The Yungaburra Book Fair The annual Book Fair is once again being held in the historical village of Yungaburra on September 10th from 10am-4pm. This year the theme is ‘Books & Cooks’ – A feast for book lovers looking for a good read, rare treasure or special find with 1000s of books for sale from many of Continue reading
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Promises to be won!!
Thanks to Ali Watts from Penguin I have a copy of PROMISES to giveaway! To be in the running you need to either leave the answer as a comment or send me an email via the contact form. And the question is?? Drum roll, please!! Cathryn’s first horse was called? The answer can be found Continue reading
Perfect Promise
My guest today is debut Penguin Australia author Cathryn Hein. I met her in person at this year’s RWA conference and snaffled one of the last copies of Promises at the bookstore!! It’s a wonderful story. I hope you enjoy learning more about our latest Australian Rural Romance Author. Cathryn, congratulations on your debut novel, Continue reading
Looks can be deceiving…
When a friend dropped around this morning for his weekend triple-shot-expresso we told him we were headed to Port Douglas for lunch. ‘Try the services club,’ he advised us. GW and I looked at each other and smiled politely. Services club in Port? If it was any good we’d have heard about it before now Continue reading
Kathy Mexted – Interview with Helene
Kathy Mexted, Freelance Journalist, published an interview with me in AOPA magazine. Find it here – http://kathymexted.typepad.com/files/aopa-pilot-pages-18-to-19-1.pdf
Desert Island Craft Book?
Today I’m a guest over at Rachael Blair’s blog – RAMBLINGS OF A ROMANCE WRITING MAMMA. Find out what craft book I’d take to a desert island (along with chocolate, hubbie and Zeus the wonder staffiie!)
Cairns Post Article – Romantic Book of the Year Winner
CAIRNS author and pilot Helene Young revisited a windswept Trinity Beach yesterday to recall the inspiration for her novel, Wings of Fear, which won the Australian Romantic Book of the Year award. “When I found a dead body on Trinity Beach in 2003, it started me thinking,” Ms Young said about her book, which centres Continue reading
Book sites
Are you a fan of Goodreads? Or The Reading Room? How about Shelfari? Librarything? Have you even heard of theses sites? Do you really need any more reasons to procrastinate? I certainly don’t, but I find myself strangely drawn to theses sites. The other day, chatting in the flight deck to a colleague who barely uses Continue reading
Winners!
It seems I’m not as technologically advanced as I think I am. I’ve belatedly realised my attempt at scheduling this post has failed. So here it is just a tad late… The winner of Monica McInerney’s book ‘THE ALPHABET SISTERS’ is Sue Z. The winner of Dianne Blacklock’s ‘ALMOST PERFECT’ is Kellie. Ladies, I’ve sent Continue reading
Too good to drink…
Palm Cove has many hidden treasures. Eric, the Barista at The Chill Cafe, is one of those. A morning coffee takes on a new dimension when you’re torn between drinking or photographing your cappuccino. And if you drop by you’ll have a sneak preview of the setting for a chapter in Burning Lies :-)