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Northern Beaches Readers Festival. Trivia Night bookings open now at www.NBRF.com.au
Join us for a fun-filled fundraising Trivia Night!
Test your knowledge, enjoy great company, and support a worthy cause.
Date: Saturday 9th September
Time: 6.30pm
Location: Balgowlah RSL, 38 Ethel Street, Seaforth. NSW
Come prepared for exciting trivia rounds and fantastic prizes.
See you there! 🎉📚🎊
NBRF.com.au
Come along and challenge the NBRF team at our fun filled Trivia Night on Saturday 9th September, 6.30pm at Balgowlah RSL.
Silent Auction, raffles, prizes. Book a table with your friends. Details at www.NBRF.com.au
Very excited to be part of this wonderful festival. Tickets on sale now.
IT'S A TRIVIA NIGHT AND YOU'RE INVITED!
Grab your trivia savvy friends and join us for a special, fun-filled event designed to test drive your trivia skills.
DATE: Saturday 25 June 2022
TIME: 6:30 PM - 11:30 PM
PLACE: Balgowlah RSL Club
IT'S A TRIVIA NIGHT AND YOU'RE INVITED!
Grab your trivia savvy friends and join us for a special, fun-filled event designed to test drive your trivia skills.
DATE: Saturday 25 June 2022
TIME: 6:30 PM - 11:30 PM
PLACE: Balgowlah RSL Club
Gather your team of ten, or enter individually and we'll place you in a team. Take on the NBRF team, rub shoulders with some of our festival authors and help raise money for the upcoming festival along with our chosen charity, Story Dogs
(learn more about their amazing work here - https://www.storydogs.org.au/).
Hosted by quiz master, Lachlan Daddo, tickets are $60 and include a delicious 2 course meal. There will be a silent auction, raffles and a lucky door prize too.
Book your tickets here - https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=896758&
Only one week left to secure a front row seat for the fabulous Judy Nunn. Visit NBRF Kickstarter below to find out how.
With over one million copies of her books sold worldwide, Judy Nunn is one of Australia’s most successful authors, be front and centre at what's sure to be an entertaining and enlightening session with one of Australia's beloved storytellers.
Guarantee your front row seat to see Judy Nunn in-conversation at the Northern Beaches Readers Festival! We are offering five backers of our Kickstarter fundraiser the opportunity to be front and centre at what's sure to be an entertaining and enlightening session with one of Australia's beloved storytellers. Judy Nunn has a fascinating tale to tell of both her career as an actress and as an author. For $40 you can secure your front row ticket right now. Visit our Kickstarter page for more information.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1541521756/northern-beaches-readers-festival?ref=4lg5dj&token=360e8aae
Join Jo's family of characters by getting your name in her next book.
International bestselling author Joanna Nell is the author of beloved favourites including "The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village", "The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker" and "The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home".
Today we are giving ONE backer of our Kickstarter campaign the opportunity to have their name used for a character in Jo's next heart warming story.
NBRF is a not-for-profit organisation and all money raised from this campaign goes towards staging this year's Northern Beaches Writers Festival.
To buy this exclusive opportunity, click here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1541521756/northern-beaches-readers-festival?ref=4lg5dj&token=360e8aae
Ep.3/2021 Katherine Firkin - The Girl Remains, Cassie Hamer on Book lists and our Book of the Month is Lovebirds by Amanda Hampson
http://thebookpodcast.com/2021/05/25/ep-3-2021-katherine-firkin-the-girl-remains-cassie-hamer-on-book-lists-and-our-book-of-the-month-is-lovebirds-by-amanda-hampson/
A chilling police thriller set in a small coastal town on the Mornington Peninsula, where the discovery of human bones on an isolated beach has reawakened a twenty-year-old cold case…
To get your name in a Candice Fox crime novel click below for details
A commercial fiction festival connecting readers and writers with their favourite Australian authors on Sydney's northern beaches.
