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Subsidiary Rights Guide
March 2020
London Book Fair
Pantera Press — taking on the Contents
world... Upcoming and Recent Adult Fiction ...........................................................3
Pantera Press is a young and enthusiastic Australian book publisher, created to
champion writing culture and literacy in Australia with a clear community and
Upcoming and Recent Adult Non-Fiction ..................................................10
cultural purpose.
Upcoming LOST THE PLOT titles ...............................................................14
We discover and nurture talented Australian writers who are great storytellers. We
also publish non-fiction books that matter, and have a quirky imprint designed for
millennials, Lost the Plot. From our Australian origins we are now also publishing Contact Details .......................................................................................26
titles that fit our criteria from around the world. As a social purpose business, we use
our profits to fund charities and not-for-profits that encourage reading and work to
close the literacy gap in Australia.
We released our first titles in 2010 and were short-listed in 2013, 2014, 2018 and
2019 for the Australian Book Industry’s (ABIA) Small Publisher of the Year Award. In
2015 we were short-listed for the ABIA Innovation Award. We are the only publisher
to have been named a ‘Heatseeker’ by Nielsen BookScan for three successive years
(indie publishers showing both the highest short-term and long-term growth). We
have a team of seasoned industry professionals fast developing a list of award-
winning and critically acclaimed authors and titles across a range of genres.
Our books are distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Bloomsbury, and we
hold world rights to most of our titles. We would love to introduce you to our list.
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Upcoming and Recent Adult Fiction
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Recent Adult Fiction
The Devil Inside | D L Hicks
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Revelation 2:10
In a peaceful coastal town, a young woman is found brutally About the Author
murdered, a piece of scripture held tightly in her hand. Local
detective Charlotte Callaghan is put on the case, and she’s
glad for the distraction – Gull Bay can be a hard place to
David Hicks has been a police officer with Victoria Police and
keep a secret, and she’s holding on to a few.
has worked on the street for over twenty years, a job which he
describes as giving him a front seat to crime and humanity in all
After Charlotte asks her brother, Father Joseph Callaghan,
its colour — both good and bad — while also providing ideas
about the verse, her suspicions fall on his parishioners.
and insights for his writing.
Then a second victim is found, along with another biblical
message. Through his stories, David hopes to challenge readers to examine
the line between good and evil and how circumstance can alter a
A dark betrayal is concealed within the small community. person’s life in the blink of an eye. Along with writing fiction, he
For Charlotte, there’s something personal about this case, has written an extensive article for the Australian Police Journal.
something that threatens the very core of her beliefs. Can
she unravel this mystery before it tears her town apart? David lives in Geelong with his wife and two children - complete
with a dog and picket fence. The Devil Inside is his first novel.
Pub Date: February 2020
ISBN: 9781925700817
Category: Crime Fiction
Format: Paperback C 234mm x 153mm
Extent: 350pp
Rights Held: World
Rights Sold: Audio (Wavesound)
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Upcoming Adult Fiction
THE GIRL SHE WAS | Rebecca Freeborn
‘She’d long ago stopped wondering whether anyone would
find out what she’d done. It was in the past, and Layla didn’t
dwell on the past.’ About the Author
Layla was just like any other teenager in the small town
of Glasswater Bay: she studied hard, went out with her
friends and worked at the local cafe after school. But when
Rebecca Freeborn has been writing compulsively since she was
her attractive, married boss turned his attention on her,
old enough to wield a pen, both for her work in media and
everything changed.
communications and for pleasure.
Twenty years later, she’s living a quiet life in the suburbs with
She has had several short stories published and has several
a loving husband and two children. She’s finally left the truth
manuscripts under development, both literary fiction and
of what happened behind. Until she receives a text message:
contemporary women’s fiction.
I know what you did.
For years, she’s outrun her past, turning away from her She lives in Adelaide with her husband, three children and three
friends and her home town. Now her past is about to catch very entitled pets.
up.
