Authors

Serena Bennett
Author
Hi, I am Serena Bennett, the author of Raised By a Narcissist: That Woman aka My Mother.
Writing this memoir was a deeply personal journey for me, as it reflects my experience of growing up with a narcissistic parent. Through raw honesty and vulnerability, I have shared my story in the hope that it will resonate with others who have faced similar challenges, offering them both understanding and a sense of hope.
My Afro-Caribbean heritage and personal experiences have shaped not only my writing but also the way I connect with others. I know how isolating it can feel to navigate the scars of toxic relationships, and my goal is to empower readers to embrace healing, resilience, and self-discovery.
On a personal note, I am a proud mother and grandmother. My relationships have not always been easy, and like many others, I am still on my journey of healing and forgiveness. These experiences continue to inspire me to write with honesty and compassion, knowing that my words may bring comfort and strength to someone else.
Thank you for joining me on this journey. I hope my work inspires and encourages you as much as writing has done for me.

Gerald Shaffer
Author
Canadian borning living with his family and three golden retrievers on the Sunshine Coast of Canada

Mags
Author
Reader, writer, and lifelong learner with a love for exploring new perspectives. With a background in education, I'm drawn to books that challenge me to grow and expand my thinking. Whether it's a novel that transports me to another world or a thought-provoking non-fiction read. "A Storyteller at heart, dreamer by nature. Writing my way through love, mystery, and adventure."
Shabnum
Author
Shabnum is a passionate writer, parenting coach, and advocate for raising confident, compassionate, and capable children. With a deep understanding of modern parenting challenges, they blend timeless Indian wisdom with practical, solution-oriented strategies to help parents navigate today's fast-paced world. Their book, Upgrade Your Parenting: 7 Modern Solutions with Indian Wisdom, provides actionable insights to solve the latest parenting challenges while preserving cultural values. Through their writing, they aim to empower parents with the tools and mindset needed to nurture strong family connections and guide children toward lifelong success.

George Kevers
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George Kevers- a seeker, a storyteller, and a scholar whose work resides at the intersection of curiosity and introspection. A lifelong student of the natural world and the human experience, his writing dances between the realms of Philosophy, Anthropology, Theology, Spirituality and the enduring Mysteries of Existence. With intellectual acuity, and a penchant for pondering life’s peculiarities, Kevers crafts narratives that invite readers to step beyond the surface and embrace the uncharted depths of their own reflections.
Rooted in the lush and untamed landscapes of the Pacific Northwest, Kevers draws endless inspiration from nature’s raw beauty. Accompanied by his steadfast companion, Mousse—a loyal four-legged muse—he roams tranquil forests, jagged mountain tops, and mist-laden coastlines, seeking stories whispered by the wind and secrets nestled in the rhythm of the earth. For Kevers, the wild is not just a backdrop but a collaborator, an ever-present force shaping his creative vision.
Kevers is a collector of oddities—not only in the physical sense but in spirit—captivated by the extraordinary found within the folds of the ordinary. His work reflects a deep reverence for old-world wisdom and a fascination with the interplay between tradition and modernity. From unraveling the labyrinthine threads of identity in the digital age to celebrating the forgotten rituals that once grounded humanity, his art and prose spark wonder and challenge convention.
An erudite man in the ways of wit, Kevers has an uncanny ability to weave profound insights with lighthearted humor, striking a harmonious balance between gravity and playfulness. His words are an invitation: a beckoning to journey inward, to wander thoughtfully through life’s enigmas, and to embrace the beautifully imperfect mosaic of human existence.
For those who yearn to explore the world not just as it is but as it could be imagined, George Kevers offers a portal into the intricate dance of ideas, emotions, and the enduring marvel of life itself.

Garry R McDougall
Author
Garry McDougall
Lives in Bulli, NSW, Australia.
Email: [email protected]
Author, artist, poet, lyricist, photographer.
