Offshore… Book Description: Kate Maddison 'Leaned In' and now she's Burned Out. Lost and disillusioned, she volunteers in a Channel Island detention centre and meets Abra, a displaced Syrian detained after he's caught trying to enter the UK in the post-Brexit age. Two damaged souls meet and mend – or at least begin to. Because … Continue reading Book Review: Offshore by Andrea Jones
New Release Book Review: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
How to Stop Time... Book Description: I am old. That is the first thing to tell you. The thing you are least likely to believe. If you saw me you would probably think I was about forty, but you would be very wrong. Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary … Continue reading New Release Book Review: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
Behind the Pen: Elizabeth Ellen Carter
Welcome to Behind the Pen. Today I have the pleasure in welcoming Historical Romance author Elizabeth Ellen Carter to talk about her 'captivating' new novel, Captive of the Corsairs. Can you tell us about Captive of the Corsairs? I believe it's the first in a trilogy. What's in store for us with this … Continue reading Behind the Pen: Elizabeth Ellen Carter
Book Review: The Dressmaker of Dachau by Mary Chamberlain
The Dressmaker of Dachau... Book Description: London, spring 1939. Eighteen-year-old Ada Vaughan, a beautiful and ambitious seamstress, has just started work for a modiste in Dover Street. A career in couture is hers for the taking – she has the skill and the drive – if only she can break free from the dreariness of … Continue reading Book Review: The Dressmaker of Dachau by Mary Chamberlain
50 Books for #aww2017
My weekend reading has brought me to another milestone for my 2017 Australian Women Writers Challenge: 50 Books! Here is a recap of what I've been reading so far this year: Between now and the end of the year I'd like to add some more classics into the mix. At the beginning of … Continue reading 50 Books for #aww2017
#loveyourbookshopday Harrison’s Book Country Mount Isa
Today is Love Your Bookshop Day and despite living in a remote Queensland outback town, I do have a local bookshop and I most certainly love it, so I headed down there this morning in order to celebrate this most wonderful day, not deterred in the slightest that I was the only person there who … Continue reading #loveyourbookshopday Harrison’s Book Country Mount Isa
Book Review: Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms... Book Description: 5 August, 1944: Over 1000 Japanese soldiers attempt to break out of the No. 12 Prisoner of War compound on the fringes of Cowra. In the carnage, hundreds are killed, many are recaptured and imprisoned, and some take their own lives rather than suffer the humiliation of ongoing … Continue reading Book Review: Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
Focus on Debut Authors: Rachel Leary — Australian Women Writers Challenge Blog
Recently I read Bridget Crack, a new historical literary release by an Australian debut author, Rachel Leary. Following on from my review of Bridget Crack here is an interview with Rachel that I did for the Australian Women Writers Challenge blog. Today we welcome Rachel Leary to the Australian Women Writers Challenge blog. … Continue reading Focus on Debut Authors: Rachel Leary — Australian Women Writers Challenge Blog
Behind the Pen: Anna Daniels
You know that feeling you get when you read a really excellent novel and then get to meet the author? Hmm, no, me neither! But, drumroll...I am about to bring you the next best thing...the latest edition of Behind the Pen! Today I have great pleasure in welcoming Anna Daniels, author of the highly entertaining … Continue reading Behind the Pen: Anna Daniels
Book Review: On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah
On Mystic Lake... Book Description: Annie Colwater’s husband has just confessed that he’s in love with a younger woman. Devastated, Annie retreats to the small town where she grew up. There, she is reunited with her first love, Nick Delacroix, a recent widower who is unable to cope with his silent, emotionally scarred young daughter. … Continue reading Book Review: On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah
