Nicholas Drayson Nicholas Drayson i(A69219 works by) (a.k.a. Nick Drayson)
Born: Established:
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1982
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1 Extract Nicholas Drayson , 2008 extract novel (A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel)
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 August 2008; (p. 11)
10 5 y separately published work icon A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel Nicholas Drayson , London New York (City) : Viking , 2008 Z1519696 2008 single work novel 'For the past three years, Mr. Malik has been secretly in love with Rose Mbikwa, a woman who leads the weekly bird walks sponsored by the East African Ornithological Society. Just as Malik is getting up the nerve to invite Rose to the Nairobi Hunt Club Ball (the premier social occasion of the Kenyan calendar), Harry Khan, a nemesis from his school days, arrives in town.
Khan has also become enraptured with Rose and announces his intent to invite her to the Ball. Rather than force Rose to choose between the two men, a clever solution is proposed. Whoever can identify the most species of birds in one week’s time gets the privilege of asking Ms. Mbikwa to the ball.' (Publication summary)
1 Daylight Nicholas Drayson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 294 2007; (p. 33)

— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel
1 15 y separately published work icon Love and the Platypus Nicholas Drayson , Carlton North : Scribe , 2007 Z1365172 2007 single work novel historical fiction

'In 1883 young British naturalist William Caldwell arrives in Australia with a mission: to determine for the scientific record whether platypuses really are egg-laying mammals. But first he must travel overland to the Burnett River in Queensland, where he intends to set up camp. On his journey he is by turns hindered and assisted by a cast of characters, including a drunken bullocky and an inscrutable, poetical bushman. Once there, William commences his investigations and encounters the local Aboriginal people, enlisting their help and ultimately learning their tragic history. He also meets a young blind woman with many closely held secrets of her own.

'Love and the Platypus is a delightful, captivating novel that examines the obsessive nature of scientific enquiry and its environmental consequences, and the wonders of nature and of romantic love.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 What Bird was That? Nicholas Drayson , 2006 single work prose
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , September no. 39/40 2006;
1 Change the Sky Nicholas Drayson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 283 2006; (p. 61)

— Review of Rifling Paradise Jem Poster , 2006 single work novel
1 A Broken Wall Nicholas Drayson , 2005 single work prose
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 270 2005; (p. 24-25)
In the aftermath of the 26 December 2004 tsunamai that struck the Sri Lankan coast, Drayon tells the story of a group of homeless villagers and the pastor who tries to get them aid.
1 Seeing Things Nicholas Drayson , 2004 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 64 no. 2 2004; (p. 167-170)
1 Strictly for the Birds Nicholas Drayson , 2003 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Island , Winter-Spring no. 93-94 2003; (p. 56-66)
1 Colonial Romps Nicholas Drayson , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 245 2002; (p. 49-50)

— Review of Mrs Cook : The Real and Imagined Life of the Captain's Wife Marele Day , 2002 single work novel ; Carrion Colony Richard King , 2002 single work novel
1 5 y separately published work icon Confessing a Murder Nicholas Drayson , London : Jonathan Cape , 2002 Z974267 2002 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon The Literature of Australian Natural History : Proceedings from A Seminar About Writers and Writing on the Animals and Plants of Australia Nicholas Drayson (editor), Campbell : University College, Australian Defence Force Academy , 1995 Z1074272 1995 anthology criticism Papers presented at this conference show how descriptions of Australian plants and animals are found in the very earliest written accounts of Australia.
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