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Dion Perry

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Born

in Townsville, Australia

Website

https://dionperry.wordpress.com/

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Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller

Influences

Aikido and contemporay mystery schools

Member Since

September 2013

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Dion is an author of three books. His fiction works focus mostly on speculative fiction in the genre of sci-fi and urban fantasy. Dion has also written a non-fiction autobiographical history which will be published in the second half of 2019.

I am a martial artist and have had several years training in aikido. I was a student of a contemporary mystery school RSE for over 10 years but I am currently taking a hiatus. I love films and I am a member of the ANU Film Group. I am also a member of the ACT Writers Centre and also the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild (CSFG). I am also the current convener of the CSFG Novel Critique Group.

Of a weekend I spend time with my wife and dogs on our small farm in the NSW Southern Tablelands where we are sl ...more

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	Island Life: The Story of Clarke Island - 1984 to 1990 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island Life: The Story of Clarke Island — 1984 to 1990 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Satellite Attack 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island Life: The Story of Clarke Island 1984-1990 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island Life: The Story of Clarke Island — 1984 to 1990 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Fourth Way it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alien love by Dion Perry (Goodreads Author), Joseph Lombard (Illustrator), Heather Kerr (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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September 2019 update

Having taken four and a half months of leave to travel down the Murray River and to spend a month on a permaculture farm I suppose it would be fair to say I’ve had a short hiatus from writing. The moment I got back however, I hit the ground running.

I began by writing a novella of my Murray River trip which while based on actual events is not strictly factual. The book details my reasons for going Read more of this blog post »

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Don’t Ask the Trees for Their Names: Stories of Leaving and Becoming

by Oula Ghannoum

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I found this book to be a fascinating read from the outset. The hardships Carrie had to go through with many young children, living in huts, with her husband away for weeks on end droving cattle. The poverty and hardship is a reflection of what our p ...more
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A fantastic book for military officers but also for all leaders. I still found it a useful even though I'm neither. ...more
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This book reads like a horror novel that never ends. While it is US centric the principles within are global. Our money is fake and governments are free to have printed as much as they need. Especially during a crisis that was manufactured from lies ...more
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