Ryan O'Neill

• Sep-2024
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Abandoned to the streets as a child, enslaved, trained as an assassin, and perhaps destined to become the Darkborn-the very embodiment of evil itself.Chael thought he had left all that behind when he fled from those who sought to use him for their ow...

• Jan-2021
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A kingdom in shambles following an attempted coup. The shadows have begun to move across the land of Zinla, controlled by the newly reborn Draegon. Set out on vengeance and complete control he plots against the new king, Akio. Frustrated and confused...

• Aug-2019
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Henry Lawson's short story The Drover's Wife is an Australian classic that has sparked interpretations on the page, on canvas and on the stage. But it has never been so thoroughly, or hilariously, reimagined as by Ryan O'Neill, remixing and revising ...

• Jul-2018
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Good versus evil. The classic battle that has been waged for centuries. The brighter the light shines, the more vivid shadows stand out. The pinnacle of magic and good is Zinla, and to balance it out is the supreme evil, Draegon. A being that embodie...

• Jun-2018
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In its seventh year, the Competition attracted almost 250 entries from around Australia. Seventeen stories were selected for publication, by authors from Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. This year's winner...

• Aug-2016
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Shortlisted for the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award Absurd, original and highly addictive . . . In Their Brilliant Careers, Ryan O'Neill has written a hilarious novel in the guise of sixteen biographies of (invented) Australian writers. Meet Rac...

• Jul-2013
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Ranging from Australia and Africa to Europe and Asia and back again, The Weight of a Human Heart heralds a fresh and important new voice in fiction. Ryan O'Neill takes us on a journey that is sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, and wholly original. ...