John K. Ewers

John K. Ewers (13 June 1904-1978) was an Australian poet, novelist, schoolteacher, and short story writer from Western Australia.

Life
He was the second son of Ernest Ewers, orchardist, and his wife Annie Eliza, née Gray. When he was 6 his mother died. He was educated at James Street Intermediate and Perth Modern schools, and Claremont Teachers' College. The Australian Journal published (1924) his first short story, under the nom-de-plume, 'J. K. Waterjugs'. He wrote early on in his career in Our Rural Magazine, and Walkabout magazine

He was involved in the Western Australian branch of the Fellowship of Australian writers and was its President

Publications

 * Money street : a novel (London, 1933)
 * The story of the pipe-line : being an account of the construction of the Coolgardie water scheme with some chapters on the early history of Western Australia (Perth, 1935)
 * Fire on the Wind (London, 1935, Hodder & Stoughton)
 * Tell the people! : an explanation of the little-known writings of Joseph Furphy (Tom Collins) in the light of their value for Australia to-day (Sydney, 1943)
 * Tales from the Dead Heart (Sydney, 1944)
 * Men Against the Earth (Melbourne, 1946)
 * Perth Boys' School, 1847-1947 : the story of the first hundred years of a great school, with a background of the history of education in Western Australia (Perth, 1947)
 * For Heroes to Live In (Melbourne, 1948)
 * Harvest and Other Stories (Sydney, 1949)
 * With the Sun on My Back (Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1953)
 * Who Rides on the River? (Sydney, 1956)
 * Bruce Rock (1959)
 * The western gateway : a history of Fremantle (Nedlands, 1971.2nd rev. ed.)
 * I came naked : a selection of verse 1970-1975 (Black Rock, Vic. 1976.)
 * Long enough for a joke : an autobiography (Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1983)