Social Media:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/47284228@N08/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_North_Walk
https://www.facebook.com/HugoofPoetica
https://www.facebook.com/Border-and-Soul-176143767824746
https://www.facebook.com/Blacksmith-and-Canon-The-End-of-the-Medieval-385845041858449/
https://www.facebook.com/Starts-With-C-103084324681149/
https://www.facebook.com/Belonging4
https://www.facebook.com/groups/535976469757492 (Pilgrimage France & Spain)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/335713689890983/ (Great North Walk)
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85057252&fan_landing=true&view_as=public
Interviews, Videos etc.
https://vimeo.com/paintinginpictures/review/776455584/57b1b2a659
https://2ser.com/start-with-c-a-murder-mystery-from-writer-garry-mcdougall/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHRjJhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVHYN6T1ixsWtUp-Eog0W59t6ENjV9AujFScqaqhXbLu
2025
Merrigong Theatre Workshops. Commissioned to write Start with C as play/theatre production.
Invited to Stories that Amaze program.
2024
Starts with C, long-listed, Best Unpublished Manuscript Award, Whitsunday Lit Festival.
Knowing Simone short-listed for the Best Novel Opening Award, Flash 500 (UK).
Tidal image published in Chestnut Review, USA.
2023
Crave Love; Thirty Years at Don Bank, Anthology. Poetry in the Pub, Newcastle Anthology, with Tour de Dordogne. Excerpt from Blacksmith and Canon, CommuterLit.co (Canada).
2022
Winner, Art In Unusual Places, Wollongong; Making Stories Workshops. Editor, In Fifty Words and Coming Up for Air. Video: Art-in-Unusual-Places, Wollongong, 2022.
https://vimeo.com/paintinginpictures/review/776455584/57b1b2a659
https://vimeo.com/paintinginpictures/review/776439400/398fd2f407 (long version)
2021
Mediterranean Poetry (Stockholm), Long Poems (UK); Zoetic, #25, Rudd’s Beer, Prohibition edition, USA; Australia: Anthology, Ros Spenser Prize, WA.
2020
Favourite Photograph, Athens, (MOMA, Bilbao)
People in the City, Barcelona, (St Fermin panorama, Pamplona)
2019
Lyonese Garden, published in October Hill, Lit Mag, NY, USA.
Photo Exhibitions: Solo-Single Subject, Ljubaljana, Slovenia (AlbegueDoor)
Borders, Venue unannounced. Dramatic Lighting, Valad World Exhibition Centre, Barcelona, Spain. Less Is More, Laurent Gallery, Melbourne
Beautiful Imperfections, Sofia. (Liquid, 2019, x0111). Minimalism, Laurent Gallery, Melbourne Australia. Beautiful Imperfections, Qlick Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (SahagunDoor, x0107). Creative Composition, (Arm, x0 My Favourite Shot, Berlin, (Lyonese Horses).
2018
Beautiful Imperfections, Qlick Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (SahagunDoor, x0107). Powerful Compositions, Expozer Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Crossroads, x0089). My Favorite Shot, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany (VenterolNight, x0173)
Publish, Inspire Pilgrimage, Stories and Poetica from Spain, France and Portugal.
Travel, Pyrenees Mountains, France, solo, for Border & Soul.
2017
O'Neil Park (poetry) published in Magnificent Poets, Sydney.
Feature Poet, Sydney Writers Festival. Feature Poet, Sydney Writers Festival.
Completed Knowing Simone, Historical Fiction.
ePublish The Buccaneers Return. Short Stories and Poetica from Spain & Portugal.
2016
Discovery Sydney, Painting by Margaret Preston and others, ER Erwin Gallery. Feature Poet, Sydney Writers Festival. Member, Diverse Poets, Write-On Authors.
2015
Artist Fellowship, Arteles, Tempere, Finland. The Paintings of Lucy Culliton, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney. With Gusto, FirstPress, (The Last Sardine, Let Me Die). Write On Authors. Diverse Group Publications, including The Paintings of Lucy Culliton, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney. Thirty Years at Don Bank, Anthology, Gindaberri Press. Crave Love. Short Story Anthology, Ros Spenser Prize, with InBetween. Brushstrokes II, Anthology with Tour de Dordogne. Excerpt, Border and Soul. https://www.odyssey.pm/contributors/garry-mcdougall-2/
2014
Winner: Peter Cowan Short Story prize winner, Patting the Dog.
2013
Sydney NarratorAustralia, Poetry. Second, Glen Phillips Poetry Prize for To St Domingo. Guest writer, SM Herald, Republic v Monarchy.
2012
Highly Commended, Peter Cowan Short Story Prize.
PRE 2012
“His artwork and literature strike the balance between bold, entertaining and wise.”