Calling all writers for this fantastic opportunity - have a look at all the wonderful rewards available on our Kickstarter campaign.
Sign up to Northern Beaches Readers Festival newsletter to find out more.
www.nbrf.com.au
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If you've ever wanted to pitch your manuscript to a top five publisher, do a course to unlock your creativity, go on a writing retreat or name a character in a novel by a bestselling author then we think you're going to be very interested in what we have to share.. Stay tuned!! And sign up for our newsletter here https://www.nbrf.com.au/
Ep.2/2021 Tabitha Bird - The Emporium of Imagination, Cassie Hamer with publishing news and our book of the month discussion is Love Objects by Emily Maguire
http://thebookpodcast.com/2021/04/27/ep-2-2021-tabitha-bird-the-emporium-of-imagination-cassie-hamer-with-publishing-news-and-our-book-of-the-month-discussion-is-love-objects-by-emily-maguire/
Welcome to The Emporium of Imagination, a most unusual shop that travels the world offering vintage gifts to repair broken dreams and extraordinary phones to contact lost love ones.
Lyn Yeowart is a professional writer and editor with more than 25 years of experience in writing and editing everything from captions for artworks to speeches for executives. Her debut novel, The Silent Listener, is loosely based on events from her childhood growing up in rural Victoria. Propelling the reader back and forth between the 1940s, 1960s and 1980s,...
http://thebookpodcast.com/2021/03/30/ep-1-2021-interview-lyn-yeowart-the-silent-listener-cassie-hamers-publishing-news-book-of-the-month-the-imitator-by-rebecca/
Propelling the reader back and forth between the 1940s, 1960s and 1980s, The Silent Listener is an unforgettable literary suspense novel set in the dark, gothic heart of rural Australia.
Four-and-twenty extraordinary women; one chance to save a kingdom. What would you sacrifice to save your family, your loved ones, yourself? In September 1486, the reign of King Henry VII of England is again threatened by York loyalists. The only thing standing in the way is a four-hundred-year-old sidhe who just wants to be left alone, and a group of London women with a lot to lose if England is plunged back into war… [ 296 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/09/22/ep-171-blackbirds-sing-aiki-flinthart-book-news-with-cassie-hamer-matilda-bookshop-stirling-s-a-conflict-and-drama-in-our-writing-class-with-lee-kofman/
Four-and-twenty extraordinary women; one chance to save a kingdom.What would you sacrifice to save your family, your loved ones, yourself? In September 1486, the reign of King Henry VII of England …
'The good, bad and downright rotten parts of Australia's criminal justice system are put on trial by Dr Xanthé Mallett. With her clear-eyed logic and objectivity, this compelling book identifies reasonable doubts which must keep prosecutors and defence lawyers awake at night.' Hedley Thomas, host of the Teacher's Pet podcast. We all put our faith in the criminal justice system. [ 356 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/09/15/ep-170-reasonable-doubt-by-dr-xanthe-mallett-book-news-with-cassie-hamer-new-edition-bookshop-lee-kofman-on-writing-creative-non-fiction/
‘The good, bad and downright rotten parts of Australia’s criminal justice system are put on trial by Dr Xanthé Mallett. With her clear-eyed logic and objectivity, this compelling book i…
Playing Avalon this beautiful morning
A memory from a few years ago meeting up with the lovely Lisa in Dublin at the Guinness brewery. Here we are with great mates John and Jen, & Claire and Brian
SBS Emerging Writers Competition. Closes in 5 days
Open for entries from 15 August – 15 September 2020, the SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition is searching for the next generation of bold new voices that reflect the diversity of contemporary Australia, providing them with a platform to share their unique experiences and perspectives.
An initiative from SBS Voices, SBS’s online platform which champions the voices of diverse and often underrepresented Australians, the competition has been created to support the discovery and development of emerging talent and contribute to greater diversity in Australian storytelling.
