My guest today is Cathryn Hein, a fellow Penguin Australia author, who has the delicious Friday Feast blog which is on my ‘never miss list.’ Her second novel, HEART OF THE VALLEY, has just been released and I’m looking forward to curling up with it soon. Please welcome Cathryn. Hi Helene, and thanks so much Continue reading
Tag: Australian Author
Sarianti
Anyone who’s dined at our place will recognise the photo on this page as I am proud to have the largest collection of Sarianti dinnerware and I love it! (If you’re really lucky then you may have a piece or two of your own!) Tanya Sarianti is an award winning artist who also happens to Continue reading
Remember
The crunch of tyres, the muted slam of car doors and the sound of footsteps. The night still slumbers on. I slip out of bed leaving GW asleep. Zeus isn’t happy at being left behind. The beachfront is already crowded – ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Trinity Beach is special. As we listen to a Continue reading
Blue Skies
Just another glorious day in paradise. What’s the weather like with you? 🙂
Silent Fear
Silent Fear is another page turner from Katherine Howell. Â Detective Ella Marconi is back at work unravelling a complex crime involving brothels, drugs, and murder. Â Holly, a paramedic, provides the other point of view for the story. It’s a good contrast between the conflicted paramedic and the dedicated detective. As usual the cast of characters Continue reading
Thank you, Stephanie!
A huge thank you to Stephanie, Doug and the vet nurse from Marlin Coast Veterinary Hospital at Trinity Beach who turned out at 7pm on Good Friday to dislodge a brisket bone from Zeus’s throat. You guys are wonderful! And thanks to our understanding dinner guests (including my sister who headed back to France in Continue reading
Saying g’day might be easier…
One of the delights of living in north Queensland is the laid back connections between people. It would feel wrong not to say g’day to my fellow walkers in the mornings and afternoons. The butcher leans on the counter and discusses the economy (and the lack of tourists) and I suspect he has a better Continue reading
The Fine Colour of Rust
This is a review for the Australian Women Writers Challenge. The Fine Colour of Rust by P.A. O’Reilly. The genre? I’ll call it contemporary fiction with humour – truckloads of it. When we first meet Loretta Boscovic she’s daydreaming about dumping her kids in an orphanage and riding off into the sunset with her dream Continue reading
90 years young!
On the 31st March in 1922 Mum was born in the Townsville Hospital. Happy 90th birthday, Mum. You’ve seen the world change at an unprecedented pace and have done an amazing job of keeping up with it! Look forward to that telegram from the Queen (except it will probably be the King by then…) in Continue reading
The Power of Women
International Women’s Day – a celebration of how far we’ve come and reminder of the road that lies ahead. Aung San Suu Kyi – because she conducts herself with dignity and has never given up hope. Debbie Wardley – because she won the battle against Ansett before most of us even knew it needed to Continue reading