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    Quirky Tales
    Quirky Tales
    Quirky Tales
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    Quirky Tales

    By Richard Kemp and Janet Kemp

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    A collection of "outside the box" or "off-the-wall" short stories by husband and wife team Rik and Janet Kemp. Subjects and stories range from the humorous to the zany, with a few serious ones thrown in for good measure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard Kemp
    Release dateAug 21, 2015
    ISBN9781310235313
    Quirky Tales
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    Richard Kemp

    English-born Janet and Rik Kemp emigrated to Australia in 1981. Janet spent her whole working life as a schoolteacher, but Rik was a little more diverse: Over twenty years as a newspaper communications operator with titles such as The New York Times and the London Sun. All this was concurrent with his time as a part-time freelance cartoonist, culminating in five years full-time. Now retired to Queensland they have found a new interest in life: Writing short stories.

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