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Venero Armanno Venero Armanno i(A30682 works by) (a.k.a. Veny Armanno; Venero Geraldo Armanno)
Born: Established: 1959 Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Italian
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Crying Forest Venero Armanno , Victoria : IFWG Publishing Inc , 2020 20006866 2020 single work novel fantasy

'Agata Rosso, a once-mighty yet now prematurely aged European witch, believes that the special gifts in a young girl named Lía Munro can restore youth and vitality both to herself and her bedridden husband. She sets a deadly plan in motion to capture and use Lía—but will the girl have enough power to protect herself, plus the father she loves so much?'

Source: Publisher's blurb

1 Black Cockatoos Venero Armanno , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Reading the Landscape : A Celebration of Australian Writing 2018; (p. 230-244)
1 1 y separately published work icon Burning Down Venero Armanno , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2017 11623527 2017 single work novel

'Charlie Smoke is living out his early retirement from the boxing ring as a bricklayer. It is the mid-1970s and he believes his best days are behind him. He has lost his wife and his daughter Sissy to his questionable past. When he meets Holly Banks and her teenage son Ricky, he has the chance to do things differently this time around.

'As an unlikely friendship develops with Ricky, Charlie is unwittingly pulled back into the gambling underworld he thought he had left behind. In order to make a new future, first he must settle some old scores. Burning Down is a searing new novel from acclaimed storyteller Venero Armanno about family, regret, love and the promise of salvation.' 

Source: Publication summary

1 y separately published work icon Travel Under Any Star : Stories Venero Armanno , Brisbane : Bareknuckle Books , 2016 10483131 2016 selected work short story

Travel Under Any Star is a collection of stories from 1993 to 2016. This is Armanno's first collected stories and includes the title story 'Travel Under Any Star'; a brand new novella length piece never before published.

1 Heat Treatment Venero Armanno , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Dreaming in the Dark 2016; (p. 213-232)

'The little bundle was falling from the sky and then he was awake, and he listened to this cold season's early westerly winds shaking loose the world outside. The bedroom was almost dark though achingly bright moonlight filtered one window, creating slashes of clarity over the carved Rosewood Chinese palace armchair Laura had rescued and painstakingly restored from some roadside trash collection. From where he cowered, the side of this face pressed to his pillow, he saw more shards of light: falling across the floor's oriental rug; over two perfume bottles and a hairbrush on the night-stand; one white streak was across Laura's scattered winter clothes. ' (Introduction)

1 The Currents Venero Armanno , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 9 no. 4 2014;
1 Tough, Honest and Violent When Required Venero Armanno , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 September 2012; (p. 18-19)

— Review of The Midnight Promise : A Detective's Story in Ten Cases Zane Lovitt , 2012 selected work short story
1 Sugarbaby Venero Armanno , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 2 no. 5 2012; Review of Australian Fiction , Omnibus vol. 2 no. 2012;
A lonely widower offers the daughter of his cleaning woman extra work around his home. This soon turns into payments for companionship and sex, which soon provide an unexpected human connection and comfort to both of them.
1 12 y separately published work icon Black Mountain Venero Armanno , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2012 Z1836159 2012 single work novel

' Beginning in the sulphur mines of Sicily over a century ago, Black Mountain takes you on a journey through time and back again. When a boy sold into slavery finds the courage to escape his brutal life, he is saved by a mysterious stranger, who raises the boy as his own. Renamed Cesare Montenero after Sicily's own 'black mountain', Mount Etna, the boy grows up to discover that his rescue was no accident, that his physical strength is unnatural, and that he has more in common with his saviour than he could have imagined. And when he meets the enigmatic Celeste, he suspects for the first time that he many not be alone.

Based on factual events and ranging through Italy, Paris and the rural fringes of coastal Australia, Black Mountain is a haunting exploration of what it means to be human.' Source: www.uqp.uq.edu.au/ (Sighted 02/07/2012).

1 Untitled Venero Armanno , 2011 extract novel
— Appears in: Scope , October vol. 57 no. 9 2011; (p. 6)
1 Boy's Own Story Is the Tragic Making of a Man Venero Armanno , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 August 2010; (p. 18-19)

— Review of Rocks in the Belly Jon Bauer , 2010 single work novel
1 Death Becomes Them: Macabre Take on Gen Y Venero Armanno , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 June 2010; (p. 20-21)

— Review of Killing Richard Dawson Robin Baker , 2010 single work novel
1 From : The Volcano Venero Armanno , 2009 extract novel (The Volcano)
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 1332-1333)
1 1 Presidentsland Rodney Hall , Don Watson , Venero Armanno , Paul Grabowsky , Ed Kuepper , Erik Griswold (composer), 2009 single work musical theatre 'In "Presidentsland", music, words and ideas have been shaken and stirred for a vision of Queensland's future. Six of Australia's brightest sparks will present their ideas in a world premiere concert of three distinct musical and literary visions at Brisbane's City Hall. Three writers and three composers with wildly different styles have been chosen to collaborate and the result is a cocktail full of fresh, contentious ideas.' Source: http://qmf.org.au/events/ (Sighted 13/07/2009).
1 Portents of Death in Clever Web of Intrigue Venero Armanno , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 May 2009; (p. 13)

— Review of Blood Moon Garry Disher , 2009 single work novel
1 Light Edge on a Dark Road Venero Armanno , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 April 2009; (p. 13)

— Review of Things We Didn't See Coming Steven Amsterdam , 2009 selected work short story
1 1 Smack Dab in the Middle Class Venero Armanno , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 November 2008; (p. 13)

— Review of The Slap Christos Tsiolkas , 2008 single work novel
1 The Sleeping Stranger Venero Armanno , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: One Book Many Brisbanes 2 : An Anthology of Brisbane Stories 2007; (p. 195-213)
1 Under the Volcano Venero Armanno , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literary and Social Diasporas : An Italian Australian Perspective 2007; (p. 21-30)
1 14 y separately published work icon The Dirty Beat Venero Armanno , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2007 Z1408827 2007 single work novel Rock and jazz drummer Max is dead. Now, in his coffin as his friends prepare to bury him, Max is surrounded by the ghosts of his life and the dreams that never faded...In this sea of memory, Max recalls the tragedies, people and relationships that defined his life. - back cover
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