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1 y separately published work icon Maralinga : Book One Jen Breach , Douglas Holgate , Australia : House of Skullduggery , 2015 9491335 2015 single work graphic novel science fiction

'Maralinga spins an alternative history from the 1956 British nuclear tests in the Woomera. Three hundred years later a ruined, irradiated, post-apocalyptic Australia is a place where monsters are real and one girl, the last of an isolated and dying community in Melbourne's south, launches on a desperate journey to find sanctuary and a mythical inland sea.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 1 y separately published work icon Something's Amiss at the Zoo Jen Breach , Douglas Holgate (illustrator), Sydney : Lothian , 2015 8312609 2015 single work picture book children's

'Some of the animals are deeply unhappy and the zoo keepers can’t figure it out. The spider monkey, for example, won’t spin his web or eat his flies and he seems scared of the other spiders. It’s bewildering!

'A picture book about confused animals, even more confused zookeepers and one very smart kid.' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon Zoo Sleepover Douglas Holgate , Douglas Holgate (illustrator), Sydney : Lothian , 2013 6615739 2013 single work picture book children's

'In Zoo Sleepover, Will, Mia, Mum and Dad go to the zoo not just for a visit, for a sleepover! While they re there, they discover just how much they have in common with the animals some are cheeky, some are noisy and some are cuddly. But unknown to Will and his family, some of the animals are following them Douglas Holgate s character-filled illustrations will delight kids and adults alike, with plenty of humorous detail to pore over.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 You Really Want to be a Writer? (Based on a Quote by Bennet Cerf) Douglas Holgate , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Emerging Writer : An Insider's Guide to Your Writing Journey 2012; (p. 41-42)
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