James O'Loghlin James O'Loghlin i(A83957 works by)
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1 y separately published work icon Liars James O'Loghlin , Summer Hill : Echo Publishing , 2024 27905276 2024 single work novel crime

'Handywoman Barb Young has lived in the sleepy coastal town of Bullford Point for over fifty years —and frankly, in that time, not much has happened, unless you count that business where a bush turkey managed to board the ferry a couple of years ago.

'When Joe Griffiths returns from Sydney after six years of drug addiction, jail and, eventually, rehab, Barb offers him a job, hoping to help him turn his life around. However, when another new resident of Bullford Point is murdered, Joe becomes the prime suspect.

'Barb thinks the police have got it wrong, but the more she tries to find the truth and clear Joe's name, the more confusing things become. Is the murder connected to the developers circling the waterfront home Joe inherited from his parents? Or to the true crime podcast he has been making about the death of his ex-girlfriend, seven years previously? And what was the information the murdered woman had been trying to horse-trade with police? ' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Criminals James O'Loghlin , South Melbourne : Echo Publishing , 2022 24390836 2022 single work novel crime

'One robbery. Three people. No heroes. Much loved ABC presenter James O'Loghlin's novel explores why and how ordinary people turn to crime.

'What makes a criminal? One May 2019 morning, two masked gunmen rob Blacktown Leagues Club. What happens next will change the lives of three people. Twenty-three-year-old Dean Acton is a heroin addict trying to get off the break and enter treadmill by pulling one big job. Sarah Hamilton, also twenty-three, is a police officer on stress leave, working behind the bar, trying to forget the mistake she made that caused the death of her fiancée. Mary Wallace, a forty-five-year-old ex-schoolteacher who lives and drinks alone, feels that her life is already over, and has made plans to formalise that arrangement.

'When Sarah realises there is something familiar about one of the gunmen, she is drawn back to the thrill of investigating, and can identify Dean. Dean is overjoyed at his $12,000 haul, but before he can decide whether to spend it on a new start in Queensland or a few months' worth of heroin, he's arrested, and in Long Bay jail everyone wants to find out where he's stashed the cash.

'Mary is inspired by the robbery. Pottery and French classes haven't jolted her out of her depression, but perhaps embarking on a life of crime will. She starts small, and then ups the ante. When she, too, is arrested and her lawyer tries to discover why a respectable middle-class woman would steal constipation medication, will she be able to reveal what caused her to give up on teaching and everything else?
Dean learns that the only person who identified him at the robbery was Sarah and is tempted by a plan that will ensure she won't ever be able to give evidence against him. But is he prepared to go that far? And if he does, will he ever come back?

'As Dean's trial approaches, Mary, Dean and Sarah must work out why they have become who they are, and whether they have the courage to change.'  (Publication summary)

1 The Under-detailed Story and the Over-detailed Story James O'Loghlin , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Funny Bones 2019;
1 y separately published work icon Very Popular Me James O'Loghlin , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2019 16432920 2019 single work children's fiction children's

'Sam's finally got what he always wanted - he's popular!

He's owns the school's most wanted marble, kids sit with him at lunch and even Johnny Wilson has stopped calling him 'Derr-brain'.

Things are looking up at home too. When his new baby sister arrives, he'll no longer be a lonely, only child.

But when Sam becomes the teacher's pet his popularity drops faster than a tomato in a lift. Soon even his best friend Gary won't talk to him, and the new kid at home is an attention sucking, crying disaster.

Who knew that getting exactly what you wanted could be so painful?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The New Kid James O'Loghlin , 2018 Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2018- 16924718 2018 series - author children's fiction
1 1 y separately published work icon Unpopular Me James O'Loghlin , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2018 13723889 2018 single work children's fiction children's

'New kids aren't cool. Everyone knows that. Eleven-year-old Sam is the new kid at school but he has a plan, or two, or three to make himself the most popular kid ever. What you are about to read is unforgettable (lonely losers, frog underpants, human umbrellas, bad boys ...). It's bumpy (jumping out a window is never a good idea). It's the story of a kid who wants to be more. P.S. Sam was not harmed (too much) during the telling of this story.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

1 2 y separately published work icon The Twins of Tintarfell James O'Loghlin , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2016 10187011 2016 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Orphaned twins Dani and Bart have lived and worked at Tintarfell Castle for as long as they can remember.

'Nothing remarkable has ever happened to them - until the day Bart is kidnapped.

'As Dani and the devious Prince Edward try to find him, strange becomes even stranger when they encounter a sarcastic giant, a mysterious sorcerer, a retired witch and a warthog named Flango.

'Dani and Bart must decide how far they will go to save themselves, the kingdom, and each other.' (Publication summary)

1 The Perfect Revenge James O'Loghlin , 2015 single work children's fiction
— Appears in: Laugh Your Head Off : Funny Stories for All Kinds of Kids 2015;
1 3 y separately published work icon Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone James O'Loghlin , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2015 8463422 2015 single work children's fiction children's mystery

'Someone has to save the world and that someone is DAISY MALONE.

'It's Daisy's 12th birthday but she's got more earth-shattering things on her mind. Her father is scared of everything, her mother has disappeared, and she and her dog Ben (a highly intelligent, talking dog - his words!) have just found a mysterious blue glowing stone in the attic.

'But what is it, and why does everyone want it?' (Publication summary)

1 Meet James O’Loghlin James O'Loghlin , 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: Reading Time , August 2014;
1 4 y separately published work icon The Adventures of Sir Roderick, The Not-Very-Brave James O'Loghlin , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2014 7424043 2014 single work children's fiction children's

'In a land where peace is threatened by assassins, invading armies and unhappy peasants, one knight must be brave enough to journey forth on a great quest.

''But that can't be me,' thought Sir Roderick. 'I'm the most junior knight in the kingdom. And definitely the most hopeless. They wouldn't pick me to go somewhere so dangerous...

'Would they?'' (Publication summary)

1 James O'Loghlin : I Wish I'd Never ... Caught That Plane James O'Loghlin , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 January 2011; (p. 2)
1 James O'Loghlin : The Books That Changed Me James O'Loghlin , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 14 February 2010; (p. 10-11)
1 2 y separately published work icon A Month of Sundays : How to Go Travelling Without Leaving Town James O'Loghlin , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2004 Z1176555 2004 single work autobiography travel To escape noisy building work that is being undertaken in his neighbourhood O'Loghlin and his family explore Sydney.
1 1 y separately published work icon Andy's Secret Weapon James O'Loghlin , Sydney : Hodder Headline Australia , 2004 Z1137645 2004 single work children's fiction children's
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