Title: Terra Nullius Author: Claire G Coleman Genre: Speculative Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 29th August 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: In the near future Australia is about to experience colonisation once more. What have we learned from our past? A daring debut novel from the winner of the 2016 black&write! Writing… Continue reading Terra Nullius by Claire G Coleman
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We That Are Left by Lisa Bigelow
Title: We That Are Left Author: Lisa Bigelow Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 23rd August 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A moving debut novel about love and war, and the terrifyingly thin line between happiness and tragedy, hope and despair. Melbourne, 1941. Headstrong young Mae meets and falls head… Continue reading We That Are Left by Lisa Bigelow
The Cursed First Term of Zelda Stitch: Bad Teacher, Worse Witch by Nicki Greenberg
Title: The Cursed First Term of Zelda Stitch: Bad Teacher, Worse Witch Author: Nicki Greenberg Genre: Children’s Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 23rd August, 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Imagine if you read your teacher's diary... and discovered she was a witch! With courage, imagination and a certain amount of recklessness,… Continue reading The Cursed First Term of Zelda Stitch: Bad Teacher, Worse Witch by Nicki Greenberg
Small Publisher Spotlight: Odyssey Books
Latest in my series of posts for the Australian Women Writer's Challenge Odyssey Books was founded in 2009 by Michelle Lovi, who fell in love with publishing whilst working for the public service in Canberra. Through her volunteer work for a magazine, she began to consider the different types of independent publishing available. Print-on-demand, self-publishing,… Continue reading Small Publisher Spotlight: Odyssey Books
The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green
Title: The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club Author: Sophie Green Genre: Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 8th August, 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 427 Price: Paperback - $29.99, Ebook - $12.99, Audiobook - $44.99 Synopsis: In 1978 the Northern Territory has begun to self-govern. Cyclone Tracy is a recent memory and telephones not yet… Continue reading The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green
Small Publisher Spotlight: Xoum
A small independent publisher, Xoum (pronounced “Zoom”) was founded in 2011. It has offices in Sydney and Melbourne and offers four imprints that specialise in different genres: Xoum: General Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children Brio: Literary Seizure: New Talent Fantastica: SciFi/Fantasy XO Romance – Contemporary Women’s Fiction launching in August 2017 While most of their authors… via… Continue reading Small Publisher Spotlight: Xoum
2017 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Update
On the first of January this year, I embarked on a reading challenge. That challenge was to read as many books by Australian women as possible, and at the beginning of the year, I made a list from books I had that I wanted to read, and came to about six, and so decided to… Continue reading 2017 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Update
A Reluctant Warrior by Kelly Brooke Nicholls – Book Review and Launch Write Up
Title: A Reluctant Warrior Author: Kelly Brooke Nicholls Genre: Fiction, Political Thriller Publisher: The Author People Published: 28th of June, 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 232 Price: $26.99 Synopsis: When Luzma’s brother Jair unwittingly uncovers the plan by Colombia’s most notorious drug cartel to smuggle an unprecedented cocaine shipment into the US, it puts their family… Continue reading A Reluctant Warrior by Kelly Brooke Nicholls – Book Review and Launch Write Up
Siren by Rachel Matthews
Title: Siren Author: Rachel Matthews Genre: Fiction Publisher: Transit Lounge Published: 1st August 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: A brave new novel that sensitively explores one woman’s experience of sexual violence and the silencing of those who feel compelled to speak out. What happens when a young woman enters a city apartment… Continue reading Siren by Rachel Matthews
Leaving Ocean Road by Esther Campion
Title: Leaving Ocean Road Author: Esther Campion Genre: Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 25th July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 356 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: From the coast of Australia to Santorini and Ireland, a slice of warm, character-driven fiction in the tradition of Maeve Binchy and Monica McInerney God damn it, Gerry Clancy, couldn't you have… Continue reading Leaving Ocean Road by Esther Campion
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