John Holland

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About John Holland

John Holland grew up in outback Australia. Living on cattle stations his father Jack Holland managed in Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Kimberley.

He has been a stockman, miner, road worker, speech writer/media officer for a Queensland state member of parliament and a newspaper columnist.

John now lives in Townsville, tropical North Queensland and writes full time.

Check out his website: http://poetrysansfrontieres.weebly.com/

His writing credits include:

Fiction:

Old Year's Day (Louisa Publishing)

Somewhere far from Iris (Louisa Publishing)

Bitter Bread (Louisa Publishing)

The Light at the Bottom of the Garden. (Louisa Publishing)

Left of the Rising Sun (Louisa Publishing)

Poetry:

Dry Bones (Stonesthrow Poetry)

Under The Dog Star (Hammer & Anvil Books)

His work has also appeared in the anthologies:

Ink Angels (Allpoetry)

Found Patrick (Regina Sokas)

Rawahi (Lazarus Media)

His work has also appeared in the poetry magazines:

Danse Macabre

Umphrose

Mystical Muse

Spontaneous Spirits

The Mozzie

And many others.

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Mark Taggart and the Circle of Stones Jun 27, 2019

by John Holland, Nicci Carrera

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Australian twelve-year-old Mark Taggart can’t wait to finish his correspondence classes each day, so he can get out on the family cattle station to help his dad. But his life is changing and the future is threatened by a prolonged drought. His dad owes money to Bull Corcoran who is demanding payment. Not only is Mark’s family about to lose everything, he may never get a chance to visit a forbidden site on the land, a circle of stones that has drawn his imagination and curiosity for years. So Mark and his friend visit the site that marks a long-ago crime.When they enter the area, the world drops away beneath their feet. They land in another world and learn they’ve been summoned to the Elemental Realm. This powerful place is under attack. Now Mark must lead an army against a darkly magical being and the beasts he controls to make it back home, save his family, and right an ancient crime.

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Old Year's Day May 20, 2017

by John Holland

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In the year 2,199 plus about 30,000 years in the approximate time of The Corporation, a prisoner named Dowling on planet Renod realises he is not alone inside his own mind. He meets the memories and autonomous self-awareness of Jones, a man who lived in the time of the Big Troubles on the former home of humanity, Earth.

As Dowling struggles to keep the inner mind suppressed, a beautiful nurse is doing something that makes the battle harder to win. She’s weaning him off his pills. She and the others in her clandestine group think Dowling and the voice he contains are their leaders.

While Dowling thinks he’s the furthest thing from a hero, he becomes involved in the movement. Will this unassuming man, his inner second self, and a small group of rebels be able to remember history and form a new future against an all-powerful enemy?

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Heartland: Four novellas set in the Australian outback Nov 9, 2015

by John Holland

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Heartland is a collection of four novellas connected by the theme of life in the Australian outback. This collection includes:

Somewhere Far from Iris

Clinically depressed Shane Morris is trying to learn how to cope with his condition and find balance within the turmoil of his mind. He embarks on a mission to reconstruct himself by going back to his roots in the Australian outback town of his childhood. In Iris, this man who thinks he is nothing discovers at its extreme, life has two poles, the tender and the brutal. In the fires of the worst and best expressions of man, Shane learns he's far from nothing and just where he fits into humanity's broad spectrum.

The Light at the Bottom of the Garden

A lovely English governess goes missing from the homestead on a local cattle station in the Australian outback. The local people think the mysterious Min Min light has something to do with her disappearance. Senior Police Constable Mick Creedy doesn’t buy into paranormal explanations and is exploring foul play. However, when the young woman’s mother, Eveling, arrives from England wanting a full investigation, including the possibility of a paranormal event, Mick needs to balance his methods with a grieving parent’s needs.

Eveling’s inclinations further complicate matters as they might lead her into a danger Mick does not yet understand. Pressure mounts as unexpected feelings for the victim’s mother raise the stakes in this case that seems to have no leads.

