The Gift of Life… About the Book: You’ve been given the gift of life, now go live it. Gabby McPhee is the owner of The Tin Man, a chic new cafe and coffee roasting house in Melbourne. The struggles of her recent heart transplant are behind her and life is looking up – until a … Continue reading Book Review: The Gift of Life by Josephine Moon
Contemporary Fiction
Behind the Pen – A Few of my Favourites with Elizabeth Coleman
Today I warmly welcome Elizabeth Coleman to Behind the Pen, here to share with us a few of her favourites. Over to you Elizabeth… What is your favourite…and why… Character from one of your books? I have a particular soft spot for Dave Rendall, a suburban solicitor in Losing the Plot. Dave is a real … Continue reading Behind the Pen – A Few of my Favourites with Elizabeth Coleman
Book Review: The Sparkle Pages by Meg Bignell – #DNF
The Sparkle Pages... About the Book: A wonderfully original and heartfelt comic novel about one woman's mission to reignite the passion in her marriage - and rediscover herself. ‘Is marriage just a series of texts about where the children are and whether we need milk until one of you dies?’ Susannah Parks – wife, mother, … Continue reading Book Review: The Sparkle Pages by Meg Bignell – #DNF
Book Review: The Cinema at Starlight Creek by Alli Sinclair
The Cinema at Starlight Creek… About the Book: A heart-stirring novel of loss, love and new hope set against the glamorous backdrop of 1950s Hollywood and a small Australian country town. How far would you go to follow your dream? Queensland, 1994: When location manager Claire Montgomery arrives in rural Queensland to work on a … Continue reading Book Review: The Cinema at Starlight Creek by Alli Sinclair
Book Review: The Tiger Catcher by Paullina Simons
The Tiger Catcher... About the Book: Can true love ever die? The first novel in a beautiful, heartbreaking new trilogy from Paullina Simons, the international bestselling author of Tully and The Bronze Horseman. Julian lives a charmed life in Los Angeles. Surrounded by friends, he is young, handsome, and runs a successful business. Everything changes … Continue reading Book Review: The Tiger Catcher by Paullina Simons
Book Review: Sixty Summers by Amanda Hampson
Sixty Summers... About the Book: Life is too short for compromise … When Maggie, Fran and Rose met in their youth, they had dreams and ambitions. Forty years later, the three friends are turning sixty, each of them restless and disenchanted with their lives. Fran works in a second-hand bookshop. Her lover, one of a … Continue reading Book Review: Sixty Summers by Amanda Hampson
Book Review: If You Could Go Anywhere by Paige Toon
If You Could Go Anywhere... About the Book: How can you know where you're going . . . if you don't know where you're from? Angie has always wanted to travel, but at twenty-seven she has barely even stepped outside the Australian mining town where she was born. Instead, she discovers the world through stories … Continue reading Book Review: If You Could Go Anywhere by Paige Toon
Book Review: Under The Midnight Sky by Anna Romer
Under The Midnight Sky... About the Book: Chilling secrets buried deep in wild bushland drive this thrilling new novel from bestseller Anna Romer When an injured teenager goes missing at a remote bushland campground, local journalist Abby Bardot is determined to expose the area’s dark history. The girl bears a striking resemblance to the victims … Continue reading Book Review: Under The Midnight Sky by Anna Romer
Book Review: The Book of Dreams by Nina George
The Book of Dreams… About the Book: A beautiful, bittersweet and magical tale about the distance one man will travel for the sake of love from the internationally bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop On his way to meet his son for the first time, hardened former war correspondent Henry Skinner is hit by … Continue reading Book Review: The Book of Dreams by Nina George
Behind the Pen with Josephine Moon
I absolutely love Josephine Moon’s novels, but despite reviewing them now for the last few years, I hadn’t yet welcomed her to Behind the Pen. All that changes today and here she is, talking with me about her latest release, The Gift of Life. How would you describe The Gift of Life if you … Continue reading Behind the Pen with Josephine Moon
