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Magdalena Ball
Prize winning author of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction

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Black Cow Australian Book Launch

Mar.16.2012

Black Cow Australian Book Launch

Judy Johnson will be launching author Magdalena Ball's new novel Black Cow.
"Magdalena Ball is a remarkable wordsmith. Her prose hovers above your skin like ‘need’ and never drifts away."

Thursday 29th March
10:30am
Hunter Writers' Centre
90 Hunter St, Newcastle
Tel: 0249263485
Free and open to the public

Raffle Prizes

Meet the author and book signing

Refreshments

Reading and Q&A on publishing, writing, fiction, and much more.

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PUBLISHED: Feb.24.2012

Black Cow

Freya and James Archer live the high life in a luxury home in Sydney’s poshest suburb, with money, matching Jags, two beautiful teenage kids … and they couldn’t be more despondent. James wakes weeping each morning, dreading the pressures of a long and grueling work day ahead, and Freya is struggling with her foundering real estate career. Global recession is biting in Australia...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.02.2009

Repulsion Thrust

As with her first poetry collection, Quark Soup, Magdalena Ball's Repulsion Thrust tackles big subjects not often the fodder of poetry: quantum physics, astronomy, time travel, ecological destruction, and technological singularity, all viewed through the lens of the human condition. "Wonderful. The work covers a lot...

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PUBLISHED: Feb.19.2008

Quark Soup

Quark Soup contains twenty eight poems which muse on topics like what it means to be human, love, loss, fear, longing, and transcendence. Avoiding cliché and the mundane, the poetry in this collection is accessible to the common reader, with a powerful intellectual edge and playful wit. As all good poetry should, this work uses sound, sense, and strong imagery to deal with...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.24.2007

Sleep Before Evening

Marianne is the apple of Grandpa's eye - but her life's rotten to the core. When her parents suddenly disconnect her grandfather-mentor's respirator, it's as though her own life support has been unplugged. And the gifted teenager from a manicured, middle-class suburb hits the city back-streets, and the skids. Magdalena Ball's heart-wrenching novel - released on 24th July 2007...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.11.2013

Sublime Planet

This collection of ecologically oriented poems traverses a wide terrain, moving from the loss of species to the beauty of the natural world, from drought to the exploration of alternative planets. It's an exhilarating collection that breaks boundaries and leads the reader deep into the personal heart of perception. Released by award winning poets Carolyn Howard-Johnson and...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.12.2011

Deeper Into the Pond: A Celebration of Femininity

Part of the award winning Celebration Series, Deeper into the Pond celebrates, supports, and inspires women. "Vivid images...will speak to you of times to look forward to or to remember. These are not poems to read once. They will stay with you forever."

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PUBLISHED: Apr.12.2010

Blooming Red: Christmas Poetry for the Rational

As part of our celebration series - a book of poetry focusing on the Christmas season.

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PUBLISHED: Feb.19.2008

The Art of Assessment: How to Review Anything

The Art of Assessment is a complete guide to the review process, from how to write good reviews, how to use interviews to add depth to your reviews, obtaining review copies, marketing your reviews, and plenty of examples and references to help you become a working reviewer. Welcome to the world of consumerism. There are a lot of things to buy. Advertisers want your money....

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PUBLISHED: Oct.02.2007

Cherished Pulse

Cherished Pulse is a chapbook collaboration with celebrated poet Carolyn-Howard Johnson, with original images by Vicki Thomas. Cherished Pulse contains twenty poems which look at love from a wise, mature, sensitive perspective. Never sentimental (forget Hallmark), the poems explore love in its many guises -- cherish, longing, sensuality, and that sacred place between desire...

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She Wore Emerald Then

Moods of Motherhood: thirty poems by award-winning poets Magdalena Ball and Carolyn Howard-Johnson, with original photography by May Lattanzio. A beautifully presented, tender and strikingly original gift book, ideal forMother's Day or any day when you want to celebrate the notion of motherhood in its broadest sense. Share this collection with someone you love.

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Feb.15.2012 - 5:49 pm

Black Cow Virtual Book Tour (and more)

Hello wonderful fellow bookworms. I'm very excited to report that my new novel Black Cow is about to be released on February 24th. To celebrate we've got lots of fun...

Sep.28.2011 - 5:40 pm

Banned Books Week Virtual Read-Out Joseph Heller's Catch 22

Banned Books Week runs from Sept. 24 – Oct.1, when readers around the world are encouraged to celebrate books that often get banned in various places around the...

Aug.25.2011 - 5:14 am

The Joy of Reading: is it really such a hard sell?

“We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.” - B.F. Skinner Last week, in the Chronicle of Higher Education Alan Jacobs raises the old "nature versus...

Dec.22.2010 - 6:43 pm

Mince Pies at the height of summer

Two thousand Cicadas overwhelm the air as the temperature pushes one hundred degrees farenheit. It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. Christmas in Australia that is,...

Comments from Magdalena

Dec.19.2009 - 3:39 pm

In response to: Boat Yard

Great analysis

Thanks David, that was a very insightful analysis of my poem! I really appreciate your taking the time to comment. ...

Dec.16.2009 - 3:46 pm

In response to: Cassoulet On A Winters Day

Amazing

Beautiful, sensual writing. This is quite a healthy version of the usually goosefat laden rich dish. I imagine the...

Dec.02.2009 - 8:46 pm

In response to: Best Gift Book

Repulsion Thrust by Magdalena Ball

I could recommend quite a few books, but as I'm in promotional mode, I'd like to recommend my own newly released book...

Apr.21.2008 - 3:37 pm

In response to: The POP til you Drop Blog Party and Movie Premiere! (It's an all-week affair, kids!)

Deadline kit

Hi Julie, thanks very much for inviting me to the party -- what a fabulous, innovative promotional idea (which I will...

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Nov.13.2010

Blooming Red: Christmas Poetry for the Rational

Published by Amazon.com

Award winning and happily espoused poets, Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Magdalena Ball, have teamed up once again, to help celebrate their love of the holidays with their new book of...

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Audio: Sublime Planet

Video: Black Cow Reading

Video: Black Cow Book Trailer

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About Magdalena

Magdalena Ball runs The Compulsive Reader. She is the author of the novels Black Cow and Sleep Before Evening, , the poetry books Repulsion Thrust and Quark Soup, a nonfiction book The Art of Assessment, and, in collaboration with Carolyn Howard-Johnson,...

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Magdalena Ball
Prize winning author of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction

Latest News & Events

Black Cow Australian Book Launch

Featured Works

Magdalena's Latest Blogs

Comments from Magdalena

Published Reviews

Audio & Video

Follow Magdalena’s tweets

About Magdalena

Connections

Magdalena is a fan of

Magdalena BallPrize winning author of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction

Latest News & Events

Black Cow Australian Book Launch

Featured Works

Magdalena's Latest Blogs

Comments from Magdalena

Published Reviews

Audio & Video

Follow Magdalena’s tweets

About Magdalena

Connections

Magdalena is a fan of

Magdalena Ball
Prize winning author of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction