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From award-winning author, Jane Harrison, comes an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imagining of a crucial moment in Australia's history - an unputdownable work of fiction. WINNER OF THE 2024 INDIE BOOK DEBUT FICTION AWARD Longlisted 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize 'An...

Ancient Art and Ritual is a book by Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928), who was a student of anthropology and a classical scholar by training. The book shows how mankind has always used rituals to celebrate new life or rites of passage and examines the way that these rituals evolved into art forms. The author also shows how rituals and rites of passage developed into visual and dramatic art, dance, and sculpture as a way of expressing the religious urge. She identifies intense emotional energy as the driving force behind all artistic expression.

The first and only comprehensive collection of writings by Elizabeth Garver Jordan, the groundbreaking journalist, suffragist, and editor whose fearless reporting on women preceded the #MeToo movement and popularized the true-crime genre A Penguin Classic The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other...

On the Breath is an intimate exploration of vocal empowerment through personal conversations! Hosted by voice coach, actor and playwright SJ Harrison, On the Breath aims to inspire, delight and inform. Our diverse range of guests include artists, entrepreneurs and business professionals. Voice is emotional, intellectual and physical. Attending to our voices engages us in an ongoing transformative journey. Does this provoke thoughts such as: “Am I attending to my voice? What does this mean? How do others experience this?” Tune in to learn more! sjharrison.substack.com