A Better Reading ‘Rising Star’ for 2018
Pub Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9780648508434
Category: Contemporary Women’s Fiction
Format: Paperback C 234mm x 153mm
Extent: 356pp
Rights Held: World
Rights Sold: Audio (Bolinda)
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Upcoming
Upcoming Adult
Adult Fiction
Fiction
A TESTAMENT
All theOF CHARACTER|
Tears Sulari Gentill
in China | Sulari Gentill
THE TENTH BOOK IN THE ROWLAND SINCLAIR
MYSTERY SERIES
About the Author
In fear for his life, American millionaire Daniel
Cartwright changes his will, appointing his old friend
Rowland Sinclair as his executor.
Soon murder proves that fear well founded. Award-winning author Sulari Gentill set out to study astrophysics,
graduated in law, and then abandoned her legal career to write
When Rowland receives word of Cartwright’s death, he
books instead of contracts. Born in Sri Lanka, Sulari learned to
sets out immediately for Boston, Massachusetts, to bury
speak English in Zambia, grew up in Brisbane and now lives in
his friend and honour his last wishes. He is met with the the foothills of the Snowy Mountains of NSW where, with her
outrage and anguish of Cartwright’s family, who have historian husband, she grows French black truffles, cares for a
been spurned in favour of a man they claim does not variety of animals and raises two wild colonial boys. Sulari also
exist. paints, but only well enough to know she should write, preferably
in her pyjamas.
Artists and gangsters, movie stars and tycoons all
gather to the fray as elite society closes in to protect
Sulari is the author of nine books in the award-winning and best-
its own, and family secrets haunt the living. Rowland
selling Rowland Sinclair Mysteries as well as the Greek mythology
Sinclair must confront a world in which insanity is
adventure series The Hero Trilogy.
relative, greed is understood, and love is dictated;
where the only people he can truly trust are an artist, a
poet and a passionate sculptress.
Pub Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9780648508489
Category: Historical Crime Fiction “Gentill immerses us in an unfamiliar world that quickly becomes one we willingly reside in.” Herald Sun
Format: Paperback C 234mm x 153mm
Extent: 384pp “..provides the reader with a slick and entertaining story that expertly combines exciting history detail with a
Rights Held: World scintillating mystery.” Canberra Weekly
Rights Sold: North America (Poisoned Pen Press); UK and
Commonwealth ex ANZ and Canada (Oldcastle Books)
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Adult Fiction
THE ROWLAND
The Rowland
SINCLAIR
Sinclair
The MYSTERIES
RowlandMysteries
Sinclair| Mysteries
Sulari Gentill
Rowland Sinclair, the black sheep of
a wealthy Australian rural grazing
family, and his loyal and endearing
companions, artist Clyde, poet Milton
and the beautiful sculptress Edna, find
themselves repeatedly in the wrong
place at the wrong time, embroiled in
murder and mayhem.
This award-winning gentleman
detective series offers a
tantalising insight into the people and
politics that shaped 1930s Australia
and the world, including a fascinating
array of real characters, many of AWARD WINNING SERIES
whom changed the course of history.
A FEW RIGHT THINKING MEN
Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize, 2011
Rowland Sinclair and his friends
are guaranteed to charm you against A DECLINE IN PROPHETS
Winner of the Davitt Award for Best Crime Fiction, 2012
the very real backdrop of the tensions
of the Great Depression and the rise of PAVING THE NEW ROAD
fascism, solving crimes from Australia Shortlisted for the Davitt Award for Best Crime and Mystery, 2013
to London and Germany in their A MURDER UNMENTIONED
inimitable style. Highly Commended, Best Adult Crime Fiction, Davitt Awards, 2015
Shortlisted for the Best Crime Novel, Ned Kelly Awards, 2015
Shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards Small Publisher
Adult Book of the Year, 2015
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Upcoming Adult Fiction
The Serpent’s Skin | Erina Reddan
It’s a cold and wintery night in 1968 and ten-year-old JJ’s
mother isn’t home. The cows are milked, the pigs fed, and
her dad won’t answer any questions. About the Author
The four children survive as best they can in a cloud of their
father’s lies and clear misery, dealing with their mother’s
absence in their own ways. But it’s always been JJ’s job to Erina Reddan is a writer, a strategist, a public speaker and
author. She has a Master’s Degree in Professional Writing
cause trouble, and her sleuthing wreaks havoc in their tight-
(University of Technology Sydney) and is currently undertaking a
knit community.
