I met Toni through the LongLines programme at Varuna. We spent a week living in Eleanor Dark’s house along with Meg Mooney, a poet from Alice Springs, Liana Christensen from Perth and David Wright from Tasmania by way of Africa. The week was facilitated and mentored by Peter Bishop – a living national treasure! It was a wonderful opportunity to talk Continue reading
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Border Watch – The Celebration
Come and help me celebrate the launch of my debut novel ‘Border Watch’ – Hachette Australia, March 2010 www.heleneyoung.com When: 5th March 2010 at 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm Where: Glaskins Gallery 22 Trinity Beach Rd Trinity Beach http://www.glaskinsgallery.com.au RSVP: By 26th February to heleneyoung01@gmail.com
Visit Kylie’s blog and win a copy of Border Watch
It’s my turn this week to be a guest on someone else’s blog. Kylie Griffin, fantasy fiction writer and contest maestro, is hosting me at her blog – www.kyliegriffin.com. Drop by and have a chat. I’m giving away a signed copy of Border Watch and, in the interest of broadening my knowledge of Australia, the question Continue reading
Phillipa Fioretti – The Book of Love
Welcome, Phillipa, I’m delighted to have a fellow Hachette Australia author visiting my blog. I’m looking forward to April and the launch of The Book of Love (out in time for Mothers Day!). The cover is very beautiful. To celebrate having my first Hachette author I’m giving away a copy of ‘Border Watch’. Look for Continue reading
Kylie Griffin – Emerging writer (and RWA Contest Diva!)
Welcome to my blog, Kylie. It’s lovely to have you here. Hope your Christmas and New Year were full of fun and laughter. I loved reading your blog about your goals for 2010. Thanks for the invitation, Helene! I had a lovely cold Christmas lunch with my parents here at home. Unfortunately my sister and Continue reading
Cool Ice, Hot Nights!
We were sat in the pool tonight sipping a chilled sauv blanc (as you do in Cairns in the middle of January) contemplating what our less fortunate relatives might be doing. The crowd in the UK would be out shovelling snow off their footpath so they could get to their car, to scrape the ice Continue reading
And the winner is?
Congrats to Catherine Evans, the winner of Fleur McDonald’s lovely book, ‘Red Dust’. It’s winging its way to you now, Catherine and I know you’ll love it!! Thanks to everyone who dropped by and of course a huge thank you to Fleur for giving us some wonderful insights into her writing journey.
Guest Blog with Fleur McDonald, author of “Red Dust”
Hi Fleur, welcome to my blog. I’m very excited to have you here chatting with me! For those who haven’t already discovered her, I’d like to introduce Australian Author, Fleur McDonald, and her wonderful book ‘Red Dust.’ “After the tragic death of husband in a light-plane accident, Gemma Sinclair is left with the daunting task Continue reading
Blog Bites – RWA
How exciting! I have my first guest blogging spot on Romance Writers of Australia ‘Blog Bites’. Anita Joy puts together a small blog on a new writer each week. This week it’s me. Visit Blog Bites and feel free to post a comment! I’d love to hear from you. I think I’m gradually working out the Continue reading
RWA Brisbane Conference
Whew! Have made it home to Cairns after a hectic weekend in Brisbane at the 2009 RWA conference. What a wonderful uplifting three days it’s been. As usual, the social whirl was exhausting, the training sessions were full of “light bulb” moments and the key note speaker, Mary Jo Putney, was inspiring.