Greg Barron writes ripping thrillers and his latest Savage Tide has all the hallmarks of equalling last years super sucessful Rotten Gods. Greg is touring extensively over the next four months so do check out his website and pop along to one of his talks. I'm sure you will be entertained. Today Greg blogs about [...]
Welcome to Georgie Somerset of the South Burnett region, QLD. Farmer and consumate communicator, an Inspirational Woman. "I have always loved words - I wrote my first chapter book in about year 5 - and after falling into working in tourism marketing and promotions, I developed a knack for working with the media and also [...]
Get Reading National Touring Programme. One of the unexpected joys of having books out in the public domain is meeting readers, which probably sounds crazy, but I hadnt thought past getting a book published. Ive spent the last month crisscrossing Australia as part of the Get Reading Programme. Its been exhilarating, enlivening, exhausting and, at [...]
Welcome to the first in a new series of guest blogs featuring inspirational regional, rural and remote women. Over the coming weeks you'll meet dedicated, passionate women from all corners of Australia. Most are farmers and graziers, carving niches in their chosen fields with determination, but there are an equal number offering vital services across the bush. You'll [...]
If you watched Paper Giants on the ABC recently you may have stumbled across the name Susan Duncan, ex-editor of the Australian Women's Weekly and author of some wonderful books including her memoir, Salvation Creek. With the 'magazine wars' garnering attention courtesy of this latest TV show it seemed timely to ask Susan to drop by. [...]
This month as part of our ongoing celebration of 120 years on our property I thought I'd share a couple of cherished family pieces. Portraits and furniture held generationally are always greatly loved. In the main homestead the oak dining-room table which comfortably seats 26 (when the extesion leafs are in) is a firm favourite. There are scratch [...]
Thanks for having me over Nicole. At the moment everyone is seeding here and hoping for the right rain at the right time to get the crops up and away. So there is no time off for farmers. Luckily, I dont have a farm which means I can get away and I have few trips [...]
Welcome to Alice Greenup, debut author of the memoir, Educating Alice and QLD cattle farmer. I recently met and interviewed Alice at Moree On A Plate, our local food and wine festival. Her memoir joins the burgeoning list of rural non-fiction, a genre which is enjoying new interest on the back of rural fiction. Alice's story, city [...]
Many authors self-publish for varying reasons and with mixed results. A decade ago it was not uncommon to hear of enthusiastic creators lamenting the boxes of books stored away under beds or in garages while they bemoaned the vagaries of artistic independence versus economic viability. The internet and e-books have changed all that and when combined with exploiting [...]
As we approach the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War next year and then the centenary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in 2015 it is really stirring to see such massive turnouts for services across Australia. In my own part of the world Anzac Day is the most important day in our [...]