Writers aged 18 and over are invited to submit a memoir piece of 1000-2000 words on the topic of ‘Growing up in diverse Australia’. The winning submission will be awarded a $5000 prize to further their storytelling future, as well as having their story published on the SBS Voices website.
SBS
https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/culture/article/2020/07/29/tips-entering-sbs-emerging-writers-competition
Your memoir piece may be poignant, humorous or a mix of both. The important thing is that it’s your story, and no one else's.
Inspired by a true story, The Lost Jewels unfolds an incredible mystery of thievery, sacrifice, and hope through the generations of one family. In the summer of 1912, a workman's pickaxe strikes through the floor of an old tenement house in Cheapside, London, uncovering a cache of unimaginably valuable treasure that quickly disappears again. Present-day. When respected jewellery historian, Kate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she's on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. [ 236 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/09/08/ep-169-the-lost-jewels-by-kirsty-manning-book-news-with-cassie-hamer-writing-class-with-lee-kofman-and-bookshop-myrtle-house-in-wollombi/
Inspired by a true story, The Lost Jewels unfolds an incredible mystery of thievery, sacrifice and hope through the generations of one family. Writing Class, New releases and our bookshop is Myrtle…
A terrifying, twisting debut from TV news journalist Katherine Firkin. It's time for a killer to leave his mark. It’s winter in Melbourne and Detective Emmett Corban is starting to regret his promotion to head of the Missing Persons Unit, as the routine reports pile up on his desk. So when Natale Gibson goes missing, he’s convinced this is the big case he’s been waiting for – the woman’s husband and parents insist the devoted mother would never abandon her children, and her personal accounts remain untouched. [ 236 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/09/01/ep-168-sticks-stones-by-katherine-firkin-book-news-cassie-hamer-writing-tips-with-lee-koffman-the-bookshop-casuarina-nt/
A terrifying, twisting debut from TV news journalist Katherine Firkin. It’s time for a killer to leave his mark.
On the last Tuesday of the month, Cassie Hamer and I will discuss our book of the month in a segment called Portable Magic, named after a line from Stephen King's book 'On Writing'. This month's book is The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall You will not recognise me, she thinks, when I find you . . . Mim’s husband is missing. [ 321 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/08/25/ep-167-portable-magic-the-mother-fault-book-news-typeface-bookshop-wa-and-pamela-freemans-writing-class/
Rose and Cassie discuss The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall, Cassie brings us industry news and new releases, Bookshop is Typeface Perth, and Pamela Freeman talks about how to create tension and pa…
Is it more dangerous to forget ... or to remember? Phoebe's life has fallen apart and there's only one place . to go. Alone and adrift after a failed marriage proposal, she flees Sydney to her family's abandoned holiday cottage. On the slow-moving river Phoebe is confronted with the legacy of her older sister's su***de, a year before. Why did Karin leave a note written in flowers and walk into the water? [ 243 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/08/18/ep-166-the-lost-summers-of-driftwood-by-vanessa-mccausland-book-news-with-cassie-hamer-writing-dialogue-pamela-freeman-and/
Is it more dangerous to forget … or to remember? Phoebe’s life has fallen apart and there’s only one place . to go. Alone and adrift after a failed marriage proposal, she flees Sy…
Allen & Unwin is Australia's leading independent book publisher and has been voted "Publisher of the Year" thirteen times including the inaugural award in 1992 and eleven times since 2000.