PhD in Creative Writing (La Trobe University).
Fourteen years on, JJ has a new life, a loving partner and
She has been awarded the prestigious Walkley Award for her
a good job, but she finds herself being pulled back in to
work as an ABC foreign correspondent, and won the Screen
the unsolved mystery of her childhood. While pretending to
Producers Association of Australia’s pitching award (Holding
have made peace with her father’s dishonesty, she organises Redlich) for the documentary concept, Ghosts in the Machine.
a final farewell for her mother so they can all put the past
behind them. Will the tragic truth finally set them all free? Erina is Executive Director of a media messaging business
and has lectured in international politics at The University of
The Serpent’s Skin is a gripping, literary crime novel about Melbourne, tutored in creative writing at La Trobe University and
male power and the secrets that can haunt a family. Most of taught at Writers Victoria.
all, it’s about the many ways we prove our love.
“The Serpent’s Skin is a powerful, gripping read, with a
This novel ushers in Erina Reddan as a brilliant new voice in cast of complex, satisfyingly original characters. Erina
Pub Date: June 2020 Reddan has written a rich, memorable Australian novel.”
Australian fiction. Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project
ISBN: 9781925700732
Category: Literary Crime Fiction
Format: Paperback C 234mm x 153mm
Extent: 350pp
Rights Held: World
Rights Sold: Audio (Bolinda); Large Print (Ulverstone)
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Upcoming Adult Fiction
THE REACH | B. Michael Radburn
An isolated town with a dark past…
Devlins Reach in the Hawkesbury River is known for its About the Author
secluded location and picturesque beauty. But within its
tight-knit community of loggers, store owners and tight-
lipped locals, a killer is on the loose.
Between road trips on his Harley Davidson, B. Michael Radburn
is a family man. The hauntingly beautiful surrounds of his rural
When three bodies are unearthed in an excavation site,
Southern Highlands holding inspire his stories.
park ranger and wilderness expert Taylor Bridges is called
in to help local police, and he discovers the town has an
Radburn was an award-winning short-story writer before he moved
unsettling history. But Taylor has a past of his own that still
to writing novels. This freed him to explore his characters, as well as
haunts him and his family.
the natural and supernatural environs in his work.
As a torrential storm grows closer, The Reach goes into He enjoys farming his small property and has a deep passion for
lockdown. With no way in or out, Taylor finds himself in music.
race against the power of nature to catch the killer before
the whole town goes under. Radburn treasures the time he spends jamming on guitar, banjo
and harmonica.
THE CROSSING
Rights Sold:
Pub Date: September 2020 “A riveting tale of deception and desperation…an
French (Editions du Seuil);
ISBN: 9781925700510 impressive Australian thriller... one for the dark, cold
Audio (Wavesound); Film
Category: Crime Fiction winter nights ahead” ABC Radio
Option (James Khehtie)
Format: Paperback C 234mm x 153mm
“This innovative thriller is gripping throughout… fast THE FALLS
Extent: 352pp
pace and three-dimensional characters gave it a great Rights Sold:
Rights Held: World momentum” Good Reading Magazine French (Editions du Seuil);
Audio (Wavesound) 9
Upcoming and Recent Adult Non-Fiction
10Upcoming
Upcoming
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
- Popular
- Business
Culture
Surf by Day, Jam by
CULT
Night
STATUS
| Ash|Grunwald
Tim Duggan
HOW TO BUILD A BUSINESS THAT PEOPLE ADORE
There’s never been a better time to have a good idea:
How to build a About the Author
consumers are changing, and the businesses forming around
business people adore them are principled, purposeful and creative. The next
generation of entrepreneurs think differently, and Cult Status
L will show you how you can too.
Tim is a new media entrepreneur who has co-founded and sold
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Enough has been written about huge cult brands founded multiple businesses. Described by Time Out as “an entrepreneur
last century - Nike, Apple, Red Bull. What will the cult with the clout of Tony Soprano and the disposition of Fred
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companies of tomorrow look like? Who is amassing the kind Hollows”, Tim was named #1 on Startup Daily’s Young &
of passionate community that makes a brand a massive, Influential list and has had a front row seat to the rapid changes
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longterm, cult success? in media and business.
