Peter Johnson

Winner of a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts Blue collar worker stories Author's first fiction collection I'm a Man by Peter Johnson delves into the lives of blue collar workers, capturing their struggles and triumphs with vivid storytelling. This debut fiction collection has garnered critical acclaim and showcases Johnson's unique narrative voice. Through his stories,...

Cleared Out is the story of first contact between a young Aboriginal woman, Yuwali, and European Australia. This significant event occurred in 1964, but its origins trace back to 1947 when the Commonwealth Government announced the establishment of a rocket testing range at Woomera. The book is richly illustrated with images from the sixties, providing a visual journey alongside the...

A collection of prose poems by the acclaimed editor of The Prose Poem.

Narrow Gauge Railways, so well suited to difficult, mountainous terrain, were built in many of the UK’s most scenic locations. Their genesis was in mines and quarries where they replaced man- or horse-pulled wagons, but their adaptability meant that by the 1860s they were also carrying passengers, in some cases over quite considerable distances. Today a good proportion of all...