Archives for Australian Authors - Page 4
Love Your Sister – The Best And Worst Of Human Nature
Love Your Sister is the story of a brother and sister, Samuel and Connie Johnson. Samuel is a retired actor, who recently appeared back in the spotlight playing Molly Meldrum on Channel 7’s ‘Molly’ mini series. Connie is his sister, who is suffering from terminal cancer, and inspired Sam to…
All That Is Lost Between Us – A Mother’s Worst Fears
All That Is Lost Between Us centres around a teenage girl, Georgia, and what happens when a secret she thought would be hers to keep, is exposed. Sara Foster, the author of this and many other thrilling reads, answers some questions which swirled around my head after finishing the book.…
Book Blog Hop Giveaway with Book’d Out!
Join the book blog hop hosted by Book'd Out this Australia Day Holiday! The book blog hop gives you a chance to discover some great book bloggers, find out about latest book reviews and releases and enter to win some great book prizes! Want to win a bundle pack of…
Who’s Afraid – Sexy Adult Werewolfiness – Author Q&A and Giveaway!
If you follow my social media, you will know that I thoroughly enjoyed Who's Afraid by Maria Lewis. A kickass werewolf story with a strong female lead; no cheesiness and a real 'True Blood' vibe. Loved every page and if you like a fast paced read with meat on…
All These Perfect Strangers – More Domestic ‘Gris’ than Noir
Domestic Noir from Aoife Clifford. Pen Sheppard is off to Uni and it can't come soon enough. She is escaping her small town, her mum's slimy boyfriend, and a secret, a dark secret from long ago. You don't need to be a murderer to be We pick up Pen's story…
Deadly Messengers… If you want a thriller with meat on it’s bones..
Deadly Messengers opens right in the middle of a massacre at a cafe. The lone killer stalks his way through, extinguishing lives with an axe. A horrific, gory tragedy, which becomes more disturbing when another mass murder happens not long after in a nursing home; then another at a family…
Author Guest Post! Claire Varley talks about the pressure to be ‘wordy’ all the time..
I was lucky enough to pose a question to Claire Varley, author of The Bit Inbetween. Here is here brilliantly funny guest post response! ‘Being a writer, do you feel under pressure to be 'wordy' and impressive all the time? Even in birthday cards and comments boxes on questionnaires?’…
The Bit In Between
The Bit In Between is what happens after the flutter of true love subsides and before the inevitable end of the chapter. It will bring back memories of all those times you were selfish, self centred, dated the wrong guy or girl, took a chance, caught a plane and let…
Tom Houghton – When you love a character so much, you are glad they aren’t real..
Tom Houghton is twelve years old. He is different and the others know it. Some tiptoe around it, whisper loudly about it, some bully him mercilessly, and very few embrace him for it. Fast forward to Tom Houghton at forty. The book unfolds as we wind our way through…
A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding – A graceful, cold, Japanese tale,with a raw core
Duffy’s review The ebb and flow of this book is extremely graceful. The words move through the pages like an old Japanese play and the spoken language drifts you gently to Nagasaki. A stranger knocks on the door of Amaterasu’s home and says he is her Grandson, thought dead. It…