Are you an Aussie writer with a MG or YA manuscript ready to go? Then this is for you. Here is the info I recieved via email: You have until Friday 28th July 2017 to send in your middle-grade or young adult manuscript. Before submitting your manuscript please ensure you check the Ampersand Entry Process on our website, to make … More Aussie Writers: The Ampersand Prize is now OPEN!
Release Date: April 2017. Publisher: Walker Books. Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to … More Review: The Hate U Give By Angie Thomas.
Every year since it began I have joined the Australian Women Writers Challenge. Basically you commit to reading a certain number of books by Australian women. We have some amazing authors in this country and I love to support them. You get to choose your level: Stella: read 4 – if reviewing, review at least … More The Australian Women Writers Challenge Is On Again. #aww2017
Thank you to everyone who entered my Australia Day giveaway. The winner, picked by random.org is…. ASHFA! You have been emailed. Thank you to all who entered! If you didn’t win this time, don’t lose heart, I will be having another giveaway in March!
It’s Australia Day, and I am celebrating with a giveaway! We have some awesome writers here in Australia, and I want to share some of that awesomeness with you. I am giving away ONE book of choice by an Australian author to the value of $20. The giveaway is international as long as the Book … More Australia Day Giveaway!
2016 was a horrible year for me. I was battling depression and crippling anxiety and it is a year I am glad to put behind me. By the end of 2016 I decided I had had enough with all the crap going on in my life, so I cut the crap and made some … More Goals for 2017.
Wishing all of my readers and followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for sticking with me even though I was unable to blog as much. I hope you make some great memories with your family and friends. God Bless.
Release Date: July 23rd 2014. Publisher: University of Queensland Press. (UQP) Source: Gift (and what a great gift it was 🙂 ) Synopsis from Goodreads: I have three months left to call Katie my older sister. Then the gap will close and I will pass her. I will get older. But Katie will always be … More Claire Zorn’s Newest Fan: A Review of The Protected #AWW2016
Release Date: October 1st 2016. Publisher: Walker Books Australia. Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis from Goodreads: The third book in Amy Ewing’s New York Times bestselling Lone City trilogy, The Black Key is perfect for fans of The Selection and Red Queen. Violet and the Society of the Black Key are preparing … More Review: The Black Key By Amy Ewing.
Sorry for the long title. Sorry this is a lot later than I intended, life got in the way, but I’m finally reviewing the last of the Spark stories to wrap up my spotlight on Rachael Craw. You can see my review of book one ‘Spark’ HERE. Book two ‘Stray’ HERE And book three ‘Shield’ HERE. This is … More The Spark Novellas: Bite-Sized Stories To Give You That Spark Fix When It’s All Over.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 