Bitter Bread

A disfigured and abused boy, Dexter Knight grows to manhood with only his own mind as a constructive guide for how to live and how to be a man. When he loses his childhood love to cancer, he pulls up stakes and moves to the west Queensland town of Brighton. Dexter makes a place for himself there, but remains a lonely outsider on the fringes of society until a bitter and dangerous industrial dispute draws battle lines through the community.

Strong-willed and independent Maree Waldon is one of the few townspeople who always took the time to talk to Dexter. Her boyfriend flees, but Maree sticks with family and friends.

Escalating stakes prove the true mettle of all. Where will "the man without a face" and the young woman with a big heart stand at the end of this bitter war?

Left of the Rising Sun

Ten-year-old Buck Brown is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the interior of Australia's Northern Territory. Watching the plane sink into the murky water of a remote outback billabong, he remembers the pilot saying they had been flying off-course for hours. Search parties will never find Buck, he decides. There is only one way out, to walk several hundred kilometres home.

With grim resolve, Buck sets out on a trek that will require resolve, knowledge, and ingenuity, a journey that will test his strength to the limit. He will be a participant in the elemental struggle for life and survival.

Buck’s grueling trial will also teach him surprising lessons about friendship and loyalty. If he is successful it will be a trek that leads not only back to his family and home but also to a maturity not always achieved in a full lifetime.

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Under the Dog Star: poetry Jul 30, 2018

by John Holland

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This second collection of poetry from the pen of Australian poet and author John Holland. His first poetry book Dry Bones was widely hailed and reached #1 on the Kindle Bestseller list for Poetry > Australia & Oceania.

Dry Bones: poetry Jun 14, 2018

by John Holland

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Left of the Rising Sun (Heartland Book 4) Oct 1, 2014

by John Holland

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Ten-year-old Buck Brown is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the interior of Australia's Northern Territory. Watching the plane sink into the murky water of a remote outback billabong, he remembers the pilot saying they had been flying off-course for hours. Search parties will never find Buck, he decides. There is only one way out, to walk several hundred kilometres home.

With grim resolve, Buck sets out on a trek that will require resolve, knowledge, and ingenuity, a journey that will test his strength to the limit. He will be a participant in the elemental struggle for life and survival.

Buck’s gruelling trial will also teach him surprising lessons about friendship and loyalty. If he is successful it will be a trek that leads not only back to his family and home but also to a maturity not always achieved in a full lifetime.

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Bitter Bread (Heartland Book 3) Aug 22, 2014

by John Holland, Nia Simone

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After his wife’s death, all Dexter Knight wants is to make a living in peace, but the owners of the meatworks, the main employer in the west Queensland town of Brighton Australia, try to squeeze more labour for less money. The workers take a stand for their rights, and Dexter takes a stand that could cost him everything: his peace, his business, even his life.

The Light at the Bottom of the Garden (Heartland Book 2) Jul 3, 2014

by John Holland, Nia Simone

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A lovely English governess goes missing from the homestead on a local cattle station in the Australian outback. The local people think the mysterious Min Min light has something to do with her disappearance. Senior Police Constable Mick Creedy doesn’t buy into paranormal explanations and is exploring foul play. However, when the young woman’s mother, Eveling, arrives from England wanting a full investigation, including the possibility of a paranormal event, Mick needs to balance his methods with a grieving parent’s needs. Eveling’s inclinations further complicate matters as they might lead her into a danger Mick does not yet understand. Pressure mounts as unexpected feelings for the victim’s mother raise the stakes in this case that seems to have no leads.

Somewhere Far from Iris (Heartland Book 1) Jun 17, 2014

by John Holland, Nia Simone

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Clinically depressed Shane Morris is trying to learn how to cope with his condition and find balance within the turmoil of his mind. He embarks on a mission to reconstruct himself by going back to his roots in the Australian outback town of his childhood. In Iris, this man who thinks he is nothing discovers at its extreme, life has two poles, the tender and the brutal. In the fires of the worst and best expressions of man, Shane learns he's far from nothing and just where he fits into humanity's broad spectrum.

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