Rob Warring
A Kuranda resident for eighteen years, the books are a personal story of his adventures, observations and insights over a lifetime of work and travel, locally and internationally.
Books published:-
The Boat Ride Home
Not Mainstream
Random Events and Other Short Stories
John Beasley
John Beasley passed away on 26th January, 2012.
John was not just an award winning sculptor and
a writer of books about plants but a thoroughly delightful man who will be dearly missed by many.
Books published:-
Plants of Tropical North Queensland - The Compact Guide
A Walker’s Guide to Plants Cairns - Kuranda
ISBN 1 876617 12 8 (2005)
Plants of Cape York - The Compact Guide
ISBN 1 876617 13 6 (2009)
Joyce Berendes
Long time Kuranda resident Author/Playwright Joyce Berendes, came to Australia as a fully qualified Dancer/Actress. After a successful theatre career - winning at one stage Twelve Night's Theater best actress award - she started a Children's Operetta Group for which she wrote the book and lyrics of two
big Children's Musicals. She started writing novels,
set in Far North Queensland in 2001.
In Kuranda, Joyce was involved in organizing conferences, art exhibitions, as well as doing the choreography, directing plays,
and teaching at drama workshops.
Her three published novels are:-
The Fourteenth Day
And Then Came The Rain
Matters Of Choice
Nulla And The Purple Poison Plant
Buck Richardson
Books published:-
Dingo Innocent: the Azaria Chamberlain Mystery.
Mothology: Discover the Magic. Moths and Moth Art from the World Heritage listed Wet Tropics of Queensland Australia
Website: www.leapfrogoz.com.au
Toni Rogers and Paul Latter
'Journey from, journey to' is an outstanding publication by two Kuranda artists. Award winning photographs by Toni Rogers and poetry by Paul Latter.
Contact: Toni Rogers
Phone: +61 (0)7 4093 9293
Email: tonirogers-cantata@bigpond.com
Website: www.cantatastudio.com.au
Kym Dungey & Jane Whytlaw
Footloose Publications
Write, map and publish the following books in their home office in the rainforest of Kuranda.
Tropical Walking Tracks of North Queensland
Tropical Walking Tracks Cairns & Kuranda
Rainforest Frogs of the Wet Tropics
Email: footpub@bigpond.net.au
Website: www.footloosebooks.com.au
Ann Harth
Children's writer and ghostwriter.
Published work:-
Who Am I, Educational non-fiction,
Blake Education,
2008
Relationships, Educational non-fiction,
Blake
Education, 2008
Body image, Educational non-fiction,
Blake
Education, 2008
The Kidnapping, Chapter Book,
Insight Publications,
October 2006
The
Cyclops, short story,
Highlights for Children, July 2006
Crash, Chapter Book, Blake Education, 2005Version 2:
(EFL) English as a Foreign Language Series,
Underwood Consulting and Publishing
Staying
Alive, Chapter Book, Blake
Education, 2005
Version 2: (EFL) English
as a Foreign Language Series,
Underwood Consulting and Publishing
Goodbye, Chapter
Book, Blake Education, 2005Version 2:
(EFL) English
as a Foreign Language Series,
Underwood Consulting and Publishing
The Contract, chapter book, Trekker Series,
Macmillan Education Australia
Pty Ltd 2005
Pea Mountain, humorous short story,
KidTime
Magazine, June 2005
Sit Quietly, humorous short story,
Highlights for
Children
Maggie Only Eats ‘O’s, short story,
Highlights for
Children
A Blip in the Universe, chapter book,
Storydog Inc.
(to be released) 2005
The Wake Up Call, non-fiction,
Reader’s Digest,
October 2004
Long Leg Gloption, chapter book,
Loranda Publishing,
August 2004
My Mom Hates to Cook, humorous short story,
Highlights for Children, October 2003
Please Listen, picture book/early reader,
Cambridge University Press, May 2002
The Hiccups,short story,
Wizard Books, Ziptales,
June 2003
Website: www.annharth.com