Books published by Linellen Press

As diverse and colourful as the Goldfields themselves, the prose, poetry and images that makes up this creative collection by the Goldfields Writers Group is just as diverse and colourful. Enjoy the stories, poems, art and photography that bring the Goldfields to life.

They have walked Hadrian's Wall and watched knights joust. Now B B and Dusty continue their search for Uncle Willy who has sett of to Scotland. Will they catch up with him?Another photographic adventure begins.

When B B's Uncle Willy sends a postcard from Scotland B B gets the travel bug. Taking his adventurous, but not so brave companion, Dusty. with him, he flies off to England to find Uncle Willy. This is the start of a long and exciting journey where they make many friends and learn many lessons.

B B and Dusty are determined to find Uncle Willy before their journey ends in London. Will it be a happy ending for our Far Away Bear and Dustry?Koin B B and Dusty as they visit towns with crooked houses, enormous cathedrals, climb the lions of Trafalgar Square, see London sparkle at night, and prepare to head for home.

The Adventures of a Faraway Bear continue. The intrepid duo of B B and his faithful Blue Heeler Dusty are in for fun and mishaps. Will they find the elusive Uncle Willy who is now in Wales delivering a message to a Puffin on Skomer Island? Or will they miss him again?

After wintering in Scotland another adventure begins as B B and Dusty return to England. Are they getting closer to finding Uncle Willy?

Still trying to catch up with Uncle Willy, B B and Dusty travel deep into the snowy highlands of Scotland where they meet Mr Chilly and await the arrival of Father Christmas. Join B B and Dusty for another photographic adventure through the Highlands.

Australia is far away and B B bear with his Blue Heeler cattle dog arrive in London in search of Uncle Willy.B B is an authority on history, as all bears are, but getting Dusty interested and finding Uncle Willy is not easy.Things don't go to plan.

Where is Uncle Willy? Is he walking Hadrian's Wall or jousting with knights? B B and Dusty continue the search, having lots of fun and adventures along the way. Do they find Uncle Willy, or has he moved on?

The tranquillity of a Western Australian wheatbelt town is shattered when an out-of-State shearing team secure local contracts by thuggery and scare tactics. Nick Manetti, a returned Vietnam veteran who the whole town fears, reluctantly becomes involved when the trouble escalates and threatens his livelihood.When Becky Cooper, the new girl in town, witnesses the horrific murder of Nick's best friend, she flees for her life, Nick rescuing her from the clutches of trained killers in the nick of time. But were they seen escaping? And if so, where will they be safe?At the height of a bitter storm they race across country in a bid to reach safety as a personal war unfolds for them both. As the town wades into a battle it is totally unprepared for, Becky's and Nick's lives hang in the balance. Who will survive the ruthless violence that plays out on Devlin Street?

North of Lithgow, New South Wales, on the edge of the Great Divide lies Cheshunt, a vast property where therare and glorious waratahs grow. Home to the Richards family since 1905, Max is restoring Cheshunt to its formerglory. It is now the 1990s, and the family are keen and active competitors, showing their precious Morgan horses, when Stella, Max's daughter, is suddenly stricken with an illness that does not respond to treatment. The long hours in the saddle, the days working with the stock and training for the hunter classes become a thing of the past for Stella and her mother, Kirsty. The journey begins to find a cure. But months turn into years... Then the family are told Stella will never walk again. While life at Cheshunt must go on, the Richards family face their troubles with the true courage and dignity ofthe pioneers from which they descended.

A delightful collection of stories, poems and articles reflecting on learning life's many lessons.Life's lessons cannot be learned in a minute, an hour or maybe even a lifetime. Life experiences and surviving our mistakes provide the opportunity for 'life lessons' to be learnt well so we don't make the same mistakes twice. The more life you experience, the more lessons you accumulate.There are so many life lessons that can be learnt and this collection of short stories, memoirs, poems and articles deal with a whole range of them, such as the need to speak your mind, not judging people without knowing what they can do, accepting that things change over time, and people change. All these lessons, and others, have been learnt and shared within the pages of this book, proving the writers are adaptable and wise enough to learn from the challenges life has thrown them.

Stories From Another Place is a collection of tales of the supernatural, about ordinary people who find themselves in unusual circumstances or are confronted by the unexplained.When David and Claire decided to stay in a delightful cottage by the sea to work on their music they didn't expect the horror that lay ahead.Sam didn't know the nightmare she had entered when she stole the name of a dead man while she walked in a cemetery.And Ella could never have imagined what would happen when she moved to England to live with her Uncle Arthur.

The story of Arthur Leggett, a young man growing up in Australia's developing years, patriotically serving his country in World War II, and surviving four and a half years in the hands of the Germans as a Prisoner of War.Australian larrikanism shines throughout Arthur's journey from boyhood to manhood, through his war ordeals and on into his senior years.But Life is never over and Arthur plunges headlong into a series of new challenges and adventures, proving Life begins after 60.This wonderfully exciting celebration of Life will entertain, inspire and reveal how an 'ordinary' man can indeed achieve extra-ordinary things.

This is a ghost memoir about migrants who struggled throughout the Depression and War years. Florence Brown and her husband Bill were victims of the Irish Troubles and had to flee to a new country. Amidst racial tensions, poverty and migrant issues, this book describes the rough road of this family through early times in Western Australia's history.

When Rachael Summerfield flees a brutal marriage and agrees to impersonate the heir of an isolated castle in theScottish highlands, she inherits more than she bargained for. Thrust into a centuries old clan feud, she battles against the treacherous countryside and a clan that will stop at nothing to reclaim their land. If she does not remain as heir-apparent,the existence of the glorious, almost extinct Destrier horses will be jeopardised.Guided by the resident Horse Keeper, Brody Lachlan, Rachael must choose between her life in New York andher life in the Highlands, all the while wondering why her mother had betrayed her all her life and why Brody cannotgive her his heart.

While an out of control wildfire devours the high country plains of Victoria, recently orphaned Clarrise and Chris Darcy flee with their horses down a steep and rugged gully called The Overflow.Rescuing a herd of wild horses and their Nanna's Hereford cattle along the way, they battle the ravages of the fire and sharp shooters who try to eradicate their Nanna's prized bull, Bawldy.The future of their farm and family hinges on saving the horses and the Herefords but first they must survive the all-consuming, unstoppable flames?