

Paula Henriksen

Chic Henry

JL Herald

Elanna Herbert

Stephen Herczeg

Paul Hetherington

Matthew Higgins

Anthony Hill

Bernadette Hince

Kathryn Hind

Bernie Hobbs

C. A. Hocking

Gerard Hogan

Karin Holmes

Eugene Holzapfel

Kristen Holzapfel

Robert Hood

Joy Hooton

Courtney Hope

Genevieve Hopkins

Phil Hore

Geoffrey Horne

Adrian Horridge

Jennifer Horsfield

David Horton

Donna Hosie

Kerry Howard

Stuart Howie

Klaus Hueneke

Alexandra Hughes

Jennifer Hume MacDougall

Andrew Hutchinson

Nina Hvoslef

I

Ayesha Inoon

Ron Irlam

Frances Isaac

Franchesca Isla

J

Lindsay Jacob

Kris Jacobsen

Gerry Jacobson

Subhash Jaireth

Cam James

David M. James

Rebecca James

Suzi J. Jarvis

Liam Jennings

Hélène Jermolajew

Peter Job

Alan J. Jones

Graham Joyner

K

Selma Kaasinen

Nina Kavunenko

Bernard Keane

Stephen K. Kelen

E.J. Kellett

Lindsay Kelley

Gary Kent

Jennie Kew

Alysha King

Rory King

Suzanne Kiraly

Kathy Kituai

James Knight

Mark Koehler

Katie Kolenberg

S. A. Kosky

Mark Kramarzewski

Dani Kristoff

L

Margot La Fontaine

Harry Laing

Helani Laisk

Jonathan Laloz

Julieanne Lamond

John Lascelles

Amanda Laugesen

Amy Laurens

Penelope Layland

Elizabeth Lea

Jeanine Leane

Lesley Lebkowicz

Sarah Lebner

Catherine Le Brun

Ing Ledlie

David Lee

Sharn Lee

Tracey Lee

Andrew Leigh

Miranda Lello

Renai LeMay

Kathryn Leo

John Leonard

Steve Lewis

Chloe Lim

Doug Limbrick

Joshua Limbrick

David Lindenmayer

David Lindley

Ryan K Lindsay

Jono Lineen

Steffi Linton

Kate Liston-Mills

Gavin Lockwood

Sandi Logan

Elaine Lomas

John Lombard

Gary Lonesborough

Jessica Love

Ian Lumsden

Grace Lustri

M

George Maccall

Hugh Mackay

Deirdre Macken

Robert Macklin

Paul Magee

Majura Café Poets

William Maley

Jacqui Malins

Kirsten Maron

Freya Marske

Katrina Marson

Brett Mason

Charles Massy

Emma J Mathews

Kate Matthews

Danni  Maynard

Robyn McAdam

Moira McAlister

Joy McCann

Julie McCarron-Benson

John F. McCarthy

Tania McCartney

Catherine McCullagh

Andrew McDonald

Laurie McDonald

Samantha McDonald

Marissa McDowell

Ian McFarlane

Ann McGrath

Amelia McInerney

Annabelle McInnes

Sue McIntyre

Dwaine McMaugh

Stuart McMillen

Jenni McMullan

Clare McNamara

Debbie McNeill

Catherine Meatheringham

Rory Medcalf

L. M. Merrington

Tim Metcalf

Damian Michael

S.V. Middleby

Karen Middleton

Cedric Mims

Grace Minehan

Jennifer Mistmorgan

Evie Mitchell

John C. H. Mitchell

Charlie Modrak

Jim Molan

Natasha Molt

J. G. Montgomery

Bruce Moore

Jenny M. Morris

Elizabeth Morrison

Jane Morrison

Marjorie Morrissey

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Steve Morton

Andrew Geoffrey Kwabena Moss

David Mossop

Angela Moyle

Patrick Mullins

Katharine Murphy

Lizz Murphy

Omar Musa

N

Satendra P Nandan

T. R. (Tim) Napper

Asha Naznin

Lucy Neave

Kylie Needham

Kerrie Nelson

Ava Ness

Maurice Nevile

Jack Newman

Telesha Newman

Gina Newton

Odette Nightsky

Leo Nix

Jonathan Nolan

Melanie Nolan

Barbara Norman

O

Laurie Oakes

Daniel Oakman

Hangama Obaidullah

Molly Townes O'Brien

Mick O'Donnell

Bill Oliver

Helen Ollerenshaw

J. Olsen

Jerry Olsen

Penny Olsen

Brian O'Malley

Daniel O'Malley

Diana O'Neil

Narelle O'Rourke

P

