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A Good Yarn: Australian Stories, Australian Voices

Imagine you have written and published a book, and you are starting to make a living from the royalties from this book, a goal you have been working towards for years. Now, imagine you’ve been told that not only will books published overseas take priority over Australian content, but that in fifteen years, you and… Continue reading A Good Yarn: Australian Stories, Australian Voices

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The Falls by B Michael Radburn

I received a copy from the publisher for review Title: The Falls Author: B. Michael Radburn Genre: Fiction/Crime Fiction Publisher: Pantera Press Published: August, 2016 RRP: $29.99 Format: Paperback Pages: 364 Synopsis: A week of despair... a century of evil Damaged but not yet broken, park ranger Taylor Bridges believes his ghosts are in the… Continue reading The Falls by B Michael Radburn

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The Lake House by Kate Morton

The Lake House Title: The Lake House Author: Kate Morton Publisher: Allen and Unwin Category: Fiction Pages: 596 Available formats: Print and Ebook Publication Date: 21/10/15 RRP: AU$32.99 Synopsis: A missing child. June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen… Continue reading The Lake House by Kate Morton

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Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill.

Title: Give The Devil His Due (Rowland Sinclair #7) Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Category: Historical Fiction/Crime Pages: 384 Available formats: Print and ebook Publication Date: 1/11/15 RRP: AU$29.99 Synopsis: The 7th book in the award-winning Australian historical crime fiction Rowland Sinclair Mystery Series When Rowland Sinclair is invited to take his yellow Mercedes… Continue reading Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill.

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Swimming Home by Mary-Rose MacColl

Title: Swimming Home Author: Mary-Rose MacColl Publisher: Allen & Unwin Category: Fiction Pages: 400 Available formats: PrintPublication Date: 23/9/15 RRP: AU$29.99 *I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review* Synopsis: The lone swimmer, turning over now to switch to a perfectly executed back crawl, wasn't Oxford or Cambridge, wasn't a man.… Continue reading Swimming Home by Mary-Rose MacColl

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The Secret Son by Jenny Ackland

* I received a copy of this to review from the publisher* Title: The Secret Son Author: Jenny Ackland Publisher: Allen & Unwin Category: Fiction/Historical Fiction Pages: 400 Available formats: Print and eBook Publication Date: 26/8/15 RRP: AU$29.99 Book Synopsis: An Australian historian determined to find the truth, a stolen inheritance, a wishing tree, a… Continue reading The Secret Son by Jenny Ackland

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The Fairly Stillwater Chronicles Two Blog Tour Day 8

I received an Advanced Reader’s Copy in exchange for an honest review from the publisher The Fairly Stillwart Chronicles, Volume Two Stillwart the Pixie is back with her rag-tag group of magical friends! Determined to complete her mission to the Northern Lands, with the hope of saving her people from extinction, she ventures from Nova… Continue reading The Fairly Stillwater Chronicles Two Blog Tour Day 8

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A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill

Book Title: A Murder Unmentioned (Rowland Sinclair, #6) Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Genre: Crime, Historical Fiction Release Date: November 1st, 2014 Book Synopsis: The black sheep of a wealthy grazier dynasty, gentleman artist Rowland Sinclair often takes matters into his own hands. When the matter is murder, there are consequences. For nearly fourteen… Continue reading A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill

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Five Years of Rowland Sinclair

Five years ago, on the first of June, Rowland Sinclair and his artist compatriots were released from the grey cells and imagination of Sulari Gentill into the literary world, with the help of the fantastic team at Pantera Press. A 1930s gentleman of means, living in a family estate in Woollahra, with his friends Elias… Continue reading Five Years of Rowland Sinclair

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Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill

Book Title: Miles Off Course (Rowland Sinclair, #3) Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Genre: Crime, Historical Fiction Release Date: February 1st, 2012 Book Synopsis: In early 1933, Rowland Sinclair and his companions are ensconced in the superlative luxury of The Hydro Majestic - Medlow Bath, where trouble seems distant indeed. And then Harry Simpson… Continue reading Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill