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B. A. Breen B. A. Breen i(A8982 works by) (a.k.a. Barry Breen; Barry Andrew Breen)
Born: Established: 1938 St Arnaud, St Arnaud area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Rifle Range at Port Campbell i "When you walk up beyond the targets, the concrete", B. A. Breen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 5 May vol. 29 no. 9 2019;
1 I Moved to the Land of Magic i "I moved to the Land of Magic", B. A. Breen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 5 May vol. 29 no. 9 2019;
1 Buns, Boys, Buns i "I'm Monty. I walk these streets with a paper bag.", B. A. Breen , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 5 May vol. 29 no. 9 2019;
1 A Train to Country i "I believed in the benevolence of those trains, steam", B. A. Breen , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Loving Kindness : 2016 ACU Prize for Poetry 2016; (p. 1-2)
1 The Cormorants in Time of War i "Fish shape and reshape in the shadows", B. A. Breen , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 April 2015; (p. 30) The Age , 18 April 2015; (p. 30) Australian Poetry Anthology 2015; (p. 110)
1 The Irish Abroad i "Our fathers knew their Irishness", B. A. Breen , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Dazzled : The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor's International Poetry Prize 2014; (p. 104-105)
1 Tony Burke Versus the Invisible Worm B. A. Breen , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 19 April vol. 23 no. 7 2013; (p. 42-44)
1 The Pope App i "There's a new app for your iPad", B. A. Breen , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 10 March vol. 23 no. 5 2013;
1 Remembering Ireland and Celebrating Molly of the Knitting i "The last time I saw her she was knitting me a jumper", B. A. Breen , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 September 2012; (p. 20)
1 The Battle of Savage Street Drain B. A. Breen , 1994 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Away From Home 1994; (p. 14-19)
1 Seven Times Around B. A. Breen , 1994 single work short story humour
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 18 1994; (p. 93-100)
1 The Great Zoo Disaster B. A. Breen , 1992 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: The Best of Listen and Read 1992; (p. 37-48)
1 Doing Nothing B. A. Breen , 1989 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Doing Nothing 1989; (p. 73-77) With no pocket money because of a list of transgressions, the boys amuse themselves for a morning around town.
1 The Giant Rabbit and Many Others B. A. Breen , 1989 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Doing Nothing 1989; (p. 63-71)
1 Chapters From a Novel B. A. Breen , 1989 single work children's fiction children's mystery
— Appears in: Doing Nothing 1989; (p. 53-61) A story from a draft novel about the survival of a group of children in a small town after the adults have disappeared.
1 King of the Sparrows B. A. Breen , 1989 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Doing Nothing 1989; (p. 47-51) An errant student has one skill, that of catching sparrows.
1 Journal B. A. Breen , 1989 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Doing Nothing 1989; (p. 35-45) When Bailey is wrongfully accused of breaking a window at school he imagines writing the facts down in his school journal.
1 The Ghost of Chinaman's Camp B. A. Breen , 1989 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Doing Nothing 1989; (p. 25-34) When sleeping bags go missing at camp the blame is laid on the ghost of an old miner.
1 The Travels of Lummy's Tribe B. A. Breen , 1989 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Doing Nothing 1989; (p. 1-10) Lummy makes a habit of bringing home rubbish from the Tip and leaving it in the backyard. The next door neighbours don't appreciate it when it ends up in their pool.
1 y separately published work icon Doing Nothing B. A. Breen , Melbourne : Nelson , 1989 Z1300779 1989 selected work children's fiction children's Includes short stories, biographical material on the author and tips for writing.
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