Release Date: 2nd of January 2015. Publisher: Random House Australia (Bantam) Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review. *You can buy it from your local bookstore or here at Booktopia, or here at Amazon. Synopsis from Random House Australia (click the link and you can read a free sample!) From the author of … More Blog Tour: Review ‘The Maxwell Sisters.’
Release Date: July 24th 2014. Publisher: Penguin Australia. Source: Free from Penguin Teen Live. Synopsis from Goodreads: A love of fashion. A couture competition. A once-in-a-lifetime chance . . . Angel Moncoeur has always wanted to be a fashion designer, but without money or connections, it’s going to be a challenge. When an opportunity to … More Mini Review: The Cinderella Moment By Jennifer Kloester #aww2014
Stepping Out is a feature on my blog where I step out of the world of YA and review an adult book. Today I am reviewing Lyrebird Hill by Anna Romer. This is also the 16th book I have read for the Australian women writers challenge. Release Date: September 1st 2014. Publisher: Simon and Schuster … More Stepping Out With Lyrebird Hill By Anna Romer #aww2014
Stepping out is a feature on my blog where I step out of the YA world and review an adult book. Today I am stepping out with Thornwood House, the debut novel by Australian author Anna Romer. It is also the 10th book I have read for the Australian Women Writers challenge. Publisher: Simon and … More Stepping out with Thornwood House. #aww2014.
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Spotlight Sunday, where I shine the spotlight on an Australian book I think deserves to be read, and not because I haven’t been reading any Australian books, but mainly because I haven’t finished reading them in time to spotlight them on Sunday. But this week I have … More Spotlight Sunday: Review ‘Finding Home’ by Lauren K. McKellar
I just realised it has been a few months since I updated my Submissions Open page, so tonight I went and updated it. I apologise that it has taken me this long. There are 3 new submissions listed, with a total of 9 listings. You can check them out here For those of you who … More Open Submissions Updated.
I have made a decision to change Spotlight Saturday to Spotlight Sunday. Changing to Sunday gives me just that bit more time to read since I’m trying to read 2 books a week. I found I was rushing through some books just to get a review up, and that takes the pleasure out of reading. … More Spotlight Sunday: Review ‘Three Summers’ by Judith Clarke. AWW2013.
If you enjoyed my flash fiction story, ‘The Girl In The Mirror’, then you can hear me read it on the AntiSF Radio show podcast. I am the third story, 15 minutes in. Check it out here: http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/antisf/id/2288836
Dear fantastic, lovely, wonderful followers and readers, I have been nominated for the Best Australian Blog Award 2013, and now is the time to vote for me in the people’s choice round. There are over 1000 entries in this round, and competition is tough, so I need your help. YOU CAN STILL VOTE EVEN IF … More Think my blog is good? Vote for me in the best Australian blog awards.
Aussie Writers get your manuscripts ready the Australian/Vogel Literary Award has now opened. If you are Australian and under 35, and have a manuscript between 30,000 and 100,000 words, then you can enter. Entry costs $25 and the prize is a publishing contract with Allen and Unwin. You need to submit your manuscript, a one … More the Australian / Vogel’s Literary Award 2014
Rochelle L. Sharpe 