Thirty Books
Why my channel is called Thirty Books
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Books
Hospital by Sanya Rushdi
The Hummingbird Project by Kate Mildenhall
My Father and Other Animals by Sam Vincent
The Monthly (magazine)
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
The Keeper by Graham Norton
All Fours by Miranda July
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I love how moved Alicia is about the wonder of the universe, astronomy, nature and science. The interplay of science and art/writing is ever present for her and as she tells us writers have the same motivations as scientists: curiosity, discovery and ourselves.
I wish I had asked Alicia to read one of her poems!
Stellar Atmospheres by Alicia Sometimes out by Cordite Books https://corditebooks.org.au/products/stellar-atmospheres
Alicia Sometimes is a writer, poet and broadcaster.
Her 2019 TedxUQ talk was called: Honouring your wonder: observing the world through art and science. In 2020 she won the Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize. In 2021 she was a City of Melbourne Boyd Garret recipient and completed a virtual residency with the Manchester City of Literature. In 2023 she was the recipient of the ANAT Synapse Residency working alongside Prof Tamara Davis and team at the University of Queensland. In 2023 she co-created ‘In This Room. Everywhere’ as part of Science Gallery Melbourne’s Dark Matters exhibition.
Amra draws on her Bosnian cultural heritage to write own voices stories for young people, who like her, are searching to mediate their identity and take pride in their diverse culture.
I had a great chat with Amra who generously shared her insights and knowledge as an indie author with a wealth of titles to her name, not to mention her own publishing press.
Pishukin Press, an independent press that publishes underrepresented authors in fiction and nonfiction and is dedicated to accessibility with titles published in ebooks, paperbacks, hardbacks, large print, dyslexic font and audiobooks.
Amra Pajalic amrapajalic.com/about-me.html
Titles payhip.com/PishukinPress/collection/all?&page=
Info for self-published authors
To learn more about Morgana Best and her advice for selling direct.
To learn about Phillipa Nefri Clark.
To learn about C.J. Archer and her books.
To visit Amra Pajalic’s independent press, Pishukin Press.
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Sally is the author of over 100 books which include the Billie B Brown and Polly and Buster series.
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The Swift Dark Tide by Katia Ariel is a story of selfhood and desire, of careful listening to an ungovernable heart
What a privilege to have an excellent chat with Katia about her memoir which is also on the Stella Prize shortlist. Not bad for a debut author.
I loved her book. There's something very abundant about Katia's writing, and you get the sense that this is who she is as a person . As writers shouldn't we all be abundant with words? Especially those writing about the body and personal life changes.
This isn't to say the book is filled with purple prose or waffle because as an editor Katia knows how to control her words.
The Swift Dark Tide by Katia Ariel https://gazebobooks.com.au/product/the-swift-dark-tide/
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The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-silent-listener-9781761046735
The books
How Fiction Works by James Wood
Wifedom by Anna Funder
What Would I Do by Georgia Harper
Save the Cat! Writes A Novel by Jessica Brody
Eugenie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac
The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fesler
How To Write Crime edited by Marele Day
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
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What a treat to wrangle writer and broadcaster Richard Fidler and bibliophile and podcaster Astrid Edwards for a round of THE (LITERARY) SALAD SPINNER OF FEAR.
They were both recent guests at the Vision Australia Library as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival discussing Richard's latest work, The Book of Roads and Kingdoms.
Richard is a passionate, erudite and thoroughly entertaining historian and storyteller. Astrid is equally erudite, intelligent and thoughtful interviewer. AND her cats are called Margaret Attwood and Joan Didion!
Richard Fidler http://www.richard-fidler.com
Astrid Edwards astridedwards.com/judging
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"A riveting psychological thriller drawn from true events, Dark Mode delves into the terrifying reality of the dark web, and the price we pay for surrendering our privacy one click at a time."
Plus we play some Literary Salad of Fear!
Hailing from Canada, Ashley has truly embraced Australian writing community, even though she revealed she'd not read any Australian books before moving here.
