by J M Donellan
Ruckus family and the BNE poetry posse (Fern, K-Pax, L Fox, Jo Sri, Jo Sampford et al), you are making so much magic happen in this town and we love you for it. Internet author pals and the BNE author crew (too many to name, but love you all). Michelle Lovi. Jo Vohland. Jess McGaw, Helen Stephens, Daren King, and the Anywhere Theatre Festival team. Mike ‘Meeksounds’ Willmett for being a magical musical wizard with amazing hair and friendship skills. Tony Gilfoyle. Sneha and Avhan. Rozi Suliman (bbff). Jo and Thom Chapman. Bron Cottle. Paul Songhurst. Cass Ball. Alice Whittaker. Alan and Siobhan. Lachlan Kuhn (remember what you promised?). Cara ‘SG’ Stitzlein for everything, Australia isn’t the same without you. Dave and Nicole, I love you two so much that sometimes I secretly think we should all make out together, but don’t worry I won’t tell anyone because that would be embarrassing.
Treehouse team (and Treehouse alumni) for constantly feeding me magical baked goods and Game of Thrones sessions. Meredith and Tiago for being the best hosts in the world and helping me fall in love with Lisbon. Erica Field for everything and everything else (again x2). Black Cat Books. Bree and Michael. Anna Cooke. Candy, Suze, and everyone at Scout Café. Laura St festival (still my all-time favourite gig). Alex Litherland (John Snow). Fraz (Dr Wright) for all of the medical advice, speaking of which I have a weird rash on my inner thigh I need you to look at…
Savage Darling clan. Tamara Dawn Johnson. Steph, Jorge and Lani. M and L Zanetti. Sarah Brischetto. Pauline Maudy. NLNL. I would like to thank the following Kates: Lindsay, Byrne, Jardine, and Cranney. Spain/Portugal road trip team: Tori, Anna, Judith, Gretchen and Jane. Sarah and Rani. Bec and Jim. Alex Adsett Publishing Services. Mutual Appreciation Society. Y and A Naghavi. Just like last time, if I forgot your name, don’t worry it doesn’t mean I don’t love you. Grab a pen and write your name here:
About the Author
J.M. Donellan is a writer, musician, slam poet, radio DJ, and teacher. He was almost devoured by a tiger in the jungles of Malaysia, nearly died of a lung collapse in the Nepalese Himalayas, fended off a pack of rabid dogs with a guitar in the mountains of India, and was sexually harassed by a half-naked man whilst standing next to Oscar Wilde’s grave in Paris.
His debut novel, A Beginner’s Guide to Dying in India, was the winner of the 2009 IP Picks best fiction award and lots of magazines gave it rave reviews, which was very nice of them.
Josh was a state finalist in the 2012 Australian Poetry Slam and was chosen as one of the top ten writers in the 2013 SOYA awards. His first play, We Are All Ghosts, was performed as part of the Anywhere Theatre Festival in 2014. His children’s fantasy novel, Zeb and the Great Ruckus, was described by one child as “the best book ever, but it should have had Doctor Who in it.”
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