Tim Duggan, Co-Founder of one of Australia’s most Tim is the Co-Founder and Publisher of Australia’s leading
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innovative and awarded new media companies, has studied Millennials digital publisher, Junkee Media. Under his leadership
hundreds of entrepreneurs over the last decade to uncover they are the only publisher in history to be awarded the coveted
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title of Mumbrella’s Media Brand of The Year for multiple titles,
what successful next generation businesses all have in
Junkee and Punkee. Junkee Media was named Publishing
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common.
Company of The Year at the 2018 Publish Awards and their
Drawing on the strategy of the founders of modern content agency, Junkee Studio, helps leading global brands like
companies with cult followings - including Blake Mycoskie American Express and Qantas tell and share their stories.
TIM DUGGAN
(TOMS Shoes), Zoe Foster Blake (Go-To Skincare), Joe
Tim began his career as a music journalist for Rolling Stone, lives
Gebbia (Airbnb), Melanie Perkins (Canva), Tim Brown
with his partner, Ben, and dog, Winnie, in Sydney and also sits on
Pub Date: July 2020 (Allbirds), Daniel Flynn (Thankyou Group) and dozens
the Boards of Hello Sunday Morning, a tech startup working to
ISBN: 9781925700534 more – Tim unveils the trends and principles driving modern
change people’s relationship with alcohol, and the Griffin Theatre
Category: Business business today. Company, Australia’s new writing theatre.
Format: Paperback C 234mm x 153mm
Armed with this book anyone from anywhere can help
Extent: 276pp
create the next business with serious cult status.
Rights Held: World
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Upcoming
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
- Popular- General
Culture
Surf by Day,
GLIMPSES
Jam by Night
OF UTOPIA
| Ash Grunwald
| Jess Scully
OPTIMISM IN ACTION AROUND THE WORLD
Optimism isn’t naive. It is possible to imagine a future worth About the Author
fighting for, and there are places where people are already
living and creating it. Jess Scully takes us on a journey to
uncover the people shaping a world you might actually want
to live in. Because until we can see these these glimpses of Jess Scully is the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, a public art
hope, how can we try to work towards them? curator, festival director and media producer who uses creativity
and the arts to engage communities.
Gathering information from around the globe, she explores She was the founding director of Vivid Ideas, Australia’s largest
areas where there is clear hope for the future - including the creative industries event, and has curated creative sector events
design of future cities, how work practices will adapt, how including Junket, TEDxSydney and Curating Participation. Jess
we’ll cope with disasters and how we can work together was a founding contributor to the Sydney Culture Network,
to harness technological developments to achieve a better launched in late 2017.
world.
She is an advocate for the knowledge economy, creative and
cultural sector, and encouraging participation in politics, creativity
This book is a call for optimism, not in spite of, but because and enlivening our public realm. As a public art curator, her
of the scale of the challenges arrayed before us: humans are projects included Green Square Library and Plaza. She has
rising up to confront that challenge with creativity, resilience served as an arts policy advisor and strategist, directed the
and community. These people aren’t working to save the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards and the Creative Cities East
world, because the world as it is, isn’t worth saving. They’re Asia project, and began her career as editor of a number of
building a new world that’s designed from the outset to be publications including Yen, Empty and Hotpress.
Pub Date: August 2020
ISBN: 9781925700879 fair and sustainable, and with our help, they can succeed.
Category: Non-fiction - General
Format: Paperback C 234mm x 153mm
Extent: 278pp
Rights Held: World
12Upcoming Non-Fiction
Upcoming
- Personal
Non-Fiction
Development/Psychology
- Popular Culture
Surf by DARKNESS
Day, Jam byISNight
GOLDEN
| Ash| Grunwald
Mary Hoang
FACING YOUR SHIT AND FINDING YOURSELF
Harness your darkness, get your shit together and create a
truly fulfilling life. About the Author
Indigo Project psychologist Mary Hoang will teach you
how to face your fears and anxieties and make meaning
L from loss and pain, to find your true purpose and a life that
resonates for you.
