Where to find Me, Mawson, on Mastodon

Mawson Bear (@mawsonbear@mastodon.au) Soul searching Writer-Bear. Little books with lots of heart for all ages. Published by Odyssey Books. Home is #Perth Australia. #plushies #joy #picturebooks #kindness #slowdown https://mastodon.au/@mawsonbear

Our publisher is Odyssey Books. Look also at Bookshop Org (supporting local bookshops), at BookDepository (free shipping), at Amazon everywhere, at Amazon Australia (where Mawson naps), at Barnes and Noble, at Dymocks, at Booktopia, at Walmart, at AbeBooks, Mighty Ape (New Zealand), Google Books, at Booklubben and more. 

Short List Excitement

From The Waste Land: three Waste Land stories make the Aurealis cut This week, the savvy judges of the Aurealis Awards (Australia’s premier speculative fiction awards) announced their short lists in the various categories for 2022 publications: https://aurealisawards.org/2023/03/09/2022-aurealis-awards-shortlist-announcement/ And I’m deeply THRILLED to see that THREE stories from the anthology From the Waste Land: speculative […]

Short List Excitement

A Duo of Julia Stebbin Children’s Books

My apologies to Julia Stebbing for keeping her waiting so long for reviews of two of her children’s books whilst life has been quite challenging, and my enormous thanks to Julia for sending me When Moggie and Froggie Met Doggie illustrated by Stephen Stone and Rainbow Cat and the Big Tidy illustrated by Nivya Kuriakose […]

A Duo of Julia Stebbin Children’s Books

Rebecca: Misrepresented Romance

During last month’s obsession with Bluebeard, I discovered Bronte’s Jane Eyre and du Maurier’s Rebecca are considered ‘romanticised’ Bluebeard tales. I love Bluebeard (particularly Anglea Carter’s retelling, the Bloody Chamber) because it calls out violence (both within and external to us) as a warning to check behind locked doors and develop our intuitive insight. I […]

Rebecca: Misrepresented Romance

Mawson is all over the Bear Wide Web – except Twitter

Dear Friends. You can find Me, Mark, the Guardian, and Mawson (the furrier one) all over this bright world including, of course, right here at WordPress.

Mawson’s own Web Den on WordPress called www.mawsonbear.wordpress.com .

Our publisher is Odyssey Books, where you can find beautiful pictorial books, poetry, fantasy epics, memoirs, and great fiction.

Amazon in all regions: This link here is to Amazon dot com. Why not click FOLLOW on our Writer-Bear page at Amazon to see all our books and news.

All the books by Mawson Bear, the baffled writer-bear for our befuddled times

Mawson on Instagram: @MawsonBear

Mawson on Mastodon: @mastodon.au@mawsonbear

Mawson on Tik Tok: @modwyer34

Mawson Bear and Mark the Guardian
Mawson (the furrier one) and Mark

Mawson’s Guardian at Good Reads

OR use a Search Engine eg DuckDuckGo (to look for ‘Mawson Bear‘ and you will find four pages of links (beams proudly.)

Mawson Bear is the top hit on search engines for himself.
We looked for ‘Mawson Bear’,’ Mawson, and we found you!

Our publisher is Odyssey Books. Look also at Bookshop Org (supporting local bookshops), at BookDepository (free shipping), at Amazon everywhere, at Amazon Australia (where Mawson naps), at Barnes and Noble, at Dymocks, at Booktopia, at Walmart, at AbeBooks, Mighty Ape (New Zealand), Google Books, at Booklubben and more. 

Your host, Mark, is Mawson Bear’s Guardian, photographer, editor, blundering typist, chocolates fetcher and cushions re-arranger. Baffled Bear Books ABN: 4787910119.

One Third price for Dreamy Days and Random Naps, by Mawson

‘Mawson Bear awakes and ponders on the art of creative napping. Scotland The Brave imagines doing great deeds. Professors Caddy and Bree hold the highest hopes for their visionary inventions. Samantha sees wondrous things all round her. The Seekers journey all the way to the edge of the world, being sure to return, of course, by bedtime.

On Amazon UK you can get the soft cover for only ONE THIRD the usual price! Plonk a paw on this link thingy here!

And you can watch a Caravan all about it on Woo Hoo (Whispered conference with friends). Ummm, no it seems that it is a ‘Trailer’ not a caravan and its on You Tube. Here it is:

Flop down and relax awhile with Mawson and his drowsy friends. Refresh the soul in the tranquility of simple joys and innocent dreams.

