Break our addiction to the predictable

WE have all done it. Find a book from one of our fave genres and we are ¼ the way through but it hasn’t grabbed us. It’s the Least Favourite Jelly Bean Color Syndrome

       We are consuming our least- favourite- color-jelly-bean book and contemplating putting it aside. It is after dinner and we might put it aside and we might move on to social media or even television. Just one more chapter.

Community of Authors Shine

THIS anthology follows on from the critically acclaimed debut volume The Writing on the Wall.

Bent Christmas and Banana New Year

Avoir un Bent Noël et une Bonne Année Banana Nouveau!

Werfen Sie einen Bent Weihnachten und ein Banana New Year!

एक तुला क्रिसमस और एक केले New Year!

ベントクリスマスと新年のバナナを持っている！

Bíodh na Nollag Bent agus Athbhliain Banana Nua!

Have a Bent Christmas and a Banana New Year!

Reviews roll on

REVIEWS are coming in to Amazon for Bernie Dowling's non-fiction work 7 Shouts:The Best of My Shout.
Gleaned from seven year's of his My Shout newspaper columns, the book establishes Australian humour at the off-centre of the Universe.
The first two reviewers each gave 7 Shouts four stars.
Here is what they had to say.


4.0 out of 5 stars A fun read, June 10, 2012
By baggy
This review is from: 7 Shouts (My Shout) (Kindle Edition)
Bernie Dowling has a unique voice that really brings his columns to life. I highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys Australian humour. Even if you don't laugh you will be entertained and informed. My favourite is the Slanguage chapter. For the record I say 'marown'.



4.0 out of 5 stars Fun book for the person who loves journalism!, June 7, 2012
By Heather Marie Adkins
This review is from: 7 Shouts (My Shout) (Kindle Edition)
Bernie Dowling has compiled years of journalistic endeavors into one compendium, along with pictures (some of them quite funny), and has thus given readers "7 Shouts". For the individual with a love of journalism, an open-minded viewpoint on all things living, and often insightful blurbs on life, I highly recommend this book. Love, tragedy, success, and history--it's all there in the funny, intelligent, and sometimes satirical voice of Dowling. Definitely a getaway read for the nonfiction crowd :)

Reviews are also at Google eBooks for the Kindle-less lovers of lit.
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Give yourself a giggle.

BBB on KDP and OK

THE three Bent Banana Books eTitles  Can you believe it... 5 Strong Bricks in the Wall and 7 Shouts are now available on Amazon Kindle.

Kindle accounts for about 65% of the eBook market. The three books are also available at Google eBooks for those who own eReaders other than Kindle.

Bent Banana Books managing editor Bernie Dowling said the books will continue to be available through Google eBooks and its partners

``The Google eBook store is a pleasant way for readers to shop but two in three eBooks are sold to be read on Kindles,'' Mr Dowling said.

The book 7 Shouts written by Mr Dowling is a humorous  interactive journey through modern culture where city and country meet.

``I have YouTube, Wiki and email links, the sorts of things you cannot do in a print book,'' Mr Dowling said.

7 Shouts sells for $8.06. Visit7 Shouts

Can you believe it...  is a literary collection of 24 contemporary short stories, each illustrated by an an accomplished visual artist.``Again it is something you do not get in other books, either electronic or print, original illustrations by serious artists,'' Mr Dowling said. It costs $8.20 Visit BELIEVE

5 Strong Bricks in the Wall is a collection of five illustrated short stories from a longer anthology.

``It is a sampler, if you like, and sells for $3.29,'' Mr Dowling said. Visit BRICKS

Bent Banana Books is a boutique publishing house which promises books which are different.

Free previews of its books are available on the website links section. Visit www.bentbananabooks.com.au