Mary Hoang is an entrepreneur, artist and the head psychologist and
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founder of The Indigo Project, Australia’s largest and most progressive
Hidden in the folds of human life are the stories that most of
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psychology practice. Since 2009, she has been pioneering a creative
us want to keep in the dark. The shit storms, our anxieties, approach to psychology. Mary has emerged as a leader in the
our failed relationships, our sadness, our fears for the future, humanisation and transformation of the mental health industry.
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our psychological pain.
After her father’s death in 2017, Mary turned to art and writing
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Darkness is Golden is a commentary on the universal to explore the darker aspects of life – anxieties, fears, insecurities,
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experience of ‘darkness’ that weighs on us all, and how those loss, emotional pain and ‘baggage’ – and how these hold the
shadows can hold the answers we seek. It’s an insightful keys to insight, meaning and purpose. The moving artworks she
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guide on how to embrace the complexity of the mind when produced, utilising sound, psychology and installation, informed
navigating emotions and relationships. groundbreaking research by the University of Melbourne.
Drawing on her years of psychological and therapeutic
expertise, Mary Hoang will teach you how the tools of
Covering questions such as:
modern psychology, combined with age-old wisdom, provide
you with the alchemy to turn darkness into gold; how to How facing death can give us an appreciation of life.
How facing the shit in your life opens pathways to change.
Pub Date: September 2020 traverse, hopscotch, and shimmy with the web of your How facing your negative emotions helps you to connect
ISBN: 9781925700718 secrets, stories, and skeletons - to render purpose, meaning with yourself.
Category: Personal Development/Psychology How facing your shitty relationships and past hurts allows
and a life that resonates for you.
you to find peace within yourself.
Format: Paperback C 234mm x 153mm
How facing the fear of change in your life will create a life
Extent: 278pp that’s meaningful.
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13Upcoming and Recent LOST THE PLOT titles
14MIND BLOWN Dan Marshall
Did you know space is only an hour’s drive away? Did you Dan is a designer, illustrator and writer who runs a design
know there is a jellyfish that is biologically immortal? Or that of agency, Studio Marshall. For over 20 years he has worked with a
all life that has ever existed on Earth, 99.9% of it is extinct? Dan diverse group of clients including the Sydney Opera House, The
Marshall’s slick new book is packed to the brim with facts that will Australian Museum, One Laptop Per Child, The Hunger Project,
BLOW YOUR MIND. Facebook and Coca Cola.
Mind Blown was born from Dan’s passion for graphic design,
Delightful illustrations and beautiful design bring to life some of
MIND
communicating information visually and his deep curiosity for the
the hardest to believe and awesomely real facts you’ll ever see.
incredibly strange place that is our universe.
BLOWN
Prepare to have your mind blown…
DAN MARSHALL
If there was a hole right through the Earth,
it would take 42 minutes to go from one
side to the other.
If you’ve ever wondered just how far we Imagine for one minute that the Soviets had
humans have drilled down into our planet’s succeeded in digging their crazy hole. Somehow
surface, then try imagining the globe as an that hole would go all the way through Earth,
apple. It might surprise you that we haven’t ignoring the enormous distance and the heat, not
even sunk our teeth through the skin yet. to mention other barriers, like the friction of the
Bizarrely, some people from the Soviet Union drilling process and the rotation of Earth itself.
once started digging to see how deep a hole
they could make. After almost two decades What would happen if someone was to fall
of constant work, they’d only managed through it? Theoretically, you’d enter the tunnel
to go down 12 kilometres – that’s around at one point, fall straight through the centre
0.1% of the way through the planet. and then resurface on the opposite side of
the planet. Easy peasy. You’d start falling
Publication: November 2019
Creating a hole all the way through Earth with zero speed, which would rapidly build to
would be impossible. The tunnel itself would be a maximum of 28,440 km/hour as you hit the
12,756 kilometres long, and all of the material Earth’s core. You’d then slow back to zero as
in its path would need to be displaced. That you reached the other side. Much like the way
Page Size: 320 x 320mm would make a very impressive pile. Not
only would the tunnel be long but inside it
a pendulum swings down and up again.
would be hot as all hell. The temperature The total travel time for this theoretical journey
at Earth’s core is a blazing 6000ºC! from one side of the globe to the other would
Extent: 184 pages be a tidy 42 minutes. That’s less time than
the average television drama episode.
