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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1985
Heritage: British
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1 y separately published work icon Don't Forget to Write : Travel Stories from a Big, Small World Stephen Scourfield , Osborne Park : St George Books , 2016 12038873 2016 selected work short story travel

Described as a combination of travel writing, performance work and fiction.

1 Those Memorable Moments in Time Stephen Scourfield , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 November 2015; (p. 18)
1 5 y separately published work icon As the River Runs Stephen Scourfield , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2013 Z1915990 2013 single work novel

'A powerful ode to one of Australia’s most stunning regions from an author who writes with red dust in his veins. A secret plan is being cooked up to bring water from the monsoonal north of Australia to the south. But Government minister Michael Mooney needs to find out what opposition he might face around the river valley. He sends Kate Kennedy, his young, career-minded Chief of Staff, and political fixer Jack Cole on a ‘fact-finding’ trip. Ex-greenie Dylan Ward is their guide. Respected by both the mining industry and Aboriginal elder Vincent Yimi, Dylan is unaware that he has been compromised until their journey takes some unexpected turns. But as they travel through the wild river country, Kate begins to see Dylan and the world around her in a new light.' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Beautiful Witness : In a World of Travel Stephen Scourfield , Nedlands : UWA Publishing , 2013 6659898 2013 single work prose travel

'This is Stephen Scourfield’s world: Delhi in the rain, paddling in the Yukon, lotus weaving in Burma, a lion’s roar in the Masai Mara, family meals in Italy, whale sharks on the Ningaloo Reef. Stephen Scourfield, author, travel editor and photographer, has travelled extensively throughout the world. The relationship of humans to landscape has become a central writing theme for this winner of a UN Media Award.

'In Beautiful Witness he blends the stories of his assignments as travel editor of The West Australian newspaper with his own personal journey. He takes us across a dizzying number of terrains, describing cultural norms and ceremonies with the sharp eye of the novelist, always with curiosity and empathy. As a gifted photographer, he then offers a glimpse of places, people and moments from the book on the enclosed disk.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 A State to Write Home About Stephen Scourfield , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 17 November 2012; (p. 29)

— Review of Desert Droving, Saddling and Shooting : The Outback Lives of Marie and Snowy Brosnan as Told to Marion Hercock 2012 single work oral history ; Alexander Collie : Colonial Surgeon, Naturalist & Explorer Gwen Chessell , 2008 single work biography
1 Colour in the Face of Time Stephen Scourfield , 2012 single work prose
— Appears in: Kimberley Stories 2012; (p. 57-67)
1 Like Water Stephen Scourfield , 2012 single work novella
— Appears in: Unaccountable Hours : Three Novellas 2012; (p. 237-338)

'"Like Water" tells the story of an unlikely friendship and subsequent romance that develops between two kindred spirits, Matthew and Beatrice - two soulmates born generations apart.'

Source: NewSouthBooks website, http://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/
Sighted: 06/12/2011

1 Ethical Man Stephen Scourfield , 2012 single work novella
— Appears in: Unaccountable Hours : Three Novellas 2012; (p. 113-234)

'"Ethical Man"' follows the biologist and birdwatcher Bartholomew Milner, who lives stringently according to his "Milner's Ethic", and is put to the ultimate ethical test whilst on a research expedition in the Australian outback.'

Source: NewSouthBooks website, http://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/
Sighted: 06/12/2011

1 The Luthier Stephen Scourfield , 2012 single work novella
— Appears in: Unaccountable Hours : Three Novellas 2012; (p. 1-111)
'Musician Alton Freeman devotes his life to crafting a violin that will reproduce the perfect sound of Bach's Partitas and Sonatas, as played by his idol, musician Monica Erica Grenbaum'.

Source: NewSouthBooks website,http://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/
Sighted: 06/12/2011
1 5 y separately published work icon Unaccountable Hours : Three Novellas Stephen Scourfield , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2012 Z1830489 2012 selected work novella 'Unaccountable Hours is a collection of three novellas that follow the fortunes of a maker of musical instruments, the ethical dilemma of a biologist and birdwatcher, and the romantic friendship between a young man and an aged woman - all firmly set in and defined by the Australian landscape. In 'The Luthier', musician Alton Freeman devotes his life to crafting a violin that will reproduce the perfect sound of Bach's Partitas and Sonatas, as played by his idol, musician Monica Erica Grenbaum. 'Ethical Man' follows the biologist and birdwatcher Bartholomew Milner, who lives stringently according to his "Milner's Ethic", and is put to the ultimate ethical test whilst on a research expedition in the Australian outback. 'Like Water', tells the story of an unlikely friendship and subsequent romance that develops between two kindred spirits, Matthew and Beatrice - two soulmates born generations apart.'

Source: NewSouthBooks website, http://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/
Sighted: 06/12/2011
1 Writing on WA Stephen Scourfield , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 6 February 2010; (p. 31)

— Review of Claude Choules : His Autobiography : The Last of the Last Claude Choules , 2009 single work autobiography
1 The Chant of Jimmy Chi Stephen Scourfield , Robert Garvey (illustrator), 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16 January 2010; (p. 6-9)
1 Survivors Stephen Scourfield , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: The West Australian , 10 January 2009; (p. 8-11)
1 11 y separately published work icon Other Country Stephen Scourfield , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2007 Z1084209 2007 single work novel 'Set in the mythic, remote country of the Top End, Other Country tells the story of two young brothers, The Ace and Wild Billy, and their struggle to overcome the bitter legacy of their brutal father. Bound by blood and memories and trust, they are destined to clash one fettered by the past, the other straining towards the future. And out of it all lead only two paths to end up mean and empty like the Old Man, or not.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Malouf's Deft Touch Creates Ripper Tales Stephen Scourfield , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 November 2006; (p. 7)

— Review of Every Move You Make David Malouf , 2006 selected work short story
1 A Pig's Tale Stephen Scourfield , 2004 single work short story horror
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 December 2004; (p. 16)
1 The Other Country [Part 3] Stephen Scourfield , 2003 extract novel
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 November 2003; (p. 31)
1 The Other Country [Part 2] Stephen Scourfield , 2003 single work extract novel
— Appears in: The West Australian , 24 November 2003; (p. 26)
1 The Other Country [Part 1] Stephen Scourfield , 2003 extract novel
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 November 2003; (p. 68)
1 The Thread of Life Stephen Scourfield , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 10 February 2001; (p. 8)

— Review of The Red Thread Nicholas Jose , 2000 single work novel
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