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Tag: Barbara Hannay
5 Book Prize Pack Giveaway!
As many of you already know I’m going on tour with Barbara Hannay and Christine Wells from 30th July – 11th August as part of the Love Between the Pages National Tour. I’ve been reading these five wonderful books by the other authors and love them all, but as there’s no room onboard RooBinEsque Continue reading
Cairns Tropical Writers Festival
We have six days to make our way north to Blue Water Marina in time for the Cairns Tropical Writers Festival – I do hope the weather behaves! Check out all the details of the full programme at: CTWF Programme. The Literary Dinner, starring Madga Szubanski in conversation with Helen Chryssides, is sold out, but there’s Continue reading
Wednesday’s a washing day!
That strong wind warning persisted into today and may well be hanging around tomorrow as well. There was only one thing for it and that was have a day full of domestic chores. With an August westerly ripping through the sheets had dried in no time. Once Roobi was shipshape again it was down to Continue reading
Moonlight Plains
I’ve been very fortunate to have some wonderful writing mentors and one of those is fellow north Queenslander, Barbara Hannay, who’s also a multi-award winning, best-selling author with over 6 millions books sold worldwide. I have a photo of Barb and me at my first RWA conference where I had a fan girl moment of Continue reading
Tropical Writers Festival
It’s on again! This weekend readers, writers, lovers of poetry, comedy fans and anyone interested in stories will descend on Cairns for the Tropical Writers Festival. The event is being held at Rydges Tradewinds Hotel on the Esplanade. Friday will see poet wordsmith, David Stavanger, working with writers on transforming their stories from the page to Continue reading
Good press
How wonderful to read a positive article about romance writers in this weekend’s Brisbane Sunday Mail. There are a couple of beautiful photos to go with the article – particularly the one of Mandy Magro and her daughter Chloe – but you’ll need a hard copy to see them so track one down if you can. Continue reading
Yungaburra Book Fair
The Yungaburra Book Fair The annual Book Fair is once again being held in the historical village of Yungaburra on September 10th from 10am-4pm. This year the theme is ‘Books & Cooks’ – A feast for book lovers looking for a good read, rare treasure or special find with 1000s of books for sale from many of Continue reading
And I proclaim the 2011 RWA NQ Roadshow the best ever!
Well ok, it is the ‘first ever’ RWA NQ Roadshow, but why ruin a good headline with fact?? What a fabulous weekend of learning, writing, laughing and talking (and talking some more!). 43 attendees rolled up to the Cairns Colonial Club on a glorious North Queensland day and, judging from the animated conversations, they all Continue reading
The NQ Romance Writers Roadshow
The NQ Romance Writers Roadshow One-day Seminar 28th May 2011 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) is proud to present its first North Queensland Roadshow in association with its member group, the North Queensland Romance Writers. This information-packed one day writing seminar will benefit writers at all levels, from beginner to advanced. The seminar will cover Continue reading