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Bryce Courtenay (Photo credit: Graham McCarter)

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Bryce Courtenay is the bestselling author of The Power of One, Tandia, April Fool's Day, The Potato Factory, Tommo & Hawk, Solomon's Song, Jessica, A Recipe for Dreaming, The Family Frying Pan, The Night Country, Smoky Joe's Cafe, Four Fires, Matthew Flinders' Cat, Brother Fish, Whitethorn, Sylvia, The Persimmon Tree, Fishing for Stars, The Story of Danny Dunn and Fortune Cookie.

The Power of One is also available in an edition for younger readers, and Jessica has been made into an award-winning television miniseries.

Bryce Courtenay lives in Canberra.

Visit Bryce on Facebook: facebook.com/BryceCourtenay

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Book Cover: A Recipe for Dreaming
A Recipe for Dreaming
By Bryce Courtenay

A Recipe for Dreaming is a little treasure of wise words and beautiful images. With insight, humour and a deep sense of humanity, Bryce Courtenay inspires us to become dreamers and questioners, creators of lives that are rich and rewarding. Illuminating these musings are the superb visual poems of Anie Williams.

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A Recipe for Dreaming is a little treasure of wise words and beautiful images. With insight, humour and a deep sense of humanity, Bryce Courtenay inspires us to become dreamers and questioners, creators...

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Published: 03/09/2007
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780670028689
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: April Fool's Day
April Fool's Day
By Bryce Courtenay
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Published: 28/08/2006
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742280585
Book Cover: April Fool's Day
April Fool's Day
By Bryce Courtenay

In the end, love is more important than everything and it will conquer and overcome anything. Or that's how Damon saw it, anyway. Damon wanted a book that talked a lot about love.

Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young man's life. Damon's story is one of lifelong struggle, his love for Celeste, the...

In the end, love is more important than everything and it will conquer and overcome anything. Or that's how Damon saw it, anyway. Damon wanted a book that talked a lot about love.

Damon Courtenay died...

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Published: 28/08/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143004608
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover: April Fool's Day: Popular Penguins
April Fool's Day: Popular Penguins
By Bryce Courtenay
Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young man's life. 
Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young man's life. 
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Published: 29/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143566564
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: Brother Fish
Brother Fish
By Bryce Courtenay
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Published: 09/01/2006
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742283739
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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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