Dreamy Days and Random Naps celebrates taking time out for yourself, slowing down, enjoying the moment, allowing your daydreams to surface, and of course slipping into a nap for a while, or for even longer. It will delight all who enjoy daydreaming and napping. Could this be you?

I enjoyed Dreamy Days and Random Naps for its ability to show the young and old that it is good to use your imagination. This was another delightful read from Mawson Bear.’ Jolenes Book Corner.

The images in the Mawson Bear books are so charming and endearing you can’t help but smile at them.’ Review by Adele on GoodReads

Where to find Dreamy Days and Random Naps:


Our publisher is Odyssey Books. Or roll off the cushions and flop over to Bookshop Org (supporting local bookshops), BookDepository (free shipping),  Amazon everywhere,  Amazon Australia (where Mawson naps),  Barnes and Noble,  Dymocks,  Booktopia, Walmart, AbeBooks, at Loot (South Africa), Mighty Ape (New Zealand), Google Books, at Booklubben and more. 

Mawson Bears books for cheering up frazzled grownups. Kids like them too!

You can also see all about Mawson on Amazon Page. (This writer-bear is all over the book world.) And be sure to plonk a paw down on the ‘FOLLOW‘ buttons on this page.

And click Here for Mawson on GoodReads.

Your host, Mark, is Mawson Bear’s Guardian, photographer, editor, blundering typist, chocolates fetcher and cushions re-arranger. Baffled Bear Books ABN: 4787910

Marked down on Amazon UK: She Ran Away From Love, only 3 Pounds

She Ran Away From Love, Mawson’s second book, features his nervous little friend Frilly who sets off on a quest to find herself. Read more about Frilly and her quiet, determined quest here. It’s marked down to only three pounds on Amazon UK. A grand bargain for British friends to look at. Also on Kindle

‘A magical little grand tour into the meaning of happiness’. Review on Amazon by Sharrie Williams, author of The Maybelline Story.

‘I fell in love with this book the instant I started reading it’. Review on Amazon by K. Blade.

‘Reading this book is like receiving a great big hug of reassurance and a huge hot chocolate with fluffy marshmallows.’ Lady Bracknell on Amazon.

‘This little story made me well up. A lovely, poignant story with delightful illustrations.’ Jackie Law, Amazon Top 500 reviewer.

Where to get your paws on Mawson’s books.

Our publisher is Odyssey Books. Look also at Bookshop Org (supporting local bookshops), at BookDepository (free shipping), at Amazon everywhere, at Amazon Australia (where Mawson naps), at Barnes and Noble, at Dymocks, at Booktopia, at Walmart, at AbeBooks, Mighty Ape (New Zealand), Google Books, at Booklubben and more. 

KINDLE: She Ran Away From Love is also on Kindle Unlimited. for only around $US3 or 3 Pounds in UK. All the books are in soft cover copies that you can look at whenever your world seems to become a bit too baffling. Or give them as random gifts of kindness to your friends.

FOLLOW US on Amazon UK and on Amazon USA and on GoodReads. The latest prices will show up there. And of course, do plonk a paw down on the ‘FOLLOW’ buttons on this Web Site page. WE are also on Instagram, Tiktok, Anchor and Mastodon (link is @mawsonbear@mastodon.au. )

You are at Mark’s blog called Baffled Bear Books. Mark is a dark coffee tragic, bibliophile and Guardian of Mawson Bear, a Ponderer of Baffling Things and one of this bright world’s few published bears.

Marked down on Amazon UK: Bright World and She Ran Away

She Ran Away From Love, Mawson’s second book, features his nervous little friend Frilly who sets off on a quest to find herself. Read more about Frilly and her quiet, determined quest here. It’s marked down to only three pounds on Amazon UK. A grand bargain for British friends to look at. Also on Kindle

‘A magical little grand tour into the meaning of happiness’. Review on Amazon by Sharrie Williams, author of The Maybelline Story.

‘I fell in love with this book the instant I started reading it’. Review on Amazon by K. Blade.

It‘s a Bright World to Feel Lost In , Mawson’s first book, is about that inexpressibly baffling feeling of being Lost and left behind. The Big Question here is: Can you go on being you when you no longer know who to be you for? Read more about it here.

