Crotchet Quaver

27/06/2023

Thank you to the State Library of Western Australia for organising the Western Australian Premiers Book Awards. A great evening and an honour for Nenek Tata and the Mangrove Menace to be shortlisted among very talented WA authors. Congratulations to the nominees and winners!

04/06/2023

With Nenek Tata and the Mangrove Menace finding its way onto the shortlist for the esteemed WA Premier's Prize for children's writing >> https://www.writingwa.org/news/2023-western-australian-premiers-book-awards-shortlist/
there has been renewed interest from new readers.

This is where you can get the book:

www.crotchetquaver.com (of course)
https://www.facebook.com/dymocks.ellenbrook
https://www.facebook.com/crowbooks/
https://www.facebook.com/neweditionbookshop
https://www.facebook.com/WestbooksWA/
https://www.facebook.com/alslib

17/05/2023

Thrilled to see Nenek Tata and the Mangrove Menace has been shortlisted for the Premier’s Prize for Children’s Book of the Year!

of Children's Book Council of Australia - WA Branch Paper Bird Children's Books and Arts Crow Books ALS Library Services Pty Ltd New Edition Bookshop

10/12/2022

06/12/2022

Buy a thrill this Christmas.

You can buy it direct from the publisher Crotchet Quaver, from New Edition Bookshop Dymocks Ellenbrook Planet Books and of course Amazon.com.au. Check your nearby bookseller, ask around. Buy a thrill.

05/12/2022

Join us at Dymocks Ellenbrook on Saturday 10th December from 10am to meet Jacqui Vun and Judith Vun Price, and get your copy of Nenek Tata and the Mangrove Menace. Come and say hello and find out more about their children’s picture book based on the adventures of their grandmother.

04/11/2022

Page 7 Echo Newspaper today features WordsOut at Darlington Arts Festival 2022. Drop by over the weekend, talk to authors, browse your reading, buy books.

30/10/2022

Support St Pat’s Appeal to reduce homelessness

I’m inviting you to help us support St Patricks Community Support Centre, which features in Poetic Licence as a refuge where we find Hunter on a number of occasions (although it is a very novelistic impression). We will contribute a portion of every copy sold from our online store at www.crotchetquaver.com and from New Edition Books in Fremantle to St Pat’s Everyday Appeal. You get a copy of a great read (don’t just take my word for it – check out some of the reviews using the links below) and you help reduce homelessness. One simple action, two great gifts.

St. Patrick's Community Support Centre (St Pat’s) offers support services to homeless people which includes meals, housing, welfare, health and emergency relief. Their goal is to reduce homelessness to zero. And, together, we can help.

Poetic Licence is an ideal gift for the lover of thrillers, and Christmas, along with end-of-year celebrations are coming up. Purchase this book as a gift and you are in fact giving two gifts. The title has attracted quite a lot of reviews at Goodreads, NetGalley on Amazon, WritingWA and in other media. Click the links above to read what others are saying about this novel.

And then think about joining them.
https://crotchetquaver.com/blogs/news/give-ending-homeless-a-chance

St Pat’s features in Poetic Licence as a refuge where we find Hunter on a number of occasions (although it is a very novelistic impression). We will contribute a portion of every copy sold from our online store at www.crotchetquaver.com and from New Edition Books in Fremantle to St Pat’s Everyda...

28/10/2022

Kevin Price responds to a question about the research of Poetic Licence at the book's launch in May 2022.

23/10/2022

Two great gifts. Check it out https://crotchetquaver.com/products/9780994211552

16/10/2022

Order Now >> www.crotchetquaver.com
(And we'll donate $5.00 of your purchase to St Pats appeal on your behalf.)

16/10/2022

Order Now >> www.crotchetquaver.com
(And we'll donate $5.00 from your purchase to St Pats appeal on your behalf.)

https://youtu.be/wurj6PHxIcQ

14/10/2022

12/10/2022

Order now >> www.crotchetquaver.com

06/10/2022

"I just loved this! The story is great, but the illustrations are outstanding. So beautiful and detailed. I can imagine poring over this book with a little one for ages, noticing all the funny little details to get"

Stories about grandparents delight children. So, when children read how Nenek Tata's adventure on what started out as a normal day turns a bit scary, their delight will explode. It's all because this day turns out to be not-so-normal. When Nenek Tata gets inside the gloomy jungles of the swamp, a...

