The Gift: The First Book of Pellinor (The Treesong Trilogy)

Literature & Fiction

Croggon, Alison

Contemporary

Puffin Books

Never Read- may have light wear to the cover or edges- Ships in 1 business day from my GA location!

The Riddle

Penguin

Penguin??Books

New and Selected Poems 1991-2017

“Alison Croggon is one of the most powerful lyric poets writing today.” – Australian Book Review Raw, passionate and dazzling, Alison Croggon’s poetry confronts a world fractured by different kinds of violence – patriarchal, colonial, sexual and emotional – and finds there a difficult beauty. New and Selected Poems 1991-2017 brings together works from all nine of her published collections, new poems and previously unpublished work. It demonstrates the full range of her art: formally inventive, intellectually curious and stylistically assured.

Literary

Newport Street Books

Alison Croggon is one of the most powerful lyric poets writing today."- Australian Book Review Raw, passionate and dazzling, Alison Croggon's poetry confronts a world fractured by different kinds of violence - patriarchal, colonial, sexual and emotional - and finds there a difficult beauty. New and Selected Poems 1991-2017 brings together works from all nine of her published collections, new poems and previously unpublished work. It demonstrates the full range of her art: formally inventive, intellectually curious and stylistically assured."It is in the supra-personal realm that these two most interestingly experimental poets [MTC Cronin and Alison Croggon] seem to be going. Their lyric 'I' is not the often vapid, dull but clever 'I' or lack of it that often prevails in some curiously passive male poetry. Both accord with Tielhard de Chardin who, in The Phenonenon of Man, states: 'To be fully ourselves it is...in the direction of convergence with the rest that we must advance - towards the other'. They have poetic voices flexible enough to avoid the fixity and biographical connection that makes the first person problematic. ...These poets transcend the lyric 'I', not by defusing it in a polymorphous voice, but by being innovative. They accept the solipsism of existence and the consequent emotive authority of the self as the traditional core of what constitutes poetry. Yet they are profoundly liberated from the oppressive politics of the narrow self."- Patricia McCarthy, Agenda"Alison Croggon's poetry is distinguished by passion, intelligence and intense moral honesty."- George Szirtes

Poetry

Fleshers: Book One of Newport City

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keene, Daniel

Science Fiction

Product Description 
The revolution has begun. But where does it end? 
The stakes have never been higher. The banns are in lockdown, making it all but impossible for Dez, Bo and their friends to resist the increasing authoritarianism of Newport City. Bo believes that the mysterious power of the water is the key to winning their struggle, but Dez is deeply troubled about his increasing obsession. Meanwhile up-and-coming soap star Erin Saba is in trouble. 
In Newport City, there’s nowhere to hide. Especially if you’re Erin Saba... 
Pinkers is the powerful sequel to Fleshers. From award winning writers Alison Croggon and Daniel Keene comes Newport City: a story of resistance, rebellion and love in a future not so far from our own. 
”The coolest science fiction I've read in years - if cyberpunk dystopian SF is your jam, I highly recommend this amazing book.” - Ellie Marney 
“A vividly imagined post-collapse story, anchored by a sharp understanding of the ways imperfect people confront an oppressive government.” - Kate Elliott 
What readers are saying about Fleshers: 
"Quantum perfection." 5 stars Amazon 
"Gritty, fast-paced, intelligent dystopian sci-fi. An intense and satisfying ride." 5 stars Amazon 
"Cyberpunk plus shapers plus dread diseases set in a future where human beings are the odd ones out." - 5 stars, Goodreads 
"Fleshers is a story about systemic racism. Fleshers is a story about queer folx who are searching for their safe place. Fleshers is a story about police brutality. Fleshers is a story about protests and riots and oppressed peoples fighting back. Fleshers is a gift of a novel." 5 stars Goodreads 
“I find inventive world building and fresh characters hard to resist, and Fleshers offers plenty of both.” 5 stars Goodreads 
 Review 
"The coolest science fiction I've read in years." - Ellie Marney\n"A vividly imagined post-collapse story, anchored by a sharp understanding of the ways imperfect people confront an oppressive government." - Kate Elliott\n"A book that draws readers through an action-packed, multi-layered narrative and will leave them with the desire to learn more about the complex and unusual characters." - Books+Publishing\n"Cyberpunk plus shapers plus dread diseases set in a future where human beings are the odd ones out." - Five stars, Goodreads 
 About the Author 
Alison Croggon is a novelist, poet, librettist and critic. She is the author of the popular and critically acclaimed fantasy series The Books of Pellinor, published in Australia, the UK, the US and across Europe. The Books of Pellinor was re-released by Candlewick Books in the US in 2017 with the publication of a fifth book, The Bone Queen, an Aurealis Awards finalist. Other internationally published novels include Black Spring (shortlisted for the 2014 NSW Premier's Award) and The River and the Book (shortlisted for the 2016 WA Premier's Award and winner of the Wilderness Society's Environmental Writing for Children Award). Her opera libretti have been performed on major stages across Australia. The libretto for Mayakovsky (score Michael Smetanin) was shortlisted for the 2015 Victorian Premiers Prize for Drama, and The Riders (score Iain Grandage) was awarded the Vocal/Choral Work of the Year in the 2015 Australian Arts Music Awards. Other awards include the 2009 Geraldine Pascal Critic of the Year for her performance criticism, and the Dame Mary Gilmore and Anne Elder Prizes for poetry. alisoncroggon.com\nDaniel Keene has written for the theatre since 1979. His plays have been performed on main stages around Australia and in China, America and Europe. He has won numerous awards, including six Premier's Literary Awards for drama, the Sydney Myer Performing Arts Award and the Kenneth Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts for his contribution to Australian theatre with the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project. Since 2000, over 80 main stage productions of his work have been presented in Europe, predominately in France. He is the only

Pinkers: Book Two of Newport City

Singing, The : Fourth Book Of Pellinor

Penguin Group Australia

The Naming: The First Book of Pellinor (Pellinor Series)

In the classic spirit of epic fantasy comes this glittering saga of a young girl who learns she possesses an uncanny gift — and is destined to use it to save her world from a terrifying evil. Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child when her family is destroyed in war. She doesn't yet know she has inherited a powerful gift, one that marks her as a member of the noble School of Pellinor and enables her to see the world as no other can. It is only when she is discovered by Cadvan, one of the great Bards of Lirigon, that her true identity and extraordinary destiny unfold. Now, she and her mysterious teacher must embark on a treacherous, uncertain journey through a time and place where the forces of darkness wield an otherworldly terror. The first book in a projected quartet, Alison Croggon's epic about Maerad and her remarkable yet dangerous gift is a beautiful, unforgettable tale. Presented as a new translation of an ancient text, THE NAMING evokes the rich and complex landscape of Annar, a legendary world just waiting to be discovered.

Children's Books

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Candlewick

A young woman embraces her power -- and her destiny -- as the thrilling quest begun in THE NAMING continues! Maerad is a girl with a tragic and bitter past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor, Cadvan, hunted by both the Light and the Dark, must unravel the Riddle of the Treesong before their fractured kingdom erupts in chaos. The quest leads Maerad over terrifying seas and vast stretches of glacial wilderness, ever closer to the seductive Winterking -- ally of her most powerful enemy, the Nameless One. Trapped in the Winterking's icy realm, Maerad must confront what she has suspected all along: that she is the greatest riddle of all. A sequel to THE NAMING, this second book in a captivating quartet about the ancient world of Edil-Amarandh is a sweeping epic readers won't soon forget.

The Riddle: The Second Book of Pellinor (Pellinor Series)

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