In 2005, after 20 years of working for an Australian State Government Schools Teaching Service, author Kevin Munro suffered a severe bipolar nervous breakdown. To keep up his literary skills, he began to write.

In Netted Rainbows, Munro "documents" his illness through poems he wrote between 2005 and 2009 in Sydney, Australia. His record is filled with the "pain" of bipolar disorder, complete with the mania and depression he suffered and overcame.

He challenges readers to identify the different stages of his illness through reading his works, and believes they could come away being a "lay"...

Drug Use Cuts a Wide Swath Among Authors Friends

Short Stories to Die For

"Stink" in Australian slang means a "fight" or something or someone that is not welcome. The Chronicles of a Stink Chicken: Episodes Second Edition features eight short stories and poetry describing the madness and wildness of thoughts and actions resultant from use of illicit drugs. It challenges unsuspecting readers with insets of respected philosophic pretext that asks real questions regarding health authority involvement with ranges of customers in the community, as social changes recreate the society they are...

I was released from an in-patient mental health ward in early March 2006. A trophy pictured in the preface of this book displays the date July 23, 2006, as the initial USA competition poetry award. That date marks the deadline of the period required for a poem to be created, entered, and judged. All that was left for application after my 20 years of post grad training, was creative writing. My hidden hope was to offer in a real way, an apology via deed to all those who encountered me when I was unwell. There is something strange regarding that period's legal progress, since society so easily...