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30 MIND BLOWN
A visual feast of facts that you won’t believe, uniquely illustrated and displayed. A perfect
gift to dip into again and again, with facts guaranteed to impress your friends and family!
15HOW TO ADULT Anna Blackie
Shit you should know, but probably don’t. With Chapters Including:
Do you know your shiraz from your merlot?
Money is Scary and Here’s Why
Could you find north if you were lost in the wilderness?
Are you craving gravy but don’t how to make this magical Culinary Skills to Keep You From Starvation
sauce? Living Out of Home Without Dying
The answers are all here.
How Not to Be a Trash Human
(and other useful life skills)
From doing your taxes to changing a tyre, asking for a raise to
mastering the art of avocado preparation. This is the ultimate
Helpful Tips for Adult Professionalism
guide to all of the things a fully functioning adult should know to How Not to Die in the Wilderness
survive in the big scary world.
Basic Wisdom from an Mechanical Engineer
Packed with sage advice from a real-life hopeless millennial, this Legal Advice For When You’re Too Poor
book will keep you from starvation, make folding fitted sheets a
reality, and teach you to look like a real professional adult when for a Lawyer
you’re actually just an incompetent trash human.
Not Dying: Tips from a Medical Professional
Pretending You’re Not a Lazy Shit
Anna Blackie is a real-life hopeless millennial who spends her
time advising other millennials on how to function in an attempt
to avoid her own shortcomings.
While living in Sydney and dreaming of one day eating an
avocado in her very own house, Anna realised there was a
shocking amount she didn’t know about how to function in the Publication: January 2020
adult world. In a blind-leading-the-blind situation, she decided to Page Size: 198 mm x 128 mm
write her very own guide to being a grown-up and fill it with all
the things she hoped she would one day understand. Extent: 288 pages 2 colour
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“...full of genuinely helpful and
easy-to-follow advice about how to tackle
all the things that come with being an adult”
Good ReadingHOW TO ADULT Anna Blackie
- H O W TO A D U LT -
- HousEHold -
A re you living in you r
own filth?
The quickest way to ditch your trash-human vibe is to look WHEN TO CLEAN
at the etiquette for when you should wash and replace basic
household items… It turns out that bedsheets are meant to be
Rinse every day, throw away
washed at least once a week. At the time of writing, I couldn’t Kitchen sponges
every week.
remember the last time I’d washed my sheets. I am filthy and
disgusting and probably the reason Jesus cries at night.
when I
living
Wash after 3 uses (USES,
was a kId, all I wanted was to move Towels
PEOPLE, NOT DAYS!)
out of home. To me, having my own place was the After discovering that bedsheets are meant to be changed far
ultimate sign of adulthood, and I couldn’t wait to reach more often than is humanly possible, I also stumbled across Tea towels Wash EVERY. DAMN. DAY.
that peak level of maturity. the unsettling knowledge that there are many, many things
out of
within our houses that need to be washed or disposed of
I planned to stay up all night, eat chocolate cake for Wash every 3 months – if
completely on a regular basis. Read this list and tremble in your head is anywhere near
breakfast, and watch whatever trashy TV I wanted terror at your own inadequate adulting skills and generally Pillows as dirty as your mind, you
without judgement or complaints. Well, it turns out unsanitary habits. may need to consider doing
this more frequently.
that now I actually do live out of home, I’m in bed by
home
9.30 and only eat chocolate cake for breakfast when
Phones Every. Single. Day.
