We wish to thank the West End Library and staff for their assistance and support in launching the book. The book is now available in Brisbane City Council Libraries. Please note that Michael, we really have to talk is available in hardback at the Avid Reader Bookstore in West End and online in e-book and hardback at Amazon.… Go to Article
Category: Bent Banana Books
Munching the Millions
AUSTRALIANS will gamble on two flies. crawling up a wall, they say.
Aussie bookmaker Tom Waterhouse is currently betting on how much Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream will fetch at a Southey’s auction this month.
Waterhouse has previously wagered on the winners of reality shows such as Dancing with the Stars and The Voice to add a bit of zest to mundane wagers on political elections and Academy Awards.… Go to Article
Lazarus Syndrome inspires comic short story
Autistic boy teaches colorful magic
Guest Book Review
Festive Fun
Aussie thriller sings and zings

Iraqi Icicle excerpt
It was a week before I saw the cops again. They tried to kick down the door of my flat, which is on the floor below My Cucumber Natalie and not 800 metres from my beloved Brisbane racetracks.… Go to Article
Vision gets even better
Bent Christmas and Banana New Year
GIVE a gift of a Bent Banana Book this Christmas to family, friends and yourself.… Go to Article
Trudy returns
Free Spirit soars
To sex or not to sex
THAT is the question: to sex or not to sex.
Amazon declares me profane
Amazon thinks we are profane.
They said my profile was unacceptable because it contained a profanity. WTF! I carefully re-read my profile and tried a few changes but the message came back: PROFANE
I deleted the only remaining thing I could see they might object to. Sure enough, the new version passed muster.… Go to Article
Critical readers have their say about 7 Shouts
Je m’apelle a winner babe
Reviews roll on
REVIEWS are coming in to Amazon for Bernie Dowling’s non-fiction work 7 Shouts:The Best of My Shout.
Gleaned from seven year’s of his My Shout newspaper columns, the book establishes Australian humour at the off-centre of the Universe.
The first two reviewers each gave 7 Shouts four stars.
Here is what they had to say.… Go to Article
Them ol’ Publisher blues
I came across another mainstream publisher at a conference the other day – very depressing. I don’t mind so much they are in denial that ebooks will send them spiralling into obsolescence just like epublishing sent the big record companies down the drain. If I was in their shoes, I would be dreading the future of the ebook.… Go to Article