1973 Graduate, B Econs, Grad Dip (Social Sc.), Newcastle. Art Teacher.
1973-6 Travel: SE Asia, Indian subcontinent, Middle East, Europe, UK.
1977-78, Art College, Sydney C.Arts. Celebrated road trip, Brewarrina.
1979 PostGrad, New Art Forms, Alexander Mackie CAE.
1978 Contrasituations, Two-man show, Sydney.
1982 Newsagency, One-man shows, Sydney and Melbourne.
1979-2000 Various minor exhibitions.
1980-1991 WEA Tutor, Photography courses.
1984-7 P/t lecturer, Visual Arts, Uni of Western Sydney.
Initiator, Great North Walk. Official Bicentennial Project (see Wiki entry)
1988- 2007 Inhibited by proprietorship, Tourism Business.
Included grant, involving first wilderness lodge, Blue Mtns.
Included extensive television and radio exposure, including
Sixty Minutes, Great Outdoors, News (Newcastle) and Getaway.
Design and production of Travel Product magazines.
1992 Artist-in-Residence, University of Western Sydney.
Exhibition: Umberto Eco in Sydney.
1996 Nature-Culture exhibition, Sydney. One-man.
1992-2011 Wilderness treks: New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea;
Tour Guide: Malaysia, USA, France, Spain, Ireland, etc.
2003 The Intense Gaze/Laneway Exhibition, Balmain.
Author, Belonging, a Novel.
2007 Fruits of the Imagination, Sydney.
2010 Formed the Balmain Institute, a progressive ‘think-tank’.
Twenty books epublished; over-twenty European photo exhibitions; numerous multi-media/painting exhibitions. Founder, 2009, Founder, Balmain Institute.
Only his long-distance walks and travel spare him accusations of workaholism.
Novels
Belonging
Starts With C
Knowing Simone
Blacksmith and Canon
A Blacksmith’s Life/Inheritance
Renaissance/The Reckoning
Machiavelli’s Pope
Sea Voices
Travel Works
New South Walks Heritage Walks (Kangaroo Press)
And Great North Walk, two editions.
Pilgrimage Spain
Pilgrimage France
Inspire, Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage Series #1-5: France, Spain and Portugal.
Tough! Creative Journey Across Spain.
Border and Soul, The Pyrenees.
Poetry, Lyrics, Short Story
Tales from The Viviers Chronicles
Inner Flash
Epic
Pilgrimage Series
The Buccaneers Return
Songs of the Camino de Santiago
Sarria, Sound recordings, Ben Nightingale.
Anthologies
With Gusto (Food Stories); Destination Sydney, (Ekphrasis), Lucy Culliton Exhibition (Ekphrasis), As Far The Eye Can See, (Ekphrasis); Crave Love; Thirty Years at Don Bank, Anthology; Anthology, Ros Spenser Prize, WA. InBetween ; Brushstrokes II, Ros Spencer Poetry Contest Anthology. Tour de Dordogne, Thirty Years at Don Bank, Gindaberri Press.
Artbooks
Gene Pool, Tidal Zone, About Seeing, Do Your Head In #1, Do Your Head In #2
Anarchic Rhyme/ Performance Never Made, Words Worth/ Everyone’s A Winner.
Artist-in-Residences
Artist Fellowship, Tempere, Finland.
University of Western Sydney
BY YEAR
2022
Artist/Author-in-Residence Grant, Corrimal Library, Wollongong CC.
Upcoming Anthology, Thirty Years at Don Bank. Gindiberri Press.
2021
Published, Rudd’s Beer, Non-Binary Review, Zoetic Press, USA.
In The Hour Of In Between, Anthology, Ros Spenser Poetry Prize.
Published, Mediterranean Poetry, Crave Love, https://www.odyssey.pm/contributors/garry-mcdougall/#Crave%20Love
Published, Mediterranean Poetry, 2021, Excerpt, Border and Soul, https://www.odyssey.pm/contributors/garry-mcdougall-2/
2020
Favourite Photograph, Athens, (MOMA, Bilbao)
People in the City, Barcelona, (St Fermin panorama, Pamplona)
Completed, Damn, Journey Across Spain.
2019 Lyonese Garden, published in October Hill, Lit Mag, NY, USA
Photo Exhibitons:
Solo-Single Subject, Ljubaljana, Slovenia (AlbergueDoor)
Borders, Venue unannounced
Dramatic Lighting, Valad World Exhibition Centre, Barcelona, Spain
Less Is More, Laurent Gallery, Melbourne
Beautiful Imperfections, Sofia. (Liquid, 2019, x0111)
Minimalism, Laurent Gallery, Melbourne Australia.
