Book quotes
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Spotlight on: Jenn J McLeod and House for All Seasons
Spotlight is on Jenn J McLeod this week and we’re showcasing House for All Seasons No stranger to embracing a second chance or trying something different, I took my first tentative steps towards a tree change in 2004, escaping Sydney’s corporate chaos to buy a small cafe in the seaside town of Sawtell. Moving to…
Country Quotes
What better way to end the weekend and greet the working week but with a reminder of all that is country… “My father asserted that there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment…. There’s something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking…
Spotlight on: Trish Morey and Cherry Season
Spotlight is on Trish Morey this week and we’re showcasing Cherry Season Trish Morey always fancied herself a writer, so she dutifully picked gherkins and washed dishes in a Chinese restaurant on her way to earning herself an economics degree and a qualification as a chartered accountant instead. Work took her to Canberra where she promptly…
New release & giveaway! Lisa Ireland and Honey Hill House
Congratulations Lisa Ireland on the release of Honey Hill House There’s a giveaway too! GIVEAWAY NOW ENDED A paperback copy of all three stories in the series. Plus a mug! (Giveaway open until midnight AEST Monday 7 March 2016. Giveaway open to Australian postal addressees only.) Newly divorced Bea Elliot needs Honey Hill House for…
New release & giveaway! Meredith Appleyard and The Doctor Calling
Congratulations Meredith Appleyard on the release of The Doctor Calling. There’s a giveaway too! GIVEAWAY NOW ENDED A signed paperback copy of The Doctor Calling (Giveaway open until midnight AEST Saturday 5 March 2016. Giveaway open to Australian postal addressees only.) What Laura was about to do wasn’t easy. To become embroiled in a family’s grief, their…
New release & giveaway! Rachael Johns and Outback Sisters
Congratulations Rachael Johns on the release of Outback Sisters There’s a giveaway too! A signed paperback copy of Outback Sisters. GIVEAWAY NOW ENDED (Giveaway open until midnight AEST Thursday 3 March 2016. Giveaway open to Australian postal addressees only.) Bunyip Bay. Frankie and Simone are sisters and best friends. Could a new man in town…
Spotlight on: Margareta Osborn and Rose River
Spotlight is on Margareta Osborn this week and we’re showcasing Rose River A fifth-generation farmer, Margareta Osborn grew up on her family’s historic dairy farm in Gippsland, Victoria, the middle child of three. She completed her HSC and left Gippsland for the bright lights of Melbourne only to jump on a home-bound country train…
New release giveaway! A Heart Stuck on Hope by Jennie Jones
Congratulations Jennie Jones on the release of A Heart Stuck on Hope There’s a giveaway too! GIVEAWAY NOW ENDED An eBook copy of the book and a paperback copy of all three stories in the series. Plus a mug! (Giveaway open until midnight AEST Mon 29 February.Giveaway open to Australian postal addressees only.) Move to…
Release day giveaway! Life Support by Nicki Edwards
Congratulations Nicki Edwards on the release today of Life Support There’s a giveaway too! GIVEAWAY NOW ENDED A signed paperback copy of Life Support (Giveaway open until midnight AEST Sat 27 February. Giveaway open to Australian postal addressees only.) A piece of you will always be left at home. When emergency nurse Emma Chirnside’s husband dies…
Spotlight on: Fiona Palmer and The Family Farm
Spotlight is on Fiona Palmer this week and we’re showcasing The Family Farm I was raised in Pingaring, Western Australia and live there now with my husband Daryl, daughter, Mackenzie and son, Blake. The majority of my childhood weekends were spent on my Uncle and Aunty’s farm ‘Gumlea’. I left school after year eleven, itching to…