I’m having a mental breakdown. On the bright side, Did you know that things used to clean other things need
I watch as much of The Simpsons as I want, and my to be cleaned too? I sure as hell didn’t. Turns out both your
encyclopedic knowledge of quotes has proven to be a washing machine AND dishwasher need to be cleaned The eternal struggle of every
regularly. For years, my white clothes have been coming Bras woman, or hefty-chested
beneficial life skill.
without dying
out of the wash with weird and unexplained stains; I finally man: every 2–3 days.
understand that this was my washing machine crying out
for help. Washing machines should be sprayed and cleaned
I have also had to learn a harsh reality of adult life: twice a month to prevent bacteria, mould and limescale. Light switches (cue the
living out of home means you have to keep yourself Dishwashers should be put through a hot wash with a cup of I-don’t-think-I’ve-ever-
Once a week.
white vinegar once a month to kill off any lingering bacteria washed-a-light-switch-in-
alive. For someone who struggles to keep a plant my-life terror)
and icky smells.
green for more than 24 hours, this is a somewhat
daunting task. The following is an informative Shit you should know
Remote controls Once a month.
exploration into the things you need to know to help
you cling to life, and keep you from begging your
parents to take you back and wishing you’d never Disinfect and wipe out
Fridge
progressed past eight years of age. every week.
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- 89 -
- 95 -
- H O W TO A D U LT - - HousEHold - - HousEHold - - HousEHold -
Folding fitted sheets: make Wash your clothes without Oil stains, e.g. salad
the myth a reality ruining them dressing or from spitting
Sprinkle with salt and let sit
before washing.
frying pans
I once believed that folding a fitted sheet was an adulting Being an adult ruins so many things: the ability to drink
Alkaline stain removers, like
urban legend; a skill only to be dreamed of, but never actually without feeling like you’re going to die the next day; the use Protein stains, e.g. vomit, ammonia. Pro tip: Hot water
accomplished. I convinced myself I didn’t really need to of inexperience as an excuse for stupidity; and most of all, the sweat and blood makes protein set, so always
enjoyment of being a filthy mess without judgement. Let’s face use cold water for these.
know how to fold a fitted sheet anyway; what’s wrong with a
good old balled-up sheet shoved deep into the back of your it: even people who aren’t trash humans still spill shit all over
cupboard where no one can see your shame? Oh, how wrong themselves from time to time, and it’s an unspoken rule of the Rinse with cold water, then
Combination stains, e.g.
gently rub detergent on the
I was… I sheet you not, of all my new adulting knowledge, universe that all white shirts are destined to be ruined before sauces and make-up
stain.
the ability to fold a fitted sheet is one of my most treasured their time. To my mind, one of the most precious abilities of
skills. There is no experience that has given me as much pride those whimsical adults who are just too grown-up for their
Soak in cool water with
and satisfaction as making a perfect square out of that unruly own good is the capacity to throw even the most stained Grass stains detergent for a minimum of
tangle of cloth and elastic. Adulty AF. garment in the wash and have it reappear looking fresher 30 minutes, then wash.
than ever. Us mere mortals can only dream of having such
1 Lay your sheet out on a flat surface, grab the bottom abilities, but these tips will help you get a little closer to that Let the mud dry then brush it
godly level of skill. off. Soak in warm water with
corners and turn them inside out. Tuck these into the Mud stains 1 teaspoon dish detergent
top corners, aligning the seams to create a rectangle. and 1 tablespoon white
* Delicate bags: These mesh bags cost about $2 and are vinegar. Rinse with cold water.
2 Fold your rectangle in half, with the elastic edges endlessly useful. Stuff them with your bras, stockings
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very much. Coffee water. Rub with water and
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Katy McEwen
Ever felt like you’re completely out of touch with the evoloving With Topics Including:
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Katy McEwen is a baby boomer surrounded by millennials. She
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moving to Australia.
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Married with three millennial children she is constantly trying to
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understand, she decided that there were more than likely others
who might like to be let into those secrets too, so put together the Extent: 250 pages Full Colour
Oldies’ Guide to the Millennial World (with some help from her Rights Held: World
kids and workmates!).
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WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE Stefan Hunt
10 out of 10 people reading this will die.
Stefan Hunt was a successful film director, travelling around
the world capturing beautiful stories and making new friends,
a life one can only dream about. Then, at the age of 27,
he became riddled with an anxiety which left him paralysed
with fear and questioning his purpose. On the advice of a
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on the immense task of exploring the meaning of life in the
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prose with whimsical illustrations, this picture book follows a
conversation between fear and death asking you to look at
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Publication: March 2020
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to Die, which also consisted of short-film and multimedia art
festival in Sydney, aimed at empowering an audience to ‘fear Extent: 72 pages Full Colour
less and live more’. Rights Held: World (exc North America)
He currently lives in New York City.
