Paul Livingston Paul Livingston i(A26442 works by) (a.k.a. Paul J. Livingston; P. J. Livingston)
Also writes as: Flacco
Born: Established: 1956 ;
Gender: Male
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1 2 y separately published work icon Absent without Leave Leave : The Private War of Private Stanley Livingston Paul Livingston , Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 2013 6548417 2013 single work biography

'Absent Without Leave follows three wide-eyed twenty-one-year olds from their enlistment at the Sydney showground in 1940 to disembarking in the Middle East before being plunged into jungle warfare in the Asia Pacific. Private Stanley Livingston and his two best mates, Roy Lonsdale and Gordon Oxman, would by the end of the war be brothers-in-law as well as brothers in arms as Stanley would marry Roy's sister Evelyn, while Gordon would marry Lily Livingston, Stanley's younger sister.

'Over the course of the war, these three young men would be court-martialled four times for abandoning their training units. They were not cowards, running from responsibility, rather they were deeply committed family men who ran to the service of their families. This was a more common occurrence than has ever really been reported before. Stanley's mother died just prior to the outbreak of WW2, and while in the midst of battle in the Middle East, Stanley received word of the sudden death of his father. Once back in Sydney, Pte Stanley Livingston skipped training camp to be with his younger sister Lily, who was deeply traumatised by the loss and had suffered a mental breakdown.

'After almost six months AWL, Stanley surrendered just in time to embark with his battalion to Milne Bay in New Guinea, where he was court-martialled in the field and pleaded guilty to all charges. He was fined twenty pounds before being plunged into the harrowing combat - with no jungle warfare training whatsoever. Illuminating, deeply moving and told with no shortage of humour, Absent Without Leave is part biography, part family memoir, and part of Australian history that is largely forgotten, because no one ever really talked about it. Until now.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 5 form y separately published work icon Happy Feet Two Warren Coleman , Gary Eck , Paul Livingston , George Miller , ( dir. George Miller ) Australia : Kennedy Miller Entertainment , 2011 Z1827794 2011 single work film/TV fantasy children's

In this sequel to Happy Feet, Erik, son of the tap-dancing Mumble and his mate Gloria, struggles to find his own place in the penguin colony, just as his father did. In Erik's case, though, the situation is complicated when he meets a penguin who is able to fly ...

1 form y separately published work icon No Place Like Holmes Paul Livingston , 2009 Australia : ABC Radio National , 2009 Z1649418 2009 single work radio play mystery

'As Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson settle in for a quiet night at Baker Street they're interrupted by a woman at the door. She does not ring the bell or enter the house. She simply oscillates on the pavement, slips a note under the door of Baker Street and walks away. So begins perhaps the most puzzling case Holmes and Watson have had to deal with: A Case of Stolen Identity.'

Source: ABC Radio National's Airplay website: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/
Sighted: 23/11/2009

1 form Six White Boomers Paul Livingston , 2008 single work drama radio play

'Act One: Sydney suburbia 1969, The Barkers Nest Public School Reunion.

'Timothy, Douglas, May, June and Marisa are attending the 10 year school reunion for the class of '59. It's a small gathering so nametags probably won't be necessary. It's the loved-up sixties -- bellbottoms, patchouli oil, pot and war.

'Act Two: Sydney suburbia 1999, The Barkers Nest Public School/Greenington College Reunion.

'Timothy, Douglas, May, June and Marisa are attending the 40 year school reunion for the class of '59. And as usual it's very small turnout. It's the uninspiring nineties -- hostile takeovers, holidays on the central coast, Kylie Minogue and war.'

Source: ABC Radio National's Airplay website, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/
Sighted: 10/11/2008

1 form The Man Underground Paul Livingston , 2007 series - publisher radio play

''The Man Underground' is set in the remote opal town of Ginger Whisker. The town's named after the flaw found in much of the opal mined in the region - a thread of ginger whisker. Simon Crown runs the town's only radio station. Divorced, broke, and quite possibly an alcoholic, he soon discovers that it's not only the opal that's flawed in Ginger Whisker.

'When the local bank manager, Bill Mellish, sidles up to Crown at the bar he thinks nothing of it. It's a small town and the only sane place to be in the unrelenting desert heat is in one of the four hotels. But as Bill begins to question Simon about his finances and the monies owning on the radio station Ginger Whisker suddenly becomes a very sinister place.'

1 form Going Down Paul Livingston , 2007 single work radio play

'All human characters are of redundancy age, 50-plus. Meet: Keith: about 65 - control freak; Chloe: late 50s - agoraphobic; Sylvia: late 50s - claustrophobic with multiple personalities. and twin sister of Chloe; Albert: 50s - psychotic with reverse Tourette's syndrome and Henry: 50s - sane.

They're all going down.'

Source: ABC Radio National website, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/
Sighted: 05/02/2007

1 form Her Master's Voice Paul Livingston , 2005 single work drama radio play 'When Bindii, who is used to a life of luxury, and Hannibal, a strange philosopher with one eye, are incarcerated together there's no telling what this odd couple will make of each other. Far from being a serious prison drama this new play from Paul Livingston is a kind of K9 Waiting for Godot, his own bizarre meditation on man's best friend.' (Radio National website, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/airplay/)
1 1 y separately published work icon Releasing the Imbecile Within : An Incomplete Idiot's Guide Paul Livingston , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2003 Z1063041 2003 single work prose satire 'A self-help book for over-achievers, this is an essential guide for total transcendence into bliss. Following an initial unintelligence test to assess just how stupid you really are, Paul Livingston offers an in-depth analysis of community leaders and opinion makers, celebrities, sporting personalities and telemarketing entrepreneurs, to reveal the secrets of how so many can influence so few with so little. The book takes you on a personal journey deconstructing your critical mind to arm you with all the strategies required for succeeding in this new millennium. By following this step-by-step system for dumbing-down, Paul Livingston has succeeded in taking his own advice, thus confirming that he is the perfect guide, the complete and utter idiot.'
Source: Publisher's blurb
1 1 Flacco and the Sandman : Unwanted Paul Livingston , Steve Abbott , 2001 single work drama humour
1 6 Emma's Nose Paul Livingston , 2001 single work drama humour This play burlesques the strange but real case of Emma Eckstein who, suffering from menstrual cramps was diagnosed by Freud and Fleiss as suffering hysteria and recommended the removal of a small part of her nasal bone.
1 Soup Paul Livingston , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Screwed : Stories About Love and Sex 1998; (p. 127-134)
1 Datelines : Paul Livingston : Occupier of the Phenomenon Flacco Paul Livingston , 1998 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 September 1998; (p. 2)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Dirt Bath Paul Livingston , Ringwood : Penguin , 1998 Z404129 1998 single work novel humour
1 Earth Bound Flacco , 1997 single work prose humour
— Appears in: Hot Sand : An Anthology 1997; (p. 373-374)
1 A Word in the Hand Flacco , 1996 single work prose humour
— Appears in: Contemporary Classics 65-95 : The Best Australian Short Fiction 1965-1995 1996; (p. 234-235)
1 1 y separately published work icon Flacco's Burnt Offerings Flacco , Ringwood : Penguin , 1995 Z319702 1995 selected work short story prose humour
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