Wednesday Wanderings with ARR authors Lisa Ireland shares her experiences of sewing, knitting and crocheting. Skills her mother and grandmother took for granted… ~~~~~ When I was eight years old I was given a toy sewing machine for my birthday. This was a perfectly reasonable present for a young girl whose mother was a talented…
This week the spotlight is on Rachael Johns and we’re showcasing The Road to Hope Read an excerpt, below. I’m an English teacher by trade, a mum 24/7, a supermarket owner by day, a chronic arachnophobic, and a writer by night. I rarely sleep. I live in Western Australia with my hyperactive husband and three…
Happy Mother’s Day to mothers everywhere. Today, rural fiction authors are sharing some insider knowledge on the mothers and mother-figures in their novels.
Congratulations to Lily Malone on the release today of The Goodbye Ride There’s a note from Lily, and there’s a giveaway too. An Amazon (for Kindle) eBook copy of The Goodbye Ride GIVEAWAY NOW ENDED (Giveaway ends midnight AEST Saturday 7 May 2016.) A fresh, funny and poignant romance set in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. Olivia…
Congratulations Tricia Stringer on the release of Dust on the Horizon Read an excerpt below! From bestselling author Tricia Stringer, comes this compelling stand-alone historical saga, which can also be read as a sequel to Heart of the Country, the first book in the Flinders Ranges series. 1881 Joseph Baker works hard on his pastoral…
Congratulations Jenn J McLeod on the release of The Other Side of the Season Read a few words from Jenn, read an excerpt - and enter the giveaway to win a paperback copy of The Other Side of the Season GIVEAWAY NOW ENDED Giveaway open until midnight AEST Thursday 5 May 2016. Giveaway open to…
Congratulations to Mandy Magro on the release of Bluegrass Bend Read an excerpt below. … She couldn’t let her past steal her future any longer… Ivy Tucker was a gifted musician with big dreams but the night she was viciously attacked took all that away from her. Without the intervention of a mystery man she…
This week’s spotlight is on Jennie Jones and we’re showcasing The House at the Bottom of the Hill … Jennie Jones loved everything romantic from an early age. This led her to tread the boards in the theatre as a professional actor in the UK. More recently she put her artistic energies into writing fiction and…
Friday Favourites Please welcome Cheryl Adnams to our Friday Favourites blog post. No Writer is an Island (but sometimes we wish we were) … I have travelled all over the world but as an Aussie I am ashamed to say that I have never been to Uluru (Ayers Rock) or Kakadu or even Darwin. As…
Congratulations Karly Lane on the release today of Second Chance Town … There’s a giveaway too! A paperback copy of Second Chance Town. GIVEAWAY NOW ENDED (Giveaway open until midnight AEST Saturday 30 April. Giveaway open to Australian postal addressees only.) ~ The town of Bundah is dying, with many of its young people fleeing for…