• Other Country
Other Country has been described as “raw, forceful and intensely masculine”. The author has been called “a wholly new, striking and original voice in Australian fiction.”
Set in the mythic, remote country of the Top End, Other Country tells the story of two young brothers, The Ace and Wild Billy, and their struggle to overcome the bitter legacy of their brutal father. Bound by blood and memories and trust, they are destined to clash - one bound by the past, the other straining towards the future. “And out of it all lead only two paths . . . to end up mean and empty like the Old Man, or not.”
Written with an authentic grittiness and an understated, dry humour, it is also an unforgettable story of the 'the other country' of the Top End, the implacable and unforgiving moods of the landscape and the laconic and tough characters who make this unforgiving country their home.
This vivid, forceful, and invigorating novel announces the arrival of a very new, very different voice in Australian
fiction.
Published in Australia by Allen and Unwin.
Large format 1st edition paperback (C format), $29.95, available online:
http//www.allenandunwin.com
Paperback 2nd edition available from book stores, $22.95.
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Other Country is published as an unabridged audio book, on CD and cassette, as a commercial title by Louis Braille Audio. See
www.louisbrailleaudio.com.
• Travel Etcetera: The World on Another Plane
From his most recent, travels, Stephen Scourfield brings together some of his most fascinating journeys and encounters in the book Travel Etcetera. From the giant tortoises of Mauritius to the carbon ledgers of India and mai tais of Hawaii. From the temples of Bangkok to the frigid history of the Yukon. The book looks at the world in a personal and often amused way. It is a literary journey that interprets the very nature of travel.
This book is $15 and now only available from the author. Email stephenscourfield@westnet.com.au
• Western Australia: An Untamed View
A photographic journey covering more than half a million kilometres and almost 20 years. From remote deserts to the cradle of life, from the oldest rocks on Earth to beaches with no footsteps. Complete with personal and informative text (see Writing section). Published in November 2003, by St George Books, Western Australia: An Untamed View has been widely acclaimed.
This title is sold out and no reprint is planned at present.
• The Lighthouse Keepers (spoken word CD)A dramatic story which draws on the intriguing history of homing pigeons used to bring back messages from Australian lighthouses. At a remote lighthouse perched on a rocky island, two isolated families become embroiled in a bitter dispute. But this intense human story only unfolds in the controlled quietness of a birdkeeper’s loft, as carrier pigeons return with messages from Long Rock. The Lighthouse Keepers tells the story of the homing pigeons which carried messages back from remote Australian lighthouses. And it portrays human weaknesses that can have the most devastating results.
This CD is $15 and now only available from the author. Email stephenscourfield@westnet.com.au
• Are We Nearly There Yet?
A collection of essays, Are We Nearly There Yet? (1999/2000), sold out in five weeks. It was approved by the English Teachers Association and listed by the WA Education Department for use as a curriculum text in high schools. It received strong reviews and has also been adopted at University level for course use and as a library reference. It is the first of a planned trilogy of travel essay books by Stephen Scourfield.
This book is $15 and now only available from the author. Email stephenscourfield@westnet.com.au
• Facing West
Stephen Scourfield’s text for a book which features the Australian images of Magnum and National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry, from New York. (PCB, 2000)
• Being Australian
A coffee table style book containing a personal, anecdotal text account of Western Australian life, with colour photography. (Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1998).
• North of Capricorn
A spectacular journey through the remote north of Western Australia, sold 10,000 copies. (WAN, 1995).
• Out Boating
A guide to Western Australia’s waterways. (St George Books, 1989)
• Display prints of Stephen Scourfield's landscape photographs are also available by contacting stephenscourfield@westnet.com.au
• Other publications
He has also been involved in collating, editing and producing a number of other books:
• Picture by Rod Taylor. With introductory essay and short stories by Stephen Scourfield. (2008)
• Australian Seeds: A Guide to their Collection, Identification and Biology. (CSIRO Publishing, 2006)
• 20 Years of Alston, 1985 – 2005. The work of cartoonist Dean Alston, with an introduction, and edited by, Stephen Scourfield. (WAN, 2005)
• Western Australia in the 20th Century. (WAN, 2000)
• Kings Park: Soul of a City. (WAN, 1996)
• Eat with the Eagles, for which he wrote the text. (WAN Publishing, 1994)
• Annual Western Australian wine guides, various years.
• WA Restaurant Guide.
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