For the past twenty years, it has been my great pleasure to have created work that has been appreciated by various audiences throughout Brisbane


All of the plays included here have enjoyed a successful theatrical staging or reading within Australia

The Captains and The Kings” – 1995, “Goodbye Melaleuca” – 1996, “Sylvia Terry” – 1998 and “A Kind of Belgium” – 2000


Two of the plays featured here have been short listed in the George Landen Dann Award, which is Queensland’s premium award for excellence in playwriting “The Captains and The Kings” – 1992 and “Goodbye Melaleuca” – 1995


The short film “Spades” was short listed in the top ten films of the third annual What’s On Short Cut Film Fest and screened in 2001 at the Brisbane Powerhouse


It was also such a pleasure in 2007 to rewrite and update my book “The Big Sugar Election” which was originally completed in 1990


Please find free samples of my work for your perusal - here 


And, for a small contribution, you can find out how the stories end - here 


Currently I am at work on my next book which, pending on the desires of our boisterous baby boy, will be posted here in 2010


Please Enjoy & Kindest Regards

Mark Barkley


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