Mignon Press — Australian Publishing

I prefer empty cages, Sabina, until I find a unique bird I once saw in my dreams.

Anaïs Nin A Spy in the House of Love

We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art — we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.

Anaïs Nin In Favor of the Sensitive Man

…and the very folds of the curtains contained secrets and sighs.

Anaïs Nin Under a Glass Bell

How many times have you walked to Heaven up the wrong stairs?

Dianne Cikusa The Little Tree of Wisdom

Dreams — open up the sky of consciousness.

Dianne Cikusa The Little Tree of Wisdom

Beauty is having a leg; Joy is having a life.

Dianne Cikusa The Little Tree of Wisdom

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About the Press

Established in 2015, Mignon Press is a small independent Australian press founded in the Blue Mountains of NSW and now based in Melbourne, Victoria.

We launched with our first poetry collection in December 2015, and have since grown a carefully kept list of poetry, bilingual editions and books of wisdom — each title published with the attention only a small press can give.

Our books travel further than we do: all titles are distributed internationally in print and digital formats, through Amazon's eight global markets, Dymocks, Booktopia, Fishpond, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo and Smashwords.

Founded: 2015 — Blue Mountains, NSW
Home: Melbourne, Victoria
List: Poetry · Bilingual · Wisdom
Formats: Print & ebook, distributed worldwide
Services: Editing & publishing via Quokkatoo Media (QLD)

The Books

Poetry

Hope and Substance

Dianne Cikusa

A poetic journey embracing both the real and the surreal — poems of sensation, fragmentation and the modifiable reality we call our perception.

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Poetry

The Sea In‑Between

Dianne Cikusa

Urban landscapes meet the natural world — poems that sink into the subconscious realm, then re-surface into more worldly terrain.

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Bilingual

English · Français · Italiano

The Rain Sermon

Dianne Cikusa

Life as an emotional image palette. Also published as Le Sermon de la Pluie and Il Sermone della Pioggia.

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Wisdom

The Little Tree of Wisdom: 365 Insights

Dianne Cikusa

A year of daily insights examining inner wisdom — the links between life, death and consciousness.

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Wisdom

Who Saw Beauty Cry, and Failed to Hold Her Left Hand?

Dianne Cikusa

Insights and reflections for women — inner wisdom, enlightenment and empowerment.

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Cover: The Jigsaw of Eight Thousand Pieces

Wisdom

The Jigsaw of Eight Thousand Pieces: Soul Reflections

Dianne Cikusa

Consciousness explored through observation and imagination — life as a journey toward meaning.

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The Pure Mind Series

Series · Book One

The Garden of Least Flowers: Healing Inspirations

Dianne Cikusa

An appeal to simplicity and minimalism — in our thoughts and our possessions.

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Series · Book Two

The Silent Face of Enlightenment: Spirit in Thought

Dianne Cikusa

A quiet turn toward elevated awareness, where enlightenment is both attainable and desirable.

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Series · Book Three

The Invisible Diary: Grey Areas of Mind and Matter

Dianne Cikusa

What lies beyond the sensory impulses — perceptual nuance and the 'third eye'.

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Series · Book Four

Heart‑Space: A Review of Inner Vows

Dianne Cikusa

An emotional uncoiling — revelatory insights into partnerships and the dramatic scenes we play.

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Series · Book Five

The Poet's Atlas: Inner Journeys of the Writer

Dianne Cikusa

An inward portal for revelling between our silences and our speech — a map for the creative act.

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Series · Book Six

The Business of Wisdom: Mindfulness in a Modern World

Dianne Cikusa

Mindfulness against the human treadmill — a challenge to greed and global disparity.

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About the Author

Portrait of Dianne Cikusa, poet and author — Photo © Instinctive Images, 2015

Dianne Cikusa is an Australian writer and poet whose work moves between the real and the surreal, the conscious and the depths beneath it.

She graduated from the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1994, and returned to complete a Graduate Diploma in Arts there in 2010. A strong interest in foreign languages led her to the University of Sydney, where she obtained a Diploma of Language Studies in French in 2014 — an influence visible throughout her bilingual work.

Dianne's poetry has been published in Australian and international online journals, poetry zines, print anthologies and literary magazines. One of her short poems appeared as digital media in the Melbourne 2010 Overload Poetry Festival.

Global Ebook Awards 2020 The Rain Sermon — First Prize (Gold Medal) in the Poetry category, and Third Prize (Bronze Medal) for Best Ebook Cover.

B.Com, University of Wollongong (1994) Grad. Dip. Arts, University of Wollongong (2010) Dip. Language Studies — French, University of Sydney (2014)

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