Title: Clancy of the Overflow (Matilda Saga #9) Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 21st October 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 448 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: From Australia's best-loved storyteller comes the final book in the bestselling Matilda Saga This is a love song to our nation, told in a single sweeping story… Continue reading Clancy of the Overflow by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #9)
Tag: Australian literature
The Starkin Crown by Kate Forsyth
Title: The Starkin Crown Author: Kate Forsyth Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published: 1st May 2011 Format: Paperback Pages: 285 Price: $18.99 Synopsis: Last, the smallest and the greatest... Though he must be lost before he can find, Though, before he sees, he must be blind, If he can find and if he can… Continue reading The Starkin Crown by Kate Forsyth
Book Bingo Twenty-Two – A fictional biography of a woman from history
Welcome to week twenty-two of Book Bingo with Theresa and Amanda. Coming to the end of October, and I have made it to one of my trickier squares - a fictional biography of a woman from history. With this one, I wasn't sure what I was going to do, yet I had earlier in the… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-Two – A fictional biography of a woman from history
The Wildkin’s Curse by Kate Forsyth
Title: The Wildkin’s Curse Author: Kate Forsyth Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Pan MacMillan Published: 1st May 2010 Format: Paperback Pages: 380 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Three times a babe shall be born, between star-crowned and iron-bound. First, the sower of seeds, the soothsayer, though lame, he must travel far. Next shall be the king-breaker, the king-maker, Though… Continue reading The Wildkin’s Curse by Kate Forsyth
Christmas Lilies by Jackie French
Title: Christmas Lilies Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 15th November 2019 Format: eBook Pages: 48 Price: $2.99 Synopsis: Paris,Christmas 1914 Despite her love for Huw, Elspeth will not give up her espionage work while World War One rages. She will wear his ring around her neck, and marry him when… Continue reading Christmas Lilies by Jackie French
The Lily in the Snow (Miss Lily #3) by Jackie French
Title: The Lily in the Snow (Miss Lily #3) Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 1st April 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 480 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: The world is at war, and women are working, often behind the scenes, in areas from nursing to espionage. And despite their many successes, these are… Continue reading The Lily in the Snow (Miss Lily #3) by Jackie French
Total Quack Up Again! Edited by Sally Rippin and Adrian Beck
Title: Total Quack Up Again! Author: Sally Rippin and Adrian Beck, Illustrated by Jules Faber Genre: Fiction Publisher: Puffin Published: 15th October 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: It's the return of the quack! A hilarious new collection of stories from some of Australia's funniest children's authors. Following on from the success of Total… Continue reading Total Quack Up Again! Edited by Sally Rippin and Adrian Beck
With Love from Miss Lily by Jackie French
Title: With Love from Miss Lily Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 20th November 2017 Format: eBook Pages: 100 Price: Free download from publisher website Synopsis: From the author of Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies comes a moving and heart-warming story that is perfect for Christmas - and beyond. December1918 This first peacetime Christmas… Continue reading With Love from Miss Lily by Jackie French
The Starthorn Tree (The Chronicles of Estelliana #1) by Kate Forsyth
Title: The Starthorn Tree (The Chronicles of Estelliana #1) Author: Kate Forsyth Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Pan MacMillan Published: 1st May 2002 Format: Paperback Pages: 500 Price: $16.95 Synopsis: Under winter's cold shroud, the son of light lies. Though the summer sun burns high in the skies. With the last petal of the starthorn tree His… Continue reading The Starthorn Tree (The Chronicles of Estelliana #1) by Kate Forsyth
Book Bingo Twenty-One – BINGO for two rows and Written by an author over 65.
Welcome to week twenty-one of Book Bingo for 2019 with Amanda and Theresa. This week, as well as being able to give a BINGO to two of my rows, I am crossing off the written by an author over 65 square. Age ones are a challenge because it's not always obvious what age range an… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-One – BINGO for two rows and Written by an author over 65.
