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Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh i(A21775 works by)
Gender: Male
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y separately published work icon Artie and the Grime Wave Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 2016 10155396 2016 single work children's fiction children's

'A fabulously funny madcap adventure from the multi-talented actor, director and writer Richard Roxburgh, now writing and illustrating books for children.

'Artie and his best friend Bumshoe have stumbled upon a Cave-of-Possibly-Stolen-Stuff, and along with it a gang of shady characters including scary Mary, fang-toothed Funnel-web and the devious Mayor Grime.

'Artie and Bumshoe's attempt to solve the mystery sparks a chaotic chain of events that involves kidnapping, puppy-dog cutlets, modern art and pioneering the sport of the bungee- wedgie.

'It's a sticky situation and if Artie's going to he might need help from family, friends, a little old lady, a small dog and the Fartex 120Y.

'A fabulously funny, madcap adventure from the multi-talented Richard Roxburgh. ' (Publication summary)

2017 winner Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Eight to 10 Years
2017 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Australian Book of the Year for Older Children
2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Younger Readers
2017 longlisted Indie Awards Children's
form y separately published work icon Rake ( dir. Peter Duncan et. al. )agent Australia : ABC Television , 2010-2016 Z1737627 2010 series - publisher film/TV crime

'On any single day, Cleaver Greene is described as many things. Whilst his ex-wife may call him 'unreliable", his son will call him "a mate". To his learned friends at the bar table he is "a real wag", to his jurors he is "hilarious", and to most judges he is "an outrage". To the Tax Office, he is "a defendant", to a certain brothel owner "a legend", and to his former cocaine dealer "a tragic loss".

'The clients he loves the most - the cases that thrill him - are those that appear to be utterly hopeless. There's something about being on the wrong side of conventional wisdom that feels right to him, be it at the bar table or the dinner table.

'He will do whatever it takes to defend and save life's truly lost souls. The big sinners. Its drug lords. Its cannibals. Its bestialites. And at the same time, he will struggle to save himself, to stop himself falling back into the abyss that has characterised most of his self-destructive adult life thus far.

'Despite his own hopelessness, his wit and charm have won him hordes of companions over the years. Most nights of the week, there is no shortage of invitations: dinner with a judge at the RMC (His Honour pays), or with some drug dealers in Chinatown (Manos pays), or with some of his copper mates at the Matador (no one pays).

'Any gaps in his diary will inevitably be filled by either all night sessions in chambers preparing for court or similarly lengthy sessions at his favourite brothel, simply referred to by those in the know as "the Club" (here, Cleaver is more than happy to open his own wallet). He tends to wake up bruised. Physically. Emotionally. Spiritually. Usually it's a combination thereof. He spends a nano-second wondering how his life came to this - living in a studio above a café in the Cross, without his wife and son, in love with a prostitute, defending hopeless cases. Then he gets up, puts on his dressing gown and a pair of brogues and goes downstairs for a coffee. Then it's out into the world - onto the battleground that is Cleaver Greene's day.'

Source: ABC Television website, http://www.abc.net.au/tv/
Sighted: 1 November 2010.

2014 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Drama Series Nominated for series three.
2013 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
2012 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Drama Series Nominated for series two.
2011 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Drama Series Nominated for series one.
2011 winner Equity Awards
2011 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
2018 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Drama Series
2016 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Drama Series
Ray's Tempest 2004 single work drama Ray Brink is estranged from his family, about to lose his job and has only one real mate in the world. To top it off, the doctors have told him he has six months to live.
2005 nominated Sydney Theatre Awards Best New Australian Work
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