Bruno Starrs – June 11 2017

Bruno is of mixed Irish, Maltese and Indigenous Australian ancestry. He is a graduate of six Australian universities, holds two Masters degrees and a PhD. He has taught Media Studies at various Australian universities and currently holds the post of Senior Lecturer in Cinematology at the Institut Teknologi Brunei. His publications include the novel I Woke Up Feeling Thailand and e-novels That Blackfella Bloodsucka Dance! and Bollywood Extras, a collection of writing for the theatre entitled Suicide Plays, extensive non-fiction works including many peer-reviewed film, media and/or cultural studies journal articles and book chapters, as well as the academic textbook Dutch Tilt, Aussie Auteur: The Films of Rolf de Heer. Bruno’s textbook, three novels, stage-plays and film-script are all available free at Smashwords.

His … Or Her … Suicide
Smashwords, 2013; ISBN 9781301510054
[Also available in ‘Suicide Plays’, VDM Publishing, 2009; ISBN 9783639210736]
A short play about suicide, written in the absurdist tradition, first published in “Antithesis” by the University of Melbourne English Department, 14, 2004, pp. 151-155. There are no fees for production of this play, as long as the author is correctly attributed, no major changes are made without permission from the author and the author is informed of the play’s public performance/s.

In The Big Picture, He’ll Be Happier…
Smashwords, 2012; ISBN 9781301257768
Short play: 2 females, 2 males
This e-book is the touching story of how one family deals with a mentally challenged loved one. This play is free of charge to perform as long as authorship is correctly attributed, no major changes are made without the author’s permission, and the author is kept informed regarding any public performance/s.