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    Approaching Zero
    Approaching Zero
    Approaching Zero
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    Approaching Zero

    By Roland Leach

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    'In this fine and eclectic collection of short stories, flash fiction and poetry, Roland Leach explores the human condition with humour and heart. These are interior stories that often grapple with the ache and drive for connection, the puzzlement and the fear. With the sublime assuredness of his writing Leach leads the reader deep into the ofte

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateJan 1, 2023
    ISBN9781761094590
    Approaching Zero
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    Roland Leach

    Roland Leach is a past winner and runner-up in the Newcastle Poetry Prize. His poems 'Darwin's Pistols' and 'Wallace' jointly won the Josephine Ulrick Award, and he has twice received the Tom Collins Poetry Prize. His work has been featured on ABC Radio National's Poetica. Roland lives in Western Australia, where he teaches literature in secondary school, manages Sunline Press, and surfs.

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