This is Ashley's third book, each book widely different from the next.
My Name is Revenge
How To Be Australian
Find out more about Ashley here ashleykalagianblunt.com
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Books I discuss.
The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel (Ethel Florence) Richardson
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance by Kate Solly
I'll Leave You With This by Kylie Ladd
The Writer Laid Bare by Lee Kofman
Detransition Baby by Torrey Peter
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These books were important for me to read, as a white woman, to hear the experiences of black women in Australia. I also understand that I may not be the audience, which is humbling again. To read these books is a privilege, the poetry is remarkable. I was especially taken with Jazz Money's How to Make a Basket.
Mixed in among the poetry is some riotous commercial fiction, a novel on grief and finding home and a delightful book about love and reckoning with turning .
To be clear though, the term 'woke' in it's current use, has been co-opted by white people with its true roots in black American struggles obscured.
'To be woke'It was coined by a black American singer, Lead Belly, as early as 1938 - to be 'woke to white people'. Black Americans' need to be aware of racially motivated threats and the potential dangers of white America". Saunders Redding recorded a comment from an African American United Mine Workers official in 1940, stating: "Let me tell you buddy. Waking up is a damn sight harder than going to sleep, but we'll stay woke up longer."
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I think the Elle piece is some years old, I can't be certain. However I thought a response was due. I bring you WHAT WRITERS REALLY WEAR
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The Age of Fibs by Beth Spencer: bethspencer.com/blog/books/the-age-of-fibs -
I also read:
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder - brilliant.
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders - equally as brilliant. Especially the audio version.
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
The Rector's Wife by Joanna Trollope
Orlando by Virginia Wolf
After Story Larissa Behrendt
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We waxed lyrical about the importance of libraries. Here in Australia authors receive public lending rights (PLR...NOT PRL, which I say!). Angela shares a gorgeous story about her mother, we chat about her lovely literary critters (what a balm during lockdown) then we have a sterling game of literary salad.
Jock Serong
The Rules of Backyard Cricket
Quota
On the Java Ridge
Preservation
The Burning Island
Angela Savage
Mother of Pearl
Behind the Night Bazaar
The Half Child
The Dying Beach
The Williamstown Literary Festival https://www.willylitfest.org.au/
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I think you’ll find the results illuminating.
Thanks to the Daily Mail and the Institute of Creative Appropriation. And @theevildrgrub for insights into data analysis.
For further info around the plagiarism scandal and Australia's most prestigious literary award read the Guardian article here. theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/18/literary-experts-find-john-hughes-plagiarism-defence-unconvincing
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It was so wonderful to catch up with Steven, having known each other way back when. He was appearing with Jock Serong at the Willy Lit Festival discussing Epic Fiction.
Steven Conte was the the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction in 2008 for his FIRST novel The Zookeeper's War.
The novel tells the story of Vera Frey, a young Australian who marries the heir to Berlin Zoo just prior to World War II. As the zoo's workers are conscripted and replaced by PoWs, Vera and her husband Axel fight to maintain the zoo's standards and to survive as the world about them disintegrates.
We discuss his second novel, The Tolstoy Estate: in the first year of the doomed German invasion of Russia in WWII, a German military doctor, Paul Bauer, is assigned to establish a field hospital at Yasnaya Polyana - the former grand estate of Count Leo Tolstoy, the author of the classic War and Peace. There he encounters a hostile aristocratic Russian woman, Katerina Trubetzkaya, a writer who has been left in charge of the estate. But even as a tentative friendship develops between them, Bauer's hostile and arrogant commanding officer, Julius Metz, becomes erratic and unhinged as the war turns against the Germans. Over the course of six weeks, in the terrible winter of 1941, everything starts to unravel...
Steven also recommends two writing books:
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
Stein on Writing by Sol Stein
The Williamstown Literary Festival https://www.willylitfest.org.au/
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Lee walks the talk as this book was born from her experience of dealing with writers' block for four years. Tame the lion, advises Lee and try and connect with your work every day.
