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when one of us hurts

When One Of Us Hurts – The darkest corners of smalltown life

duffythewriterAugust 13, 2023No Comment2023-08-13T17:39:56+10:00
★★★★★ Port Brighton hates outsiders. The small coastal town has its own ways of dealing with the evil, the foolish, the misled, and it holds tightly to them. But the…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

Book Blast! My Second Life

duffythewriter August 4, 2023 No Comment2023-07-30T14:10:21+10:00
Goodreads Giveaway! I had my first brush with the cliff-face edge of death when I was 12. My dad drove the family down the dangerous Skippers Canyon dirt road in…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

BOOK BLAST! JUSTICE AT TRIAL

duffythewriter August 2, 2023 No Comment2023-07-30T13:52:50+10:00
JUSTICE AT TRIAL follows Brosnahan’s career of 150 jury trials, taking us through thedemanding, often controversial and suspenseful world of jury trials, tense appeals, filledcourtrooms, locked jail cells, and corporate…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

Book Blast! Unmatched

duffythewriter July 30, 2023 No Comment2023-07-30T13:35:39+10:00
A sometimes funny, always intimate uncensored Sarah Lavane puts a human face on the challenges of being “unmatched” in a “matched” Orthodox Jewish world. She takes us along on the…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

The Power Of One – The Power of Facebook

duffythewriter July 22, 2023 No Comment2023-07-20T20:34:43+10:00
The inside story of one woman's quest to bring transparency and accountability to Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

Trump’s Australia – Not exactly a feel-good read

duffythewriter July 20, 2023 No Comment2023-07-20T19:41:51+10:00
Not an uplifting read, but probably one every Australian should. How Trumpism changed Australia and the shocking consequences for us of a second term. 'A timely warning and a potential…
New Releases and Bookworm News

The Food Fix – Real World Dinner Solutions For The Exhausted

duffythewriter July 4, 2023 No Comment2023-07-01T12:33:34+10:00
Yumi has worked as a cook before going into broadcasting, and Simon has edited literally hundreds of cookbooks in his career in food publishing. They met while working on one…
Author Interviews

Meet The Author: Lancelot Schaubert 

duffythewriter June 28, 2023 No Comment2023-06-25T09:06:35+10:00
Thanks for having me on, Duffy. I wanted to show you the connections between the five books coming out in 2023, all of which share a universe that I built:…
Book Blast!

Book Blast! The Spymasters Mistress

duffythewriter June 26, 2023 No Comment2023-04-07T16:47:54+10:00
Two Jewish patriots fight for love during American Revolution If you love the musical Hamilton, get ready for this new alternate history  PHILADELPHIA, PA – Espionage and romance intertwine in…
Historical Fiction

Psyche and Eros

duffythewriter June 25, 2023 No Comment2023-06-25T08:19:47+10:00
"A riotous adventure through the ages of Greek mythology, populated by a cast of vivid, glittering characters. Luna McNamara strikes the perfect note of irreverent humor and furious emotion in…

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exits

Book Blast! Exits – A Collection Of Poems

duffythewriterAugust 4, 2023No Comment2023-07-30T14:26:01+10:00
DURHAM, NC – Stephen C. Pollock’s debut collection nods to the literary traditions of years past while simultaneously speaking to the present moment. Multilayered and musical, the poems in Pollock’s “Exits”…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

Book Blast! My Second Life

duffythewriter August 4, 2023 No Comment2023-07-30T14:10:21+10:00
Goodreads Giveaway! I had my first brush with the cliff-face edge of death when I was 12. My dad drove the family down the dangerous Skippers Canyon dirt road in…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

BOOK BLAST! JUSTICE AT TRIAL

duffythewriter August 2, 2023 No Comment2023-07-30T13:52:50+10:00
JUSTICE AT TRIAL follows Brosnahan’s career of 150 jury trials, taking us through thedemanding, often controversial and suspenseful world of jury trials, tense appeals, filledcourtrooms, locked jail cells, and corporate…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

Book Blast! Unmatched

duffythewriter July 30, 2023 No Comment2023-07-30T13:35:39+10:00
A sometimes funny, always intimate uncensored Sarah Lavane puts a human face on the challenges of being “unmatched” in a “matched” Orthodox Jewish world. She takes us along on the…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

The Power Of One – The Power of Facebook

duffythewriter July 22, 2023 No Comment2023-07-20T20:34:43+10:00
The inside story of one woman's quest to bring transparency and accountability to Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

Trump’s Australia – Not exactly a feel-good read

duffythewriter July 20, 2023 No Comment2023-07-20T19:41:51+10:00
Not an uplifting read, but probably one every Australian should. How Trumpism changed Australia and the shocking consequences for us of a second term. 'A timely warning and a potential…
Non-Fiction

Maybe You Should Give Up by Byron Morrison

duffythewriter May 22, 2023 Comments Off on Maybe You Should Give Up by Byron Morrison2023-05-27T11:51:35+10:00
Maybe You Should Give Up challenges the conventional wisdom of never giving up and encourages readers to reevaluate their goals and aspirations and that it's ok to give up on…
Book Blast!

Book Blast! Robotics For Writers

duffythewriter April 30, 2023 Comments Off on Book Blast! Robotics For Writers2023-04-23T19:25:13+10:00
Artificial intelligence and science fiction have been entwined since the former existed, so is it any surprise that the first book I wanted to write when I got my hands…
Book Blast!

Book Blast! I Got It From Here

duffythewriter April 25, 2023 Comments Off on Book Blast! I Got It From Here2023-04-01T12:56:54+11:00
Trauma survivor finds peace and healing after years of abuse An inspiring true story of determination to survive and to heal I Got It From Here. New York, NY –…
Book Blast!

Book Blast! Framing A Life – A Memoir

duffythewriter April 23, 2023 Comments Off on Book Blast! Framing A Life – A Memoir2023-04-23T18:49:48+10:00
On a blustery Maine day, 39-year-old Roberta S. Kuriloff found herself standing on a plot of land purchased with her former partner, holding a couple of wood stakes to mark…

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Skin is a complete U-turn to my last few reads. Those that know me, know that I’m an ancient history geek, so when I threw my name in the ring to win a copy of Skin from The Reading Room, I was pretty pleased when it landed in my postbox...
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