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A Way Less Travelled
This collection features different ways of
looking at the world around us, and the actions of people, trying to see
everyday things in a different light.
BOOKS
POETRY
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A Way Less Travelled
This collection features different ways
of looking at the world around us, and the actions of people,
trying to see everyday things in a different light. Available
from Ginninderra Press.
Music is a River of Life
Can you imagine a world without music? We shape sounds into
words, yet sound itself gives us the means to escape the bondage
of words. We try to convey the essence of beauty in its most
intense and ineffable forms, even when we know that the most
well chosen words cannot quite express the scope of our
experience. In this collection, allowing for the inadequacies of
language, I have been inspired by the music of twelve composers,
from the Middle Ages to our own time. This is not to say that
all the poems are about music, but that these composers, each of
whom has made their mark on our culture, have inspired my
attempts to express beauty, both in terms of nature and human
creativity in many forms, while coming back in the end to their
music as my primary source of inspiration.
Available from
Ginninderra Press
The Medicine Wheel turns through each
of the eight sections in this collection, with the poems
gathered into each part touching on many subjects: nature poems
running through the seasons, personality portraits, social
concerns - such as the plight of refugees, the treatment of
animals, and persecution leading one to consider the price of
being true to one’s conscience. History is touched on in Part 5,
with the Cathars, and the fall of Montsegur remembered, but
through it all one gets a sense that the Wheel is turning,
through good and ill. The final turn comes at the very end, with
Rembrandt - in his painting of the two companions who, with
Christ at Emmaus, sit down for a meal at the end of the day -
finding perhaps ‘the truth within the symbol’, leading one to
ask, did the painter indeed find the real good medicine, what
‘he had been seeking / all his days’?
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Ginninderra Pres
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Over the Wave Break
Poetry Collection featuring 91 Poems in the form of
short messages to an unnamed friend; interspersed are nature poems, fleeting
visions, reflections on illusion and reality, on Christmas, capitalism, reconciliation, Australia Day, and some autobiographical
recollections.Coming in Print soon
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Over The Wave Break
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The Sun Behind the Sun covers a great diversity of subjects,
moods, and scenes, with four distinct threads interweaving their
way through the collection. Journeys, the nature of time, the
four seasons, and that question with so many possible answers:
what is real, and what is illusory? As for the collection's
title, read the last poem, decode it, and you'll have an answer.
'This book is one that all lovers of good poetry should add to
their libraries. It will become dog-eared from the pleasure of
constant reading and re-reading.' -
Beyond the Rainbow
‘…a book to be enjoyed for its own sake, its quality of
fine, delicately balanced verses, and the line-by-line artistry
of words and rhythms… All of these poems dip into reality and
turn it to beautiful music. Only a talented poet can do that.’ -
The Write Angle
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Ginninderra Press
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Seasons, Situations and Symbols is a
little chap book of 17 poems. It is one of a series of pocket
books by different poets published by Ginninderra Press. Adrian
Rogers calls it… "Contemporary Australian poetry in small doses
at a low price, for those who want to sample modern writing
without spending too much money.
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Ginninderra Press
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Between Two Hemispheres
Migration has played a large part in
Australia’s history and culture since 1788, and in this
collection Adrian Rogers reflects on the migrant experience,
evoking the northern hemisphere through his knowledge of Ireland
and setting it against the reality of modern Australia, thereby
highlighting and reconciling both the differences and
similarities between the two hemispheres.
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Ginninderra Press
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The Prisoner's Messenger
These
poems are presented as entries in a prisoner’s diary - one who
is, by implication a prisoner of conscience. These entries,
preceded by a brief prelude hinting at recurring themes,
represent his thoughts and memories. He does not focus all the
time on the daily realities of imprisonment - how could he, and
remain still sane? He looks back in time, remembering people and
places, all the while visited - indeed, illuminated - by a white
dove, whose presence represents to him peace, love, freedom,
enlightenment and, above all, in her coming and going, hope. But
when the
dove makes her final return, looking through the window
bars she sees an empty cell. He has been released, love has
triumphed. But has release been achieved because a government
willed it, or by his passing beyond this mortal life? Let the
reader decide.
'…as exciting, intriguing and enjoyable as his previous books.'
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Setu
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FANTASY
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Fire in the Wasteland,
an historical fantasy in which a 13th Century Cathar from Southern France, and
a suburban writer from the modern era encounter each other through the
mechanism of reincarnation. As a result of their journeys through time, both
in literal and symbolic senses, battles both real and psychological ensue, as
the characters move towards resolving a past of persecution and terror and
accepting the future. Yet there must first be a return to Montsegur, scene of
the Cathars last stand against authority, and an interaction with the world of
the Grail, without which the Wasteland can never be healed.
Available from
Mountain Mist
Productions.
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The Gates of Sunset
"All the elements were perfect,
just what I wanted to see. It was as if Adrian had read my mind and written
the novel I would have loved to, but never had time to write. I really
enjoyed reading it."
Review of
The Gates of
Sunset by David-John Tyrer -
Redsine magazine.
What
have 'The Three Fates', spinning destinies in a lifeless world between worlds
got to do with a reckless eighteen year old driving his first car, or his
studious girlfriend? Very little, one might think, yet because of them, Sean
and Melissa find themselves caught up in an alternative reality less than
twenty kilometers from their homes.In 'The Gates of Sunset', the struggle
between good and evil is portrayed in straightforward language as a story of
love, war, self-discovery, the opposition of virtue and vice, and an
overarching mystery.It is the story of two young South Australians stepping
out of their own small realities, being matured in the process, coming to know
themselves better, and finding new purpose in their lives. Guided by the
mysterious 'Archer', whose name they never learn, and a host of lesser
characters they learn to accept the unimaginable and triumph, but at a cost…..