03/10/2022

We're pleased to welcome the following authors to the WordsOut Indie Author Showcase at the Darlington Arts Festival 5-6 November:
Andrew F Peirce, Brett J Jenkins, Carol Astbury, Christine Eyres, David J A Cooper, Ilona Nunis, Karen A Liddiard, Karen Peradon, Kate Krake, Kerrie A. Hudson, Mark Simpson, Rosalie Oaks, David Moody, Kevin Price, Lis Mathiasen, Jacqui Vun and Judith Price.

Our objective is to raise the profile of self-published authorship in Western Australia and we have tried to achieve a balanced representation of genres and works to showcase, along with a relaxed schedule for author showcasing. DAF is a popular festival with a diverse visitor profile and similarly diverse offerings of arts and crafts, entertainment and food. Visit the website for more information about the festival >> https://www.darlingtonartsfestival.com/

Darlington Arts Festival

30/09/2022

Want to know what the main character in thinks about his role in a thriller? Dive in...

In this series of articles, Art Lazaar, the principal protagonist in Kevin Price’s Poetic Licence is interviewed by an unidentified…

29/09/2022

"Read Nenek Tata and the Mangrove Menace to promote discussions on facing fears, resilience, setting, folktales, Malaysian culture, language and environment." - Kirsten G

I just reviewed Nenek Tata and the Mangrove Menace by Judith Vun Price (author & illust.) and Jacqui Vun (author & illust.)

29/09/2022

Love seeing reviews in far away lands

Will you like Poetic Licence? Find out with our reader reviews. When your'e ready, Click & Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

24/09/2022

Just a little thank you to Michael Barker at Fremantle Shipping News for mentioning our $5.00 donation per sale of Poetic Licence off our website from now until the end of the year. (Oh yeah, free shipping, too.)

ORDER FROM US TODAY AND HELP ST PATS MEET THEIR GOAL

FREO TODAY Freo Today. 23 September 2022. So much turmoil in the world. How to deal with it? Well, you could acquire a Nellie Crawford and meditate alongside it each morning for a bit. Or you could take a walk along Fortescue Street, East Freo near the old Woodside maternity hospital site where a ne...

22/09/2022

So, here's a thing ... $5.00 to St Pat's and Free Delivery for your purchase.

Recently we posted a podcast interview with Dr Kevin Price and a review on his debut crime thriller Poetic Licence. We really enjoyed the novel, especially because of all the Freo located action! Kevin has advises us that for every copy of Poetic Licence sold directly off his website between now and...

20/09/2022

Spent a lovely day at Alkimos Primary School talking about Nenek Tata and the Mangrove Menace with the students. Thank you to everyone who made us feel welcome and to the brilliant artist who drew this excellent portrait of our authors!

16/09/2022

Got this lovely note from a reader yesterday:

"I finally got the chance to read Poetic Licence. I don't usually read crime fiction so your novel was a real eye opener. I thoroughly enjoyed how beautifully you captured Fremantle, being a Freo girl myself. And I agree with Alan Carter - Hunter was my favourite character. Complex and nuanced, and his elusivity piqued my interest. The cover is eye-catching and gorgeous too. So congratulations on a meaty read. I'll look forward to the next Kevin Price instalment!"

You can find an abridged version in the product reviews >>

An explosive political thriller novel pitching people-smuggling, corruption and murder against the boundaries of truth and freedom.

15/09/2022

Price drop. The most fun kids can have without getting scared to death is now cheaper.

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Nenek Tata is preparing for a normal day, gathering water, feeding her animals and checking the crab traps in the mangrove swamp before the first storm of the monsoon season arrives. And then the day turns not-so-normal…

14/09/2022

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

From now until Christmas, $5.00 from every sale off our website will go to St Patricks Community Centre in Fremantle - a location that features throughout the novel. Plus, your book will arrive at your door postage paid for any Australian postcode.

ORDER NOW.

An explosive political thriller novel pitching people-smuggling, corruption and murder against the boundaries of truth and freedom.