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Childhood Favorites: The Teenage Years
Last week I blogged about my childhood favorite stories and series. This week I bring you part 2 where I describe the novels that got to me in my teens. Again, in no order. 1. The Merlin trilogy by Mary … Continue reading
Posted in Genre: Absurdism, Genre: Allegory/Fable, Genre: Crime, Genre: Fairy Tale/Myth and Legend, Genre: Fantasy, Genre: Historical fiction, Genre: Speculative Fiction, Personal
Tagged A Series of Unfortunate Events, Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None, books, crime, Daughter of the Forest, Dragon Prince, Dragon Star, Endless Night, fable, fairy story, fantasy, favourite books, Harry Potter, history, J K Rowling, Juliet Marillier, Katharine Kerr, King Arthur, Lemony Snicket, Mary Stewart, Melanie Rawn, romance, sevenwaters trilogy, The Crystal Cave, The Deverry Saga, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, The Merlin trilogy
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Q&A with author Deborah O’Brien
Deborah O’Brien is an Australian writer and visual artist. She is the author of the bestselling Mr Chen’s Emporium, its sequel The Jade Widow, plus A Place of Her Own and The Trivia Man, as well as a dozen non-fiction … Continue reading
Book Review: The Rarest Thing
Title: The Rarest Thing Author: Deborah O’Brien Publication Date: November 2016 Publisher: Lomandra Press RRP – Limited Gift Edition Paperback: $29.99 RRP – Ebook: $14.99 Purchasing Info: ‘The Rarest Thing’ (signed gift edition paperback or ebook) is available direct from … Continue reading
Poetry Spotlight: BRB by Maree Dawes
BRB: Be Right Back by Maree Dawes Published 2013, Spineless Wonders BRB is a wonderful verse novel that explores the early days of internet chat rooms and what happens when life on the net becomes more ‘real’ than the trappings … Continue reading
Posted in Genre: Poetry, Genre: Romance, Genre: Verse Novel, Reviews
Tagged Be Right Back, Boudicea, BRB, chat rooms, internet, internet chat rooms, love, Maree Dawes, online, romance, Spineless Wonders, verse novel
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Online Book Tour- Close Call by Eloise March
I am excited today to have Doris on the blog with a spot of advice, to show you just what all the fuss is about and just who Doris is. Don’t be afraid, she doesn’t bite and it has been … Continue reading
Posted in Author Interview, Genre: Comedy, Genre: Romance, Reviews
Tagged A Doris and Jemma Vadgeventure, author interview, Bridget Jone's Diary, Close Call, comedy, Dionne Lister, Eloise March, feminism, gender, humour, review, romance, sexuality, talking genitals, The Vagina Monologues, vaginas
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Poetry Peek: Books
Without further ado, I present to you the first poem in my upcoming poetry collection, My Heart’s Choir Sings. Books The open, sterilized jaws of your flat beckoned, quiet Like the yellowed pages of books That were your long time … Continue reading
Review: The Reflections of Queen Snow White
Title: The Reflections of Queen Snow White Author: David Meredith Date Published: 2013 RRP: $1.83 The Reflections of Snow White re-tells the story of Snow White… yes… but also not really. The point of this short novel is not to … Continue reading
Jill (Poem)
I’m on a poetry roll with my ebook coming out on Saturday 1st! This poem is positively ancient and is based off the relationship between Jill and Rhodry in Katharine Kerr’s Deverry Saga. I am quite fond of it even … Continue reading
Posted in Genre: Poetry, Genre: Romance
Tagged Deverry saga, dweomer, Jill, Katharine Kerr, poem, poetry, reltationship, Rhodry, romance
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My Heart’s Choir Sings Ebook Release
My Heart’s Choir Sings. A eulogy and a verse novella. Grief, guilt, redemption. How do you go on in a world without your other half? Two years ago, I fell in love with London. I began to write a sequence … Continue reading