1999. Winter. Bondi. Harry’s been on the streets so long he could easily forget what time is. So Harry keeps an eye on it. Every morning. Then he heads to the beach to chat with the gulls. Or he wanders through the streets in search of food, clothes, Jules. When the girl on the bus sees him, lonely and cold in the bus shelter that he calls home, she thinks about how she can help. [ 364 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/08/11/ep-164-sarah-brill-not-just-books-burnie-pamela-freemans-writing-class/
1999. Winter. Bondi. Harry’s been on the streets so long he could easily forget what time is. So Harry keeps an eye on it. Every morning. Then he heads to the beach to chat with the gulls. Or he wa…
In this week's episode, I talk to Carol LeFevre about her new novella Murmurations. Lives merge and diverge; they soar and plunge, or come to rest in impenetrable silence. Erris Cleary’s absence haunts the pages of this exquisite novella, a woman who complicates other lives yet confers unexpected blessings. Fly far, be free, urges Erris. Who can know why she smashes mirrors? [ 158 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/08/04/ep-164-carol-lefevre-bookoccino-pamela-freeman/
In this week’s episode, I talk to Carol LeFevre about her new novella Mummurations. Cassie Hamer talks book news and reviews, Independent bookstore Bookoccino joins us, and Pamela Freeman ans…
Marina and her husband, Jacob were each born on a kibbutz in Israel. They meet years later at a university in California when Jacob is a successful psychiatrist with a young son, Ben, from a disastrous marriage. The family moves to a brownstone in Harlem, formerly a convent inhabited by elderly nuns Outside the house one day Marina encounters Constance, a young refugee from Rwanda, and her toddler, Gabriel. [ 55 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/07/28/ep-90-alice-nelson-the-childrens-house/
Marina and her husband, Jacob were each born on a kibbutz in Israel. They meet years later at a university in California when Jacob is a successful psychiatrist with a young son, Ben, from a disas…
Meet the team ....
The Northern Beaches Readers Festival is a not-for-profit event, organised by a committee of five - two authors, two book podcasters and a fabulous book blogger (or, should we say 'author-stalker'?!).
The NBRF is the brain-child of internationally published, Sydney-based author, Sandie Docker, Writer, who discovered, through her book tours and events, a real thirst for connection between readers and authors.
To fulfill the vision, Sandie has enlisted the support of Rosemary Puddy of The Book Podcast, Claudine Tinellis - Author of the Talking Aussie Books podcast, Shelley Gardner Writer - the Author Stalker, and author Cassie Hamer. Find out more about us all here - https://www.nbrf.com.au/team
A hot summer. A shocking murder. A town of secrets, waiting to explode. A brooding, suspenseful and explosive debut that will grip you from the first page to the last. There were a few minutes when I was alone with her in the autopsy room. I felt wild. Absent. Before I could stop myself I was leaning close to her, telling her everything. [ 247 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/07/21/rpt-ep22-sarah-bailey-the-dark-lake/
A hot summer. A shocking murder. A town of secrets, waiting to explode. A brooding, suspenseful and explosive debut that will grip you from the first page to the last.
In 1978 the Northern Territory has begun to self-govern. Cyclone Tracy is a recent memory and telephones not yet a fixture on the cattle stations dominating the rugged outback. Life is hard and people are isolated. But they find ways to connect. Sybil is the matriarch of Fairvale Station, run by her husband, Joe. Their eldest son, Lachlan, was Joe's designated successor but he has left the Territory - for good. [ 181 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/07/14/ep25-sophie-green-the-inaugural-meeting-of-the-fairvale-ladies-book-club/
If you loved THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, THE LITTLE COFFEE SHOP OF KABUL and THE THORN BIRDS you will devour this story of five different women united by one need: to overcom…
Emma Viskic is the author of the multi-award-winning Caleb Zelic series. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, RESURRECTION BAY, won the 2016 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction, as well as an three Davitt Awards: Best Adult Novel, Best Debut, and Readers' Choice. Resurrection Bay was iBooks Australia's Crime Novel of the Year in 2015. Deaf since early childhood, Caleb Zelic used to meet life head-on. [ 129 more words ]
http://thebookpodcast.com/2020/07/07/rpt-ep26-emma-viskic-and-fire-came-down/
Deaf since early childhood, Caleb Zelic used to meet life head-on. Now he’s struggling just to get through the day. His best mate is dead, his ex-wife, Kat, is avoiding him, and nightmares haunt hi…
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