After The Bloodwood Staff, by Laura E Goodin: A fun riff on adventure books
It’s all here, the adventure that is going to take you away from that working day dreariness, at least for an afternoon. You might even close the book wondering, as I did, whether to just leave your present existence behind and…
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Sannah and The Pilgrim, and Pia and The Skyman, by Sue Parritt
Escapes by desert and by sea, rescues, betrayals, brutalities and passions. Parritt’s low key writing makes this stark way of life in a dystopian world seem almost normalised, which makes it all the more disturbing. The wreckage of not just the…
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The Esme Trilogy: Esme’s Gift, by Elizabeth Foster
If you love beguiling fantasy worlds and tales of ghosts and of quests into caverns guarded by monsters and ghouls, and if you also don’t object to dragons .. The books of the Esme trilogy will be a treat for you.
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Girl In The Attic, by Dan Djurdjevic
I am so tempted to add a spoiler somewhere here, even a little one. But with restraint I will simply say – you don’t get your resolution until the last page! Read on.
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A reading of Chubby’s Tale, The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer
We follow Chubby’s brave journey. The chemotherapy makes some of his hair fall out. Oh dear, who will take home from the shop a teddy with bald patches? How does it all work out? Well, that’s all in this book which I (and…
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A Cape, A Rock and A Murder
Ruth Finlay Mysteries Book 3 About A Cape, A Rock and A Murder When Ruth lets her neighbour and sidekick Doris accompany her on a trip to Cape Bridgewater, an idyllic coastal location known for its pristine natural beauty, the last…
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When No One Is Watching: Poems by Linathi Makanda
‘A letter to all the mothers who have daughters that hurt when on-one is watching.’
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Facing Africa, by Isobel Blackthorn
Click on the above to read more about this book. You can see my reviews and details of more of Isobel Blackthorn’s books right here on this web den.
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The Shadow of Dusk: Tales by Dan Djurdjevic. When you are dreaming you will awake- but as whom?
Dan’s stories, to different degrees, float in half lights and shadows where things may not be what they seem. Perhaps somewhere in the obscurities of moon light, twilight, dusk, and shadows all of us are able to become more acutely aware…
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A Single Light, by Patricia Leslie: Monsters Prowl the Australian highlands
‘The mysterious Bledray monsters are preparing for a Gathering; a feast of epic proportions. .. For the Bledray, the humans exist only to be protected or to be hunted. On the plains below the high country lie millions of souls, a…
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I’m Mark, Guardian of Mawson the Writer-Bear (See more on Page called Guardian). Mawson and I loll about on cushions in Perth, Western Australia. We have made 3 books (I had to help a lot) and also done the illustrations for another book called When A Brave Bears Fights Cancer by Carola Schmidt
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