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- Published 20220503
- ISBN: 978-1-922212-74-0
- Extent: 264pp
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Jesse Blackadder (1964–2020)
Jesse Blackadder was an award-winning Australian author of novels for adults and children, an emerging screenwriter, and a public speaker, literacy advocate and freelance...
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