David Owen (4) (1956–)
Autore di Tasmanian Tiger: The Tragic Tale of How the World Lost Its Most Mysterious Predator
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Sull'Autore
David Owen is a Hobart-based writer of fiction and non-fiction for all mediums. He was born in 1956. His credits are 15 published books, which include literary novels and the acclaimed Pufferfish detective fiction series set in Tasmania. David edited Island magazine for five years and was the mostra altro director of publishing for Quintus Publishing at the University of Tasmania. His popular series of non-fiction books include: Thylacine, the Tragic tale of the Tasmanian Tiger; Shark, in Peril in the Sea; and Tasmanian Devil, a Unique and Threatened Animal. In 1998, his love story novel Bitters End was adapted as a feature film. David was the story and script consultant for the project. David is the Official Secretary, Office of the Governor, Tasmania. His most recent publication was 13 Point Plan for a Perfect Murder, which was the seventh release in the Pufferfish series, and was published by Fullers Publishing in August 2016. mostra meno
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Opere di David Owen
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1956
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Luogo di residenza
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Utenti
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Shark: In Peril in the Sea di David Owen
Only three stars for now but this book will stay on the bookshelf to be used whenever a shark is mentioned to look up the details of that particular shark! So it may improve with time.
WHY NEVILLE SHOT GUS is a novella with author foreword and afterword, from Tasmanian based author, David Owen, best known for his series of crime fiction novels featuring DI 'Pufferfish' Franz Heineken.
The foreword explains how this project came to be:
Owen goes onto explain how he used what he had taught the students to write WHY NEVILLE SHOT GUS. He outlines the steps involved, then as you read the novella, each of those steps is flagged. The process is fascinating, but the outcome is the point. The reader is presented with a novella that covers the main requirements of fictional crime writing, it flags when it is doing that, and the reader could be excused for completely missing the scaffolding and going along with the fictional ride.
This isn't a Pufferfish novella, but it is set in many familiar locations within Tasmania. It's imbued with the same sort of dry, sardonic wit, and the plot is based around the sort of human failings that are explored in the series novels.
It's cleverly done, and it works on all sorts of levels - as an entertaining, engaging crime fiction novella. As an exercise in understanding the craft of crime writing, and as a tutorial on how to go about it yourself if you're of that mind. Whatever the reason, WHY NEVILLE SHOT GUS was time well spent.
… (altro)
The foreword explains how this project came to be:
Tell it like it is (was).
In the year 1999 I accepted an invitation to edit Tasmania's prestigious quarterly literary magazine Island. I supplemented its part-time salary through various means, one being teaching creative fiction writing as an Adult Education Tasmania tutor. The classes, which I'd begun in the mid-1990's, were one morning a week, over a term of a year. Participants, averaging in number 25 per class, ranged in age from early adulthood to 70-plus and, in their understanding of fiction technique, from absolute beginner to highly knowledgeable. Where / how to pitch teaching the esoteric subject fiction writing to such disparate groups? I had made two early decisions: encourage the participants to be keen to engage with the technicalities of writing fiction; test their abilities to write fiction.
Owen goes onto explain how he used what he had taught the students to write WHY NEVILLE SHOT GUS. He outlines the steps involved, then as you read the novella, each of those steps is flagged. The process is fascinating, but the outcome is the point. The reader is presented with a novella that covers the main requirements of fictional crime writing, it flags when it is doing that, and the reader could be excused for completely missing the scaffolding and going along with the fictional ride.
This isn't a Pufferfish novella, but it is set in many familiar locations within Tasmania. It's imbued with the same sort of dry, sardonic wit, and the plot is based around the sort of human failings that are explored in the series novels.
It's cleverly done, and it works on all sorts of levels - as an entertaining, engaging crime fiction novella. As an exercise in understanding the craft of crime writing, and as a tutorial on how to go about it yourself if you're of that mind. Whatever the reason, WHY NEVILLE SHOT GUS was time well spent.
… (altro)
This is an excellent history of both the thylacine and environmental conservation in Tasmania. While this is a reference book, it was far from boring, and even delved into the cryptozoological question of the creatures continued existence into present day. I would highly recommend this book to people interested in the animal, as well as people with a passing interest in natural history and environmentalism. It is an excellent wake up call for modern day.
Only three stars for now but this book will stay on the bookshelf to be used whenever a shark is mentioned to look up the details of that particular shark! So it may improve with time.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 19
- Utenti
- 287
- Popolarità
- #81,379
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 16
- ISBN
- 379
- Lingue
- 10