Struggling To Pick Something For Mum This Mother’s Day? Come Along To A Local Book Signing and Pick Up A Personalised Signed Book!

Are you struggling to pick a present for your Mum this Mother's Day? Does your Mum like cooking? Historical romances set in our own backyards? Romantic Suspense edge of your seat reads? If you answered yes to any of these, then come along to Big W Charlestown this week and grab a signed copy of …

Local Author Book Signing: Jaye Ford

Calling all crime thriller fans in the great Hunter/Newcastle/Lake Macquarie area! Local author Jaye Ford will be at Big W Charlestown on Saturday 5th March from 10-12 to promote her new book Darkest Place. So come along this coming Saturday to support Jaye, get a book signed and meet the author who will make you …

And The Winners are …

Thank you to everyone who entered the first week two weeks of giveaway prizes as part of my 3rd Birthday Celebration Extravaganza. There was an overwhelming number of entries for every competition. The ONE month subscription to THE YA CHRONICLES is still open, and there are plenty more giveaways coming this week. Winner's of each …

3rd Birthday Celebration Giveaway: Darkest Place by Jaye Ford

So when I decided to run so many giveaways, the plan wasn't to buy more books to giveaway. I literally have a huge stack that I'm plucking books from and the idea was that they would go and the bag of blog swag would go and all would be good. Then I read this book. …

HAPPY RELEASE DAY: ‘The Reluctant Jillaroo’ by Kaz Delaney

 Congratulations to Aussie Author Kaz Delaney on the release of her new rural YA novel, The Reluctant Jillaroo, that released today! Doesn't this book have the most gorgeous cover!   Published: January 4, 2016 Publisher: Allen & Unwin   Surf-loving Heidi impersonates her horse-mad twin to help Harper get a scholarship to attend the much …

National BookShop Day Today!

Today is National Bookshop Day! If you don't happen to have anything on, or you fit a stop at you local bookshop inbetween everything else day, you should check out your local bookshop and support them on a day that celebrates our mutual love of books and the strength of the book community. It's no …

National Book Shop Day Tomorrow!

Tomorrow, Saturday 8th August 2015, is National Bookshop Day! So if you don't have anything planned, pop on over to your local bookshop and support the Australian industry by stopping by and grabbing a book or two (I know I can't be trusted when it comes to bookshops - I never leave with just one!). …

REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Santa Comes To Newcastle By Steve Smallman & Robert Dunn

Published: 2014 Publisher: Lake Press Pages: 32 Format: Hardcover RRP: $14.99 3/5 Stars Have You Been Good? Are you ready to go to sleep? Then Santa is coming to town! Read about what happens to Santa when he visits Newcastle.   This book has been THE Christmas book to get this year. Which if I'm …