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May 31, 2022
Book Notes: So Many Beats of the Heart by Carrie Cox premium
About So Many Beats of the Heart After moving across the country to an “alien city of her husband’s choosing”, Evie Shine is blindsided when he leaves her. As a marriage counsellor in her professional life, Evie wonders why she didn’t see this coming. Left dealing with the aftermath, including the impact on her two […]
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May 4, 2021
6 Degrees of Separation: From Beezus and Ramona to Detention premium
Welcome to Six Degrees of Separation, where we all start with the same book title and link it to six others in any random way our mind chooses to create connections. It’s fun and it’s free, so join in! This month the starting book is Beezus and Ramona, in honour of author Beverly Cleary, who died recently, […]
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March 3, 2020
On My Bedside Table: Perth Festival Literature & Ideas Edition premium
With the Perth Festival Literature & Ideas (previously Perth Writers’ Week) over for another year, the books currently on my bedside table, and on my to-buy list, are naturally related to the authors I heard speak over the weekend, and in one case, an author I had the privilege of interviewing. The Palace of Angels […]
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Please let me know how the month has gone for you!
In 7 Writing Prompts for Memoir and Family History
Thank you so much for the 7 writing prompts. I'm the family genealogist and my son wants to do a story for NaNoWriMo. We'll each write a story to end on November 30th. Oh boy! Your prompts will definitely help.
In 7 Writing Prompts for Memoir and Family History
Hi Adele, thanks for reading! Thanks for the Twelve Moons recommendation too. Your chain was very interesting too. The only one I had read was Looking for Alibrandi, but I would love to have seen Peach Season by Debra Oswald performed on stage. (If anyone else would like to see Adele's chain you can find it over on her blog: https://adeleboundinbooks.blog/2025/10/05/6-degrees-of-separation-2025-october-4/).
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