Burning Lies Giveaway

Only five days to go in the Goodreads giveaway for Burning Lies. This competition’s restricted to readers in Australia and New Zealand so the odds of winning are great! Follow the link below to enter. Goodreads Book Giveaway Burning Lies by Helene Young Giveaway ends July 01, 2012. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Continue reading


Gordonvale Visit

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting Gordonvale Library to chat to readers as part of National Year of Reading 2012. Thanks to Sal and her team for looking after me so well. It was lovely to meet some of their regulars library goers. I also met Wendy Maddocks who wrote the Continue reading


Polocross has come to town!

There’s something compelling about a field full of horses charging around in pursuit of a ball. Add in a beautiful North Queensland winter’s day and the Polocross at Trinity Beach was a very pleasant way to spend the afternoon. Not sure who won – can’t even pretend to know the rules – but there was Continue reading


Library Lovers

This morning a dedicated band of readers braved the rain and wind in Cairns to visit Smithfield library for a  National Year of Reading author chat with me. Thanks to Sivan and her team of librarians (they are so different to the librarians who had me terrified into submission when I was a child!) for Continue reading


Mission Possible

Mission Beach will always be special for me and this weekend added more great memories. GW and I headed south out of Cairns on Friday night so I could conduct a writing course on behalf of the Queensland Writers Centre on Saturday. The brand new Mission Beach Community Arts Centre hosted the day in their Continue reading


R*BY 2012

Today was supposed to be a no blog day. In fact it was supposed to be a limited internet day as I’m hurtling towards a deadline with the story still taking shape. I’m on reserve for flying hoping the phone doesn’t ring but I just have to share my good news! Shattered Sky has made Continue reading


Masochistic tendencies…

Why oh why do I do it…. I have an end of May deadline for my next book on top of an already busy month with two library visits and a QWC writing course to run in Mission Beach, but still I go and buy irresistible books!! (And over the next month these three lovely Continue reading