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Imagining Other Lives: Selected Stories has been slowly created over many decades. Scribblings of random thoughts and ideas on old envelopes, scraps of paper large and small, and various notebooks had lingered patiently awaiting attention. With precious spare time on her hands, Noela McNamara heeded their call and brought them to life. This collection of tales presents miraculous, menacing and mysterious happenings in the lives of imaginary characters over time in Australian society. Noela has a special penchant for developing original and creative stories and poems from her imagination, using ideas that pop into her head at random. This is …read more
Jabiru Publishing has just released Noela McNamara’s third book, “Daughter Woman Mother Wife”. Drawing on her poems and stories written over her lifetime, Noela has compiled an extraordinary collection in which she explores the many nuances of life as a woman in the journey through life. Noela has a wonderful ability to go to the heart of what it means to be a woman in modern Australian society. While she writes about the joys of womanhood and motherhood, she is not afraid to tackle the difficult issues in life. This book also provides a glimpse into the complexities of family …read more
Noela McNamara’s new book contains poems and stories about the interface between cultural groups in modern Australia. Noela traces present-day situations back to their roots and shows the way that the past impacts the present in the lives of people from different cultural backgrounds. Her background in Australian Indigenous Literature allows her to have a rare ability to conduct a sensitive and thoughtful exploration of sometimes difficult issues. While Noela’s previously published work has been in the field of poetry, the new book includes compelling short stories about people from different backgrounds who are trying to find their place within society. These stories …read more