Archives for Australian Authors - Page 4
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…
Thief’s Magic – Book Blog Tour & Giveaway!
Come on a book blog tour full of magic, adventure, and a chance to win a signed copy! FORGET WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE NATURE OF MAGIC In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a…
Trivia Man Book Blog Tour with Deborah O’Brien – Aren’t we all a little weird?
Thanks to for passing the baton on the Trivia Man book blog tour! The Book Jacket From the author of Mr Chen's Emporium comes a quirky and heartwarming tale about finding your true place in the world, set against the backdrop of a weekly trivia competition. ‘Trivia is a serious…
The Soldiers Wife – A tale of war, love, loss and sticking with it…..
A tale of war, love, loss and sticking with The Soldiers Wife is about a young war bride called Ruby who loses her Jimmy when he is called up and sent to fight in World War One. He leaves her in Sydney with two choices; Go back to the family…
Season of Shadow and Light – Much more than a country story
I am privileged to be part of the Season of Shadow and Light blog tour and I gained far more than a free book for review! Season of Shadow and Light isa book I never would have picked up had I seen it on a bookshelf, and I would have been…
A thrilling read which raises moral and ethical questions – Claiming Noah
*spoiler alert* What if your child belonged to someone else? When Claiming Noah arrived in the mail, I felt a little obligated to read it. I looked at the cover, turned to read the back cover blurb and my first reaction was 'Do I really want to read about a…