TY - BOOK AU - Courtenay,Bryce TI - The silver moon: reflections on life, death and writing SN - 9780670078264 : AV - PR9619.3.C5964 U1 - A823.3 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Melbourne, Vic. PB - Penguin Books Australia KW - Courtenay, Bryce, KW - Reflections in literature KW - fast KW - Death KW - Life KW - Writing KW - Authors, Australian KW - 21st century KW - Anecdotes KW - 20th century KW - Essays KW - Australian KW - Essays, Australian N1 - On ORDER 4 Copies 04/08/14 JB; Scheduled to be published October 2014; The thinking well -- Where the giraffe comes to drink from the silver bowl of the moon -- Timmy : the dog of dogs -- I believe this -- Muschka : the needy one -- Words -- This talk is about words -- The doorstop -- How to write a work of popular fiction -- The thing that makes me happiest -- Tap-dancing facts -- Music -- The unfortunate process of dying slowly -- And God created a flower and named it after the sun N2 - The Silver Moon gathers together some of the most personal and sustaining life-lessons from Australia's favourite storyteller. In short stories and insights, many written in his final months, Bryce reflects on living and dying, and how through determination, respect for others and taking pleasure in small moments of joy, he tried to make the most out of life ER -