Hi fellow writers, I am about to update my Open Submissions page with the following gems. Calling All Australian YA Authors: Hachette Australia wants your manuscript! You can submit your full manuscript to them between October 1st and October 31st 2014. Find out all the details HERE. # *Avon Books has the following call-out at … More Dear Writer: New Submissions Open.
Release Date: 1.7.14 Publisher: Bloomsbury. Source: From Bloomsbury Australia in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis From Goodreads: River means everything to Sky. They have lived alone together on Island for as long as they can remember. The two of them hunt for food, wash in Falls and curl up together in Shelter. Their life … More Review: Searching For Sky By Jillian Cantor.
Release Date: September 4th 2014. Publisher: Walker Books. Source: From publisher is exchange for an honest review. Synopsis from Goodreads: “Today is my last day as Violet Lasting. Tomorrow I become Lot 197.” The Jewel is a shocking and compelling new YA series from debut author, Amy Ewing. Sold for six million diamantes, Violet is … More ARC Review: The Jewel by Amy Ewing.
Today I am reviewing ‘While We Run’ by Karen Healey, sequel to ‘When We Wake’. I have a paperback copy to giveaway to one lucky Australian reader! Details at the end of the post. Note: as this is a sequel it will have spoilers for book one, though not for this book. Release Date: April … More Review + Giveaway: While We Run By Karen Healey.
Release date: January 27th 2013. Publisher: Allen and Unwin. Source: Purchased. Synopsis from Goodreads: The last thing Tegan remembers is the crack as the gun went off, intense pain, and everything fading to black. One hundred years later, she wakes up. A fast-paced near-future romance. Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living in … More Review: When We Wake By Karen Healey.
Release Date: August 1st 2014. Publisher: Random House Australia. Source: From publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis from Random House Website: This road trip will have earth-shattering consequences . . . Twins Justine and Perry are about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest. It’s … More Review: Are You Seeing Me? By Darren Groth.
Release Date: May 21st 2014. Publisher: Black Dog Books. Source: From Walker Books Australia in exchange for an honest review. #It is the 12th book I have read for the Australian Women Writers challenge. Synopsis from Goodreads: “Don’t let her know you’re scared,” Alexander’s father had said to him the first time Alexander had sat on … More Review: Alexander Altmann A10567 #aww2014.
Book Delights is a monthly feature on my blog where I share with you all the books I bought/received in the previous month. I had a fairly decent haul in June. I got so many books I’m excited about.(All links to Goodreads.) I’ll start with the eARC’s I received: Flux. The Rose Master. Thanks to … More Book Delights (2).
Welcome to my stop on the SPARK blog tour hosted by Walker Books Australia. I am extremely excited to be sharing a guest post with you today by Rachael Craw, author of the YA sci-fi, Spark. I love finding out what songs authors listened to when they were writing their book, so I asked Rachael if she had a … More Blog Tour: Spark By Rachael Craw: Guest Post + Review.
Hi everyone, and welcome to this week’s writerly update. Unfortunately I was unable to write for the first three days of this week, but I did get some writing done on the rest of the days. I did a first draft of a picture book that I feel has real potential. I knocked out a … More A Writerly Update 32.