Available from
Mountain Mist Productions
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The Hidden Kingdom
The
story begins - Book One:
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Merlin, born in the last years of
Atlantis, as the empire slides inexorably towards decay and destruction is
surrounded by a mystery. Found as an abandoned child on the slopes of the
Mountain of Fire by Belasius, Grand Master of the Astari, an esoteric order
charged with guiding the evolution of humanity, he is raised by the Order, and
initiated at the age of eighteen. But on his first secret mission as an
initiate he risks compromising them by falling in love with a daughter of the
Emperor. Torn between his sworn obligation to the Order, and a desperate love
for the daughter of a doomed dynasty, Merlin risks all to save her without
betraying his calling. But as the lovers attempt to escape the breakup of the
island, will they reach the last ship? Belasius and the Order have taken great
risks to save them, but even if they do reach the last ship, will it be able
to escape the tidal waves that will finally drown Atlantis?
Available from
Lulu and from
Double-Dragon.
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The Hidden Kingdom
The
story continues - Book
Two:
Three manage to escape on the last ship, as the disintegrating islands of
Atlantis start to sink. Almost overwhelmed, they must somehow survive to reach
the open waters of the Great Ocean. A heartbroken Merlin is surprised as they
voyage to a new beginning... in Avalon.
Available from Lulu and
Double-Dragon.
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The Hidden Kingdom
The adventure continues - Book
Three:
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Merlin,
laid to rest in dark-age Britain in his Crystal Cave has awoken in fulfillment
of a prophecy, as Pisces moves into Aquarius and the 2012 Galactic Alignment
is less than four years away. Has he returned in time to prevent the end of
history in perpetual enslavement for humanity, or is it already too late? If
there is to be a future Merlin must travel to Hyperborea at the highest of all
world levels, there to be prepared for his return to Earth as the Ogmios,
prophet of the coming age, who alone can lead humanity beyond the Dark Rift at
the Galactic Centre to a new dawn.
His one time pupil Finn with his beloved wife Elen, both of whom once
travelled from the past into the present are summoned to his side again, to
journey with him through seven world levels to Hyperborea, where the
stronghold and sanctuary of the enlightened Astari of Numenor is already under
direct threat. But their ancient nemesis from Atlantis, the False Prophet has
also returned, deceiving the peoples, endeavouring the turn them from light to
darkness, as the climax of the ages unfolds.
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Lulu and from
Double-Dragon.
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"Not a great lover of fantasy I was nonetheless enchanted by this book. It
tells a compelling story in the most beautiful of language, using words that
often sent me running to the dictionary (I am always intrigued by new words).
Set in the last days of Atlantis, the story is told in two voices - one the
narrator and the other the young Merlin, at first through his thoughts and
later through his written memoirs, these always shown in italics. This is a
clever ploy but somewhat defeats the purpose of suspense as we always know
that Merlin must escape the dangers to be able to write his memoirs. I often
skip over long paragraphs of description but the ones in this book are so
picturesque that they kept me reading every word. I could so easily visualize
every scene described. I'll be watching for book Number Two."
Review of
Atlantis - Book One in the Hidden Kingdom Trilogy
by Tomaso Lonsdale
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Secret
Chronicle of Oisin
Irish hero Oisin travels to the Land of
Youth with Princess Naomh to enjoy its pleasures, but after three years
revisits home to find that three hundred years have passed in Erin Shocked, he
ignores a warning not to leave the magical chariot conveying him, as a result
of which it disappears leaving him trapped. But is there a hidden agenda at
work" Why is he sent to Hyperborea. searching for a weapon against Death' What
is Death doing in the Land of Youth" This Chronicle raises questions provides
answers taking Oisin through danger, sacrifice and transformation, half
revealing a secret as the lovers challenge Death in a tale uniting myth with
fantasy.
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"Lovers
of dark fantasy will love this book. The author has written it in a style that
entertains through the richness of its language and thought provoking
concepts. It is a book that can be read from two different perspectives.
Strictly as an action epic in a fantasy environment, or as a deeper reading
experience where one's intellect needs to reflect on hidden meanings. If the
reader is prepared to take the time and think about what is presented to them,
they will get immense pleasure from the reading."
Warren Thurston
Available from
Double-Dragon
and
Lulu.
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Bridge to
Ressurrection
Set in an alternative world the king
of an impoverished kingdom is murdered by agents of a predatory
neighbor because he will not betray a secret which his enemy
desires above all. But because his murder fails to produce the
desired result an invasion is planned and implemented. The
king’s untimely death prevents his successor from being
acknowledged. But help is forthcoming from two high degree
initiates who succeed in locating the dead king’s spirit and
guiding it to the place of judgment in the constellation of
Orion.
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Double-Dragon.
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Time Tunnel and the Grail
John Finniss is an Australian schoolteacher, trapped in a career
no longer fulfilling and undergoing a mid-life crisis. But
childhood dreams about life in the sixth century come back to
haunt him, and then a dark tunnel manifests in real time, a
direct way into the past, challenging him to follow it back into
that dark age century and, at the court of King Arthur to find
the true destiny he has sought for so long. This is a story that
encompasses modern Australia, sixth century Ireland and Britain,
the Grail tradition and the Garden of Paradise. In a review
Warren Thurston wrote, “Adrian Rogers has created a wonderful
fantasy full of powerful images, brought to life by a language
full of richness.”
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Double-Dragon.
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