This is also crazily Marked Down, to about one pound. ONE POUND for a little book to hold in your paws. Get lots for your friends too! Its also on Kindle

‘Reading this book is like receiving a great big hug of reassurance and a huge hot chocolate with fluffy marshmallows.’ Lady Bracknell on Amazon.

‘This little story made me well up. A lovely, poignant story with delightful illustrations.’ Jackie Law, Amazon Top 500 reviewer.

Where to get your paws on Mawson’s books.

Our publisher is Odyssey Books. Look also at Bookshop Org (supporting local bookshops), at BookDepository (free shipping), at Amazon everywhere, at Amazon Australia (where Mawson naps), at Barnes and Noble, at Dymocks, at Booktopia, at Walmart, at AbeBooks, Mighty Ape (New Zealand), Google Books, at Booklubben and more. 

KINDLE: She Ran Away From Love is also on Kindle Unlimited. for only around $US3 or 3 Pounds in UK. All the books are in soft cover copies that you can look at whenever your world seems to become a bit too baffling. Or give them as random gifts of kindness to your friends.

FOLLOW US on Amazon UK and on Amazon USA and on GoodReads. The latest prices will show up there. And of course, do plonk a paw down on the ‘FOLLOW’ buttons on this Web Site page. WE are also on Instagram, Tiktok, Anchor and Mastodon (link is @mawsonbear@mastodon.au. )

You are at Mark’s blog called Baffled Bear Books. Mark is a dark coffee tragic, bibliophile and Guardian of Mawson Bear, a Ponderer of Baffling Things and one of this bright world’s few published bears.

The Galah In The Reflection

Kevin and Kylie (as I overheard them by the garden water cooler. I have parrot-phrased as closely as possible).

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Kevin: ‘Hey, Kylie, there’s another parrot down in the water here. Right below me. Look’.

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Kylie: ‘Oh, Kev, that’s you, ya daft galah.’

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Kevin: ‘Oh, now I see, yeah. It IS me. Crikey, I’m good looking, eh. Check those feathers.’

Kylie: ‘Lawks! When I think that I dumped Jason for you. Sigh. I wonder where Jason is these days.’


Kevin: ‘I’m thinking of getting a mullet. I’d look so cool. Even cooler than now, I mean. Hey, Kylie? A mullet, what’d ya think? Kylie? Kylie?’

Kyle”. “Lawks. I cant believe I chose you, Kev.

Photos taken at the Western Australian Government House gardens in Perth.

Mark is guardian and blundering typist for Mawson, one of this bright world’s few published bears. He is the writer-bear of It’s A Bright World To Feel Lost In.

The Sophie Sayers Village Mysteries, by Debbie Young: Best Murder In Show

When the least-liked woman in Wendlebury Barrow collapses inside a headless Anne Boleyn costume while tied to the rail of a float in the village show, newcomer Sophie Sayers, like all the other villagers, accepts the verdict of death by natural causes.

What had begun as a simple proposition – to live in a rent-free cottage, in a pleasant stable community while pursuing the writing ambitions that I’d held since childhood – now seemed fraught with traps, difficulties and dangers”.

Best Murder in Show by Debbie Young. Publisher Hawkesbury Press, April 2017. 
ISBN 10 1911223135 and ISBN13 9781911223139

By Chapter Four, I was intrigued by a heroine who shops for “just the essentials”, those being – shortbread, cake, chocolate, wine – at Carols’ alphabetical shop. You know, the kind of shop where you find the postcards by the plums and The Times by the turnips.

Who wouldn’t want to jump into the next chapters when they’re titled  “Reader, I Left Him”, “The Cream of the Bookshop”, “Writers Afloat”, or “Beware of the Wardrobe”.

Debbie Young’s Best Murder in Show is the first of seven Sophie Sayers Village Mysteries.  Trick or Murder” and Murder in The Manger are next and available everywhere including Book Depository.  Asking for them at your friendly local (or village) book shop would be most appropriate for a novel in which a very entrepreneurial book shop features prominently.

 You can learn more about these titles and her short story collections, including Marry In Haste, at Debbie Young’s website.

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You are at Baffled Bear Books, the blog of Mark, guardian,chocolate-fetcher and blundering typist for Mawson Bear, Ponderer of Baffling Things and one of this bright world’s few published bears. Mawson is writer bear of It’s A Bright World To Feel Lost In.