From Stephen King to Chekhov, Lee is extremely well read and her insights into the craft and process of writing is inspiring and gives all of us nervous writers out there hope I put her on the spot with my Literary Salad (thanks for the name Lee).
Having this book on your desk is like having Lee in your corner while you write.
It's also a brilliant memoir.
The Writer Laid Bare by Lee Kofman
Arts Hub Review by Nani Nott https://www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews/book-review-the-writer-laid-bare-lee-kofman-2541760/
Lee Kofman is a Russian born Israeli-Australian writer who grew up in a communist dictatorship, in which reading was her refuge. Now a renowned author, poet, and mentor, Kofman shares where her inspiration stems from, what she feeds it, and how it grows in The Writer Laid Bare.
Kofman’s multi-layered memoir / manual is a fascinating read; ripe with truth, experience, and actionable advice. This is no generic guide to word-spurtage, but a carefully constructed collection of writerly guidance and literary wisdom. The Writer Laid Bare draws figurative maps around writerly obstacles, highlighting routes for overcoming creative, emotional, and practical roadblocks, with an admirable emphasis on honesty, bravery and contemplation.
From new-work jitters to first-draft paralysis, Kofman illuminates potential pathways for her fellow writers, even those who are full time workers / parents / procrastinators. Her practical writing tips include the calibration of minds through the act of writing, the psychological benefits of doing so, and the importance of knowing one’s beverage of choice.
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I don't know why I allowed two years to go by without reading The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld. It is excellent in so many way. It's a book about male violence and toxic masculinity. It's about sanctioned violence against children. It's also an incredibly fantastic deftly crafted novel that is chilling with moments of utter hilarity and quiet beauty.
Check out a recent review: The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac9z4...
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Anyhoo...women and books mentioned in this video
Lilly - Other Houses by Paddy O'Reilly
Mumma - Harp In the South by Ruth Park
Molly Johnson - The Drover's Wife by Leah Purcell
The Mother - The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie
Madelaine, Celeste, Jane - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Mrs Cinque - Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
Nora - Monkey Grip by Helen Garner
Jo - Mullumbimby by Melissa Lukashenko
Mothers and Daughters by Kylie Ladd
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I went in to pick up my reserved titles, two from the Stella shortlist, and then took a browse around the stacks.
I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
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Books I read in March
Radio Girl by David Dufty
Questions Raised by Quolls by Harry Sadler
Home Coming by Elfie Shiosaki
The Luminous Solution by Charlotte Wood
Current read
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
TBR Pile
Dinner With The Schnables by Toni Jordan
Found Wanting by Natasha Sholl
Other Houses by Paddy O'Reilly
The Quarterly Essay, Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia by Sarah Krasnostein
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The Memory Pool by Therese Spruhan https://unsw.press/news/diving-memory-pool/
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Where the Truth Lies by Karina Kilmore https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books
When investigative journalist Chrissie O’Brian lands a senior job at The Argus, she is desperate to escape the nightmares of her past. Her life has become a daily battle to numb the pain. But her job is something she can do better than anyone else – and the only thing that keeps the memories at bay.
A face-off on the waterfront between the unions and big business is just the kind of story to get her career back on track. But after a dockworker who confided in her turns up dead, Chrissie becomes obsessed with unravelling the truth. When a gruesome threat lands on her desk, it's clear someone is prepared to do anything to stop her.
But who is more dangerous – a ruthless enemy or a woman pushed to the edge? Used to fighting her own demons, this is one battle Chrissie is determined not to lose.
Books mentioned
My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Yield by Tara June Winch
A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
The Rip by Mark Brandi
There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett
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Books mentioned
My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Yield by Tara June Winch
A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
The Rip by Mark Brandi
There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett
I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
Why my channel is called Thirty Books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odgmi...