Beautiful Imperfections, Qlick Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (SahagunDoor, x0107)
Creative Composition, (Arm, x0
My Favourite Shot, Berlin, (Lyonese Horses)
2018
Beautiful Imperfections, Qlick Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (SahagunDoor, x0107)
Powerful Compositions, Expozer Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Crossroads, x0089)
My Favorite Shot, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany (VenterolNight, x0173)
Publish, Inspire Pilgrimage, Stories and Poetica from Spain, France and Portugal.
Travel, Pyrenees Mountains, France, solo, for Border & Soul.
2017 O'Neil Park (poetry) published in Magnificent Poets, Sydney.
Feature Poet, Sydney Writers festival. Feature Poet, Sydney Writers Festival.
Completed Knowing Simone, Historical Fiction.
ePublish The Buccaneers Return. Short Stories and Poetica from Spain & Portugal.
2016 Discovery Sydney, Painting by Margaret Preston and others, ER Erwin Gallery.
Artist-in-Residence, Tampere, Finland; and eMag. Visual piece.
2015 Published in With Gusto, FirstPress, The Last Sardine, and Let Me Die. Short Story.
DiVerse Group Publications: Lucy Culliton, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney. Poetry.
Winner: Peter Cowan Short Story prize winner, Patting the Dog.
2014 Publish French Pilgrimage, FirstPress, Stories and Poetica from France.
Publish Spanish Pilgrimage, FirstPress, Stories and Poetica from Spain.
Publish Forgetting and Remembering, FirstPress. A Novel.
ePublish Journey to the Ardeche, 2014. Smashwords.com
etc…………….
2008 Publish Belonging, A Fictional Biography on Dr Louis Gabriel, two ed, Vivid.
2007 Leading two (2) Camino de Santiago Tours, France and Spain.
2005 Leading Camino de Santiago Tour, France and Spain
2003 Leading Celtic Ramble Tour, plus Brittany to Bordeaux.
2002
2002
2001 Research and ongoing writing of pilgrimage travel tsales
2000 Leading Celtic Ramble Tour. Scotland, Ireland and Brittany, France
1990 New South Walks Heritage Walks, Kangaroo Press.
1988-2004: Great Australian Walks, Proprietor, local and i/national walking tours.
1988 Great North Walk Two editions, Kangaroo Press.
1980-88: The Great North Walk, Official Bicentennial Project, NSW. Long-distance Path linking Sydney to Newcastle and the Hunter Valley
Early Writing
1972 Editor, journalist, Opus, Uni of Newcastle student newspaper
1977-83 Edit and write, NSW DoE, Social Sc. Correspondence School courses
1988-2003 Edit, write, product journal, Great Australian Walks
1980-84 Research, lecturing, Australian Photographic Project.
Radio Interviews: 2BL/702, Radio Newcastle, 2UE (several), 3AW.
Public Readings/Speaker/ Guest Lectures: NSW Art Gallery, NSW Writers Centre, various Lions, Apex events, various Local Historical Societies, Newcastle and Western Sydney universities.
1980-88 Various articles/papers, Photofile, journal of the Australian Centre for Photography, Honi Soit, Uni of Sydney, ArtLink (reviews), and Outdoors (Watagan Forests).
1988- 2007 Inhibited by proprietorship of Tourism Business
Included grant, involving first wilderness lodge, Blue Mtns
Included extensive television and radio exposure, including
Sixty Minutes, Great Outdoors, News (Newcastle) and Getaway.
Design and production of Travel Product magazines
1990-2004 Research development, writing and publication, Belonging, Fictional history and biography.
2009-2012 Research development, writing of Bicentennial Trust/ Forgetting and Remembering.
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Website (English-Italian): https://marisstellamaan.wixsite.com/websiteBinar Singularit
Author
Binar Singularit has a broad background in humanities, science, and the arts. His worldwide travels have informed him of the wide disparities found within societies and nations, and he has witnessed the violent unrest created by egoism, polarization, and ignorance. His eclectic in all aspects of human knowledge has given him a panoramic view of life in the planet, which he shaeswith you who enjoy thinking, in his brief work compiled over many decades of observation and study.