Phil Brown and I had a lovely chat at the Coaldrake Bookstore in the Emporium, Fortitude Valley. Read his article on-line at Brisbane News – you’ll find it on Page 12. The photographer, Justine Walpole, is an artist!
Author: Helene
I live by a beach just north of Cairns – my own tiny slice of paradise in North Queensland. When I'm not writing, you'll find me flying Dash 8 aircraft for QantasLink around regional Australia.
I write romantic suspense with feisty, confident heroines who (not surprisingly) work in the aviation industry. My stories are set in the top end of Australia – a wild and wonderful, larger-than-life environment just begging to be showcased in anticipation-filled novels.
Home away from home
This month I’ve spent 16 nights out of 28 living out of a hotel room. Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you I’m a homebody and that amount of time away sits heavily on me. My answer to the loneliness that can bite at unexpected moments is to create an alternative family where Continue reading
Toni Tapp Coutts – life in the Top End (and win a copy of Border Watch!)
I met Toni through the LongLines programme at Varuna. We spent a week living in Eleanor Dark’s house along with Meg Mooney, a poet from Alice Springs, Liana Christensen from Perth and David Wright from Tasmania by way of Africa. The week was facilitated and mentored by Peter Bishop – a living national treasure! It was a wonderful opportunity to talk Continue reading
Border Watch – The Celebration
Come and help me celebrate the launch of my debut novel ‘Border Watch’ – Hachette Australia, March 2010 www.heleneyoung.com When: 5th March 2010 at 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm Where: Glaskins Gallery 22 Trinity Beach Rd Trinity Beach http://www.glaskinsgallery.com.au RSVP: By 26th February to heleneyoung01@gmail.com
Queensland Writers Center – WQ
Author profile – February WQ PROFILE Hélène Young Hélène Young’s first published novel, Border Watch, will be published by Hachette Australia in March this year. With a job as a pilot, Hélène finds inspiration all around her. ‘I live in a tiny slice of paradise in Far North Queensland on a beach north of Cairns. Continue reading
Cairns City Life
Author profile – Cairns City Life
Sunrise, sunrise
I love being home….
Visit Kylie’s blog and win a copy of Border Watch
It’s my turn this week to be a guest on someone else’s blog. Kylie Griffin, fantasy fiction writer and contest maestro, is hosting me at her blog – www.kyliegriffin.com. Drop by and have a chat. I’m giving away a signed copy of Border Watch and, in the interest of broadening my knowledge of Australia, the question Continue reading
And the Jam champion is?
Phillipa did make this decision yesterday but I’ve been flat out at work, so apologies for the delay. “I’ve found the jam discussions intriguing. There are some jams mentioned that I’d love to get my sticky hands on and some that I would probably pass by. I’ve made a list and had a think and Continue reading
Phillipa Fioretti – The Book of Love
Welcome, Phillipa, I’m delighted to have a fellow Hachette Australia author visiting my blog. I’m looking forward to April and the launch of The Book of Love (out in time for Mothers Day!). The cover is very beautiful. To celebrate having my first Hachette author I’m giving away a copy of ‘Border Watch’. Look for Continue reading