Moya Pacey

Cassandra Page

Geoff Page

Albert Palazzo

Shannyn Palmer

Peter Papathanasiou

Samara Parish

Bic Parker

Amber Parr

Anuj Patel

Zoya Patel

Jill Paterson

Leanbh Pearson

Aaron Pegram

Benjamin Penny

Sharon Peoples

Alex Perez

Dion Perry

Michael Pert

Simon Petrie

Philip Pettit

Robert Phillips

Janette Pieloor

Maura Pierlot

Anita Pisch

Hugh Poate

Gillian Polack

Dianne Porter

Liz Posmyk

Cayla Pothan

Abra Pressler

Hayley Price

Peter Prince

Kate Prior

Yenn Purkis

Andra Putnis

Leonie Pye

Q

Qin Qin

George Quinn

R

Laura Rademaker

Peter Ramm

Sallie Ramsay

Jennifer Rayner

Aura Redwood

Stephanie Owen Reeder

Peter Rees

Tim Reeves

Gordon Reid

Tony Reid

Sandra Renew

Diana Reynolds

Sarah Rice

Michael Richards

Matthew Ricketson

Paul Ritchie

Libby Robin

Barbie Robinson

Sarah Rodgers

Roger Rooney

Nicole Rowsell

Kim Rubenstein

Roslyn Russell

Jennifer Ryder

Kelly Ryner

Sally Rynveld

S

Mark Salter

Cristina San Martin

James Sanderson

Rachel Sanderson

Anny Sarmiento

Bronwyn Saunders

James D. E. Savill

Niki Savva

Sarah Schofield

Lauren Searson-Patrick

Kaaren Sephton

Martin Sessions

Sasa Sestic

Leife Shallcross

Steve Shann

Maggie Shapley

L.J. Sharp

Stirling Sharpe

Anaya Siddhartha

Devon Sillett

Carlie Simonsen

Sukhraj Singh

Maree Sirois

Deirdre Slattery

Annika Smethurst

Fred Smith

Jan William Smith

Marcus Smith

Melinda Smith

Shane W. Smith

R. A. Soames

Jon Sommariva

Barrina South

Tony Southwell

Cat Sparks

Timothy Spence

Jessika Spencer

Peter Spencer

Nathan Spiteri

Kathryn Spurling

Alysia Ssentamu

Michael Ssentamu

Peter Stanley

Shane Stark

Val Starr

Caiti Stevens

Tim Stiles

Craig Stockings

Philida Sturgiss-Hoy

Bjorn Sturmberg

Sarah St Vincent Welch

Sherene Suchy

Carmel Summers

Kaaren Sutcliffe

Denise Sutherland

Jill Sutton

Joel Swadling

Nick Swain

Mia Swainson

T

KJ (Katie) Taylor

McComas Taylor

Julian Teh

Natasha Telfer

Nick Terrell

Abraham Thomas

Neva Thomas

Gemma Thomson

Peter Thomson

Diana Thompson

Elizabeth Anne Thompson

Sally Thorne

Amanda Thorson

Samantha Tidy

Paul Tilley

Nancy Tingey

Laura Tingle

Sam Topalidis

Helen Topor

Daylen Torres

Celia Torres-Villanueva

Shannon Tow

Mark Tredinnick

Kerry Truelove

Lena Turvey

James Tweddle

Anastasia Tyler

Royall Tyler

U

Chris Uhlmann

Kim Ulrick

Shelly Unwin

Simon Upward

V

Dylan Van Den Berg

Wouter Van de Voorde

Krista Vane-Tempest

Keely Van Order

Krista Vane-Tempest

D.P. Vaughan

Tammy Ven Dange

Lorese Vera

Robert Verdon

David Vernon

Karen Viggers

Sam Vincent

Cornelis Visser-Marchant

Felicity Volk

W

Margaret Wade

Bruce Walker

Chris Wallace

Sarah Wallace

Xavier Wallace

Joanne Wallis

Kerry-Anne Walsh

Benjamin Walters

Biff Ward

Kaaren Warren

David Watson

Hugh Watson

Mary-Lyn Wearne

Anna Weatherly

Jen Webb

S.M. Webber

Irina Webster

Kathy Weeden

Courtney Weiss

Roger Wheatley

Hugh White

Cate Whittle

Jordan Williams

Kimberly Williams

Rhian Williams

Tony Steven Williams

Zillah Williams

Kaya Wilson

Kim Winter

Michael Winters

Susan Mary Woolcock Withycombe

Pieter Woittiez

Luke Woodhead

Martin Woods

Angela Woollacott

Emily Wrayburn

Brendan Wright

Derek F. Wrigley

Y

Cham Zhi Yi

Z