Welcome to Shooting Star Press – where we connect people through stories and build communities through connections. Shooting Star publishes children’s stories, biographies, speculative and science fiction and novels, primarily from Australian authors.
Kindred Chords: Australian Musical Families is the first book of its kind in Australia, a book that introduces readers to 27 Australian musical families from across musical genres to provide a glimpse into the extraordinary creativity of Australian musicians and their musical families – the interactions, the influences, the sharing of ideas, the love and support, the special bonds.
Renowned artist Grania, famed as a painter of light, arrives in a sleek space ship from Lost Earth, ready to embrace New Ceres and its New Enlightenment in its entirety – its 18th century set up its obsession with a low-level approach to tech . . . But is she really ready for its cutthroat society, its strange food issues or for Livia? Livia who will stop at nothing to realize her dream society.
A wounded flying hero struggling to accept his destiny, a shy girl of dark, mysterious secrets unaware of the power within her and a lonely youth out to prove himself worthy of his warrior father. Flight is a high fantasy novel which will appeal to readers of Twilight and fans of Avatar and Thor.
Just an ordinary human, muddling along, running a public bar and hotel. Then the Aliens arrive. Forced to cater for the Aliens, Ale is vilified by his own people. But worse is to come. He experiences a unique form of torture at the hands of the invaders. Again, and again. Then comes his release, but is it too late for his humanity?
The Fear Clinic. A safe place. A place where phobias are treated. Erica’s parents are sure it’s perfect, that Erica’s younger sister Missy will be freed of her fear of the dark. But when Missy shows no signs of improvement, Erica’s not so sure. And when she takes it upon herself to investigate, she finds answers that she could never have expected.
Mountains of the Mind – A Polack Retrospective contains never before published work from Dr Polack, prizewinning published pieces and brand new short stories. It will surprise and delight fans of her previous novels and non-fiction publications, and introduce new readers to the complexities and subtleties of her short stories.