Berndt Sellheim Berndt Sellheim i(A84330 works by)
Born: Established: Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Fatal Dance Berndt Sellheim , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22124247 2021 single work novel

'A dizzingly intelligent and compulsive work of fiction from an outstanding new Australian writer.

'Redmond Campbell's luck has just taken a turn for the worse. His dog's dead, his wife Bea went to prison three days ago, and he has to look after Bea's sister, Lori, a wildly disinhibited woman with Huntington's Disease. What really grates him though, is that despite all he's done for her, Lori hates him. In fact, even Redmond's nephew, Mada - a PhD student searching for a cure to the disease that's killing his mother, and potentially one day himself - doesn't give Red the respect he deserves. But Red is about to change all that. He's got plans to become Sydney's leading property agent - on the residential end, at least - and he's about to make a connection that will line him up a killing. It's almost legal too! Well, almost. What matters is that Red has a whiff of success, and he's damn sure everything's about to come up roses.

'Funny and moving, profound and profane, both an intimate family drama and an incisive parable of capitalism and collapse, this is an anarchic, joy-filled, and ribald read from one of Australia's most exciting authors. A novel about the dance of the body through the world, it is a story brimming with sting, hope, and gratitude for a world that is equal parts cruel and kind.' (Publication summary)

1 Backfill i "Having turned each surface", Berndt Sellheim , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 71-72)
1 Swimming Laps in The Experience Machine i "It’s the first mistake when the gloom floats in", Berndt Sellheim , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 53.0 2016;
1 1 y separately published work icon Awake at the Wheel Berndt Sellheim , Newtown : Vagabond Press , 2016 10149996 2016 selected work poetry

'From the backroads of the Australian outback to the icy streets of Paris winter, these dynamic poems traverse geographies, languages and techniques. Marked by a subtle probing of the metaphysical layerings that underpin human experience, this exploration returns again and again to the concrete details of everyday happenings. Drawing equally on moments of joy and loss, shifting from comic and bawdy bohemianism to introspective sensory envelopment, Awake at the Wheel evokes a dynamic and fragile world. This fragility is an insistent theme, both in terms of human mortality and ecological crisis. These poems travel across a beautiful earth, through mental and spiritual zones bleached by consumer capitalism, and through country ravaged by mining, passing amongst the ghosts of those who have gone before, the spirits of loved ones, and of cultural and literary inheritance. This is a collection of playful, innovative and imaginative poems, driven by a refined and attentive musicality, brimming with possibility and surprise.' (Publication summary)

1 The Divine Art of Compost i "The master twisted a length of moustache", Berndt Sellheim , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 142 2015; (p. 104-105)
1 Sonnet Objet (petit) a i "Not fugu-worse. The offending list of bodyparts:", Berndt Sellheim , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , March no. 14 2015; (p. 59)
1 An Interview with Berndt Sellheim Berndt Sellheim (interviewer), 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: Seizure [Online] , January 2014;
1 1 y separately published work icon Beyond the Frame's Edge Berndt Sellheim , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2013 6008127 2013 single work novel thriller

'Adyn Cole boards a flight from New York. He returns to Australia to bury his uncle, Fletcher, leaving a decade of life behind him—a lost job, a relationship in ruins.

Although Adyn is favoured by his uncle′s estate, Fletcher′s passing yields a legacy of betrayal and ruptured kinship. In Koorawatha, his inherited Blue Mountains home, Adyn will discover how hard it is to escape the demons of the past, and how profoundly a family can be corrupted by greed. Yet living in the house are two people who will redeem him, helping him to mend a part of himself that has long been broken.

A compelling story of the darkness of the human soul, the twists of fate that can transform our lives and the dazzling beauty of our world, Beyond the Frame's Edge is a powerful novel from an exciting new literary talent. '

1 Recrossing the Styx i "The hardest working man in the Pantheon", Berndt Sellheim , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 209 2012; (p. 92)
1 Building Dwelling Drinking i "Observatory Hill", Berndt Sellheim , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 23 (New Series) 2010; (p. 164-166)
1 Romeo & Juliet in 3D i "Hyde Park and you've got me", Berndt Sellheim , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 23 (New Series) 2010; (p. 162-163)
1 Disneyl& i "All fantasy begins here/the American", Berndt Sellheim , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 69 no. 2 2010; (p. 229)
1 Necromantic Nourritures Terrestres i "Andre Gide, once dead, becomes reanimated", Berndt Sellheim , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2009 2009; (p. 175-176) Plumwood Mountain : An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics , September vol. 2 no. 2 2015;
1 Still Life : 2001 i "We wake in the late sleepless flicker of early morning TV", Berndt Sellheim , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 19 (New Series) 2009; (p. 111-112)
1 Valentine i "Riding the wave of your", Berndt Sellheim , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 194 2009; (p. 42)
1 To Dust i "Perhaps you walk", Berndt Sellheim , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 29 2008;
1 Pollen and Dust i "An attic cluttered", Berndt Sellheim , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 13 (New Series) 2007; (p. 129-130)
1 Pruning Time i "Secateurs gripped red-handled", Berndt Sellheim , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 63 no. 3 2004; (p. 223-224)
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