Rippple Media

Rowan and Eris – Campbell Jefferys (2017)

It’s a simple story, a journey, a search, a pursuit. There is a man from Perth, an American woman, their daughter. The woman is intent on creating chaos wherever she goes, through urban art, and her work extends to creating chaos in her own life by having a daughter. The man is intent on finding his daughter and in doing so finds himself and the songs inside him. It’s a road trip novel, starting in Perth, Australia, and traversing America, Canada and Europe. It is also a meditation on art, creativity, success, growing up and taking responsibility. A highly ambitious project, the book includes a CD of original music, plus illustrations and song lyrics.

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Greetings from – Campbell Jefferys (2017)

This collection of travel stories has been gathered over twenty years of travel and writing. They cover many places and themes, but all circle around the idea of being a stranger in a strange land. As a sample, the stories involve playing street basketball in New York, going underground in Berlin, pushing a boat in Indonesia, chasing ghosts in Vienna, and going back in time on Lanzarote.

Shortlisted for three independent publishing awards.

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The Book of Names – Royce Leville (2015)

Strange situations, unsolvable problems, secret lives, redemption and revenge. Who are the people behind the names? There’s a benevolent locksmith with keys to every lock in town. There’s a serial-killing vet who harvests his victims’ organs. A paediatrician battling her own imaginary friends. A group of men locked inside a container, stranded at a harbour. A performance artist who can open a bottle of champagne in an extraordinary way. And more in this mesmerizing collection.

Australia/New Zealand fiction category winner of the 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

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Dixon Grace – Alexa Camouro (2013)

Dixon’s European sojourn goes awry when she’s arrested for corporate espionage. She’s just an innocent Australian teacher working abroad. Or is she? For Dixon, it’s a matter of wrong place, wrong time. The investigating officers are convinced she’s stolen the navigation and guidance technology from the plane manufacturer Flussair, and that she’s behind the murder of a top-ranking executive. All the evidence points to her, but she insists it’s all a misunderstanding. She breaks out of custody in order to prove her innocence. But there are sinister elements at every turn, including a rising Indian corporation called Nayakall, a people-smuggling prostitution ring in Hamburg, a language school up to no good and a boyfriend with a dark secret.

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The Label Maker – MacKenzie Stilton (2012)

Surrounded by people and constantly connected, yet lost, unsatisfied and alone. Like so many people, Joe Solitus is drifting through life, a phone in his hand and a laptop under his arm. He works, dates, swims, goes to yoga class, talks to his cat and surfs the internet. But there is no search for higher meaning, to find his place in the world, or to come to terms with grief and loss. With the help of some friends, Joe manages to get outside his comfort zone, first at a tech-free resort, then by going on a digital diet, and finally by starting a movement that goes viral online: Simplicity. He wants to reduce his dependence on technology and get control of his life. But is simplicity the answer?

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True Blue Tucker – Campbell Jefferys (2011)

When Darius and Humphrey go looking for the real Australia, the journey takes them to Australia’s north-west, Canada’s ski hills, London’s damp streets and Munich’s bars. Along the way, they learn about themselves, their country and what the world thinks of Australians. Ambitiously and misguidedly, they set about changing the stereotype, by opening an Aussie bar in Munich that tells the real history of Australia. It’s out with the inflatable crocodiles and in with information about stolen Aboriginal children; out with Paul Hogan and in with Pauline Hanson. No other work of fiction tackles the topic of Australian identity quite like True Blue Tucker.

Australia/New Zealand fiction category winner of the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

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A Little Leg Work – Royce Leville (2011)

Most diners are completely oblivious as to what goes on in a restaurant’s kitchen. When the Alfresco Paradiso turns to a new food source, it means a plate of meatballs will never be the same again. A local detective (and weekend gourmet chef) tries to find out just what it is that makes the meatballs so good, while his brother-in-law, a journalist, smells a page one story. Royce Leville’s debut novel pushes the boundaries of taste and the limits of traditional narrative style. Replete with footnotes, multiple narrators, gristly scenes and thousands of satisfied eaters, A Little Leg Work will disgust, intrigue, amuse and offend.

Winner of the Fiction category of the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

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Hunter – Campbell Jefferys (2008)

How do you find a way to fit in when you don’t really feel you belong? Eric has just moved to the coastal town of Crescent Bay and has trouble adjusting. To earn some money, he begins doing odd jobs for seniors and comes into contact with two old men. Of Germany descent himself, Eric becomes fascinated by the men and the stories they tell. Are they Nazis? Should he contact the police? Set during the Gulf War and with a backdrop of middle class Australian coastal life, Hunter is a coming of age story which poses interesting questions about nationality, social acceptance, conformity and middle class suburban life in Australia.

Winner of the Fiction category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

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The Bicycle Teacher – Campbell Jefferys (2005)

In the summer of 1981, Michael from Perth meets Kathrin from Berlin. It’s love. It’s East meets West, and East wins.To those in the west, life behind the Iron Curtain was horrible and oppressive. But for the millions who lived there, it was a way of life and they did the best they could. Some are now even nostalgic for it. Ostalgie it’s called in Germany. For Michael Smith, East Germany fills all the gaps in his own life. He’s happy there. He wants to stay. Everything is within his reach. And yes he’s very naïve, and yes he’s ignoring a lot of bad to focus on the good, but ignorance really can be bliss. Until the Berlin Wall falls.

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