The moment you realise that you’re not the only one with these fears, that you’re not alone, is
the moment it all changes.
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animal protection is just such an idea.' What's the best time to begin my journey? I hear you
Ariana Grande believes veganism can make you live
just, fair and less violent? Let's give that a resounding YES.
longer and happier, Ellen DeGeneres is encouraging her
ask. How about, now?! You'll be in great company. Animal
fans to stop eating meat, and Miley Cyrus is sure veganism Gandhi wisely said that true happiness is when what you
- MICHAEL KIRBY, protection is the social justice movement of our century
is taking over the world. Music sensation Billie Eilish told
Vegan living is not hard. Most of us living in industrialised
think, do and say are in harmony. When our diet and
and the vegan awakening is happening, making history countries have unprecedented choice about what
her millions of fans, 'I understand that meat tastes good ... choices are in line with our belief system we feel our
AUSTRALIA’S LONGEST in our very generation. It's worldwide and spontaneous,
and I know you think you're just one person and it won't
we can eat. Our supermarkets overflow with a wide
deepest values reflected in daily life. This is when we can
SERVING JUDGE and involves millions of people shifting away from animal variety of products and, if we're lucky, with a click of a
change anything if you stop but ... you should know "one live our innermost truth.
products. button, food, fashion and beauty products are delivered
person" adds up.' I know from experience that there is a soulful,
We have a global population of 7.7 billion people directly to our door. We are able to easily meet our
authentic, joyful feeling when my outsides match my
and, in recent years, 70 per cent of the world's people have nutritional needs and keep up with fashion trends without
insides. And I'm not alone.
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Fourteen years as a vegan, Grace from our Vegan Harry Bolman, host of the Vegan Hour, a regular and longevity, we should stay clear of meat and dairy.
A-Team explains what it means to her: hour-long livestream on Facebook in which he Expert scientific advice regarding diet usually recommends
interviews vegan identities, describes it this way: less animal products but, unfortunately, some nutritionists
haven't caught up with the times. Others rely on information
from health studies surreptitiously funded by meat, egg and
dairy industries using questionable science or drawing
suspect conclusions. A number of people I know have also
increased, rather than decreased, their meat consumption
following trends such as paleo and low-carb diets. And
many ill-informed health professionals scare away their
HEALTH
‘Veganism is a vegan-curious clients, making them doubt their decision to
philosophy on life. ‘Veganism is the lifestyle adopt a vegan diet. Make sure you're getting advice from
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It re-frames the way you see the world, oday millions of people around the globe are
that seeks to eliminate (as much
& FOOD
see food and see yourself as a moral proving that being healthy and being vegan are
as possible) the use of animals for highly compatible. A healthy vegan diet is appropriate
agent ... It’s opened me up to world cuisine, any purpose… To cease exploitation, for all stages of our life, including pregnancy,
made me think about the intersection of a enslavement, commodification and use of breastfeeding and adolescence. Research supports
variety of social issues like animal rights, animals for any purpose. To treat all animals that vegetarians and vegans are at reduced risk of a
human rights, migrant rights, environmental (and by extension, all living beings) with the number of health conditions including heart disease,
rights ... Veganism is a powerful idea ... love and respect we wish for ourselves. ‘I am living without fats, without meat, certain cancers, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and
one to which very few people can When our intention is to do no harm, without fish, but am feeling quite well this obesity. This is because vego and vegan diets are often
meaningfully provide any kind of we find a way, not an excuse.’ way. It always seems to me that man was low in saturated fat and high in vegetables, fruits, whole
robust counter-argument, in grains, legumes, soy products, nuts and seeds (all rich in
not born to be a carnivore.’ fibre and phytochemicals). This causes lower total and
my experience.’
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better
- ALBERT EINSTEIN serum glucose control, which leads to the reduction of
chronic disease.
A comprehensive large study of nutrition coined the
'Grand Prix of epidemiology' concluded that human beings
are basically a 'vegetarian species' and, for our own health
This chapter was written in collaboration with
Dr Leila Masson, medical doctor and paediatrician.
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