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A Family as Volatile as The Land They Live On: A memoir of family violence, estrangement and survival

Set during the time of the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, the cracks in this volatile family begin to surface, and bring about seismic change.

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Sep 3, 20222 min read

Queen Menopause: Finding your majesty in the mayhem

In Queen Menopause: Finding Your Majesty in the Mayhem, Alison Daddo gives an intimate and honest account of her journey through...

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Aug 27, 20221 min read

The Truth Will Out.

The Wife and the Widow is intriguing from the start. With a haunting setting and fascinating but relatable characters, the story follows...

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Aug 19, 20221 min read

Blackbirch: The Ritual - Book Review

***This review contains spoilers*** I was privileged to be given an advance copy of the third book in this magickal series. K.M. Allan...

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Aug 13, 20222 min read

School's Out Forever.

When the party of a lifetime goes wrong, a group of school leavers will never be the same again. Thanks to Text Publishing for giving me...

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Jul 24, 20223 min read

We're A Weird Mob.

The sub-zero temperatures of her native Canada prompted Ashley Kalagian Blunt and her husband to seek out the warmer climes of Sydney,...

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Jun 26, 20222 min read

The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants.

Teenaged Patrick is growing up in the 1980s, under the shadow of the deadly virus, AIDS, and the knowledge that revealing his true self...

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Jun 12, 20222 min read

When the Cage Has No Bars.

Living under an assumed name half a world away, former kidnap victim, Kate Stone, remains under the spell of her former captor, and the...

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Jun 4, 20221 min read

A Love Too Special for the World to Understand?

*** This Review Contains Spoilers*** Thirty-something Vanessa Wye lives in the shadow of her doomed love affair with English teacher,...

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May 15, 20222 min read

Hiding in Plain Sight.

Set in Western Australia, Invisible Boys is about an unlikely alliance between three teenage boys who seem to have nothing in common,...

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Apr 30, 20222 min read

Insightful and Sublime.

This brilliant collection of short stories covers a diverse range of characters across time, place, and culture. From a teenage...

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Apr 17, 20221 min read

Living in the Aftermath of Unbearable Loss.

Told over the course of a 10-day literary tour of England, After Story centres on the difficult relationship between a First Nations...

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Feb 5, 20222 min read

Ending the Generational Curse.

In Moonland tells the story of three generations, ranging from 1970s Australia until the not-too-distant future. The story is told in...

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Jan 26, 20222 min read

Goodreads Book Reviews

I am an avid reader and enjoy novels from a variety of different genres, including, crime, literary fiction and memoir. As an active...

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Jan 9, 20221 min read

Life in the Time of Corona

In 2020 I was thrilled to have several of my short stories included in this eclectic anthology, published during the first wave of the pandemic. From a tech billionaire, to an Uber driver to child stuck at home on school holidays, "Life in the Time of Corona" explores how everyone has been touched by the global pandemic.

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