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I've been so inspired by the fabulous Booktubers best of 2021 videos, and perhaps suffering FOMO, I've been at the library and my book cart is full to overflowing. So I decided it needed an over hall.
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Books I talk about
A Diva Was A Female Version of a Wrestler by Scarlett Harris fayettevillemafiapress.com/product/a-diva-was-a-female-version-of-a-wrestler
Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Lives Lost by Britta Bolt
Channels mentioned
Katey One More Time youtube.com/channel/UC_qgDQimUQR7nUlq8Q0aKDg
Britta Böhler (The Second Shelf) youtube.com/c/BrittaB%C3%B6hlerTheSecondShelf/videos
I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
Why my channel is called Thirty Books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odgmi...
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I was tagged by Shawn The Book Maniac youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXA
Original by Brandon of Brandon’s Bookshelf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBdn7...
The Questions-
1. What's most important...a good character, plot, or message?
2. Should one read books about ideas or opinions they disagree with?
3. As tech advances, what do you think will be the role of books?
4. How important are summaries, review, and art in your book choosing?
5. Should one ever skim or scan a book?
6. Should reading always be enjoyable?
7. Is it important to be well-read?
8. What is your book buying process?
9. What is your reading process?
10. How do you use what you read?
11. If you could download a book to your brain, would you still read?
12. What are your views on rereading a book?
13. What makes a book good?
14. What makes a book bad?
15. How do you feel about not finishing a book?
16. Should the author's personal life matter at all?
17. If you could only read one genre for the rest of time, what would it be?
18. Do you ever read a book without knowing anything about it?
19. What author, genre, series, or culture can you just not get into? Why?
20. Do you think everyone should read? Why?
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Plus four reviews
Andal's Garland by Helen Burns https://www.odysseybooks.com.au/titles/9781922311344/
The Luminous Solution by Charlotte Wood Allen & Unwin bit.ly/3qWldNI
New Animal by Ella Baxter allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/New-Animal-Ella-Baxter-9781760877798
Assembly by Natasha Brown https://www.penguin.com.au/books/assembly-9780241540473
Books mentioned
The Yield by Tara June Winch https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-yield-winner-of-the-2020-miles-franklin-award-9781760899462
Channels mentioned
Savidge Reads youtube.com/user/SavidgeReads
I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
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Michael talks about the inspiration for Tank water, and his research into gay hate crimes and how fiction allows us to say in way that non-fiction can’t.
He also discusses his enormous respect for Agatha Christie.
Thanks to the brilliant Abbey's bookshop in Sydney for letting me film amongst the stacks.
About the book
City journalist, James, returns to his rural home town to attend his cousin Tony’s funeral, who was found dead under a bridge. The news that Tony has left him the entire family farm triggers James’s journalistic curiosity – and his anxiety – both of which cropped up during his turbulent journey to adulthood. But it is the unexpected homophobic attack he survives that draws James into a hunt for the reasons one lonely Kippen farm boy in every generation kills himself.
Standing in the way is James’s father, the town’s recently retired top cop, who is not prepared to investigate crimes no-one reckons have taken place. James must use every newshound’s trick he ever learned in order to uncover the brutal truth.
A coming-of-age story and crime thriller with a large and gentle heart.
Tank Water by Michael Burge midnightsunpublishing.com/2021/09/tank-water
Abbey's bookshop https://www.abbeys.com.au/abbeys/home.do;jsessionid=E0C0493A3944BD0D7913455D2E2767D5
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Dani loves books and thinks writers are wonderful magical beings trying to make sense of the world. It was such a treat to be able to talk with her at the Sydney Crime Writers Festival, Bad Sydney.
Words and Nerds wordsandnerds.com
#WordsAndNerds #CrimeWriters
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They were both guests of the Sydney crime writing festival, Bad Sydney.
I interviewed them both at Abbey's book shop.
Rowland Sinclair Mysteries by Sulari Gentill https://www.panterapress.com.au/product/the-rowland-sinclair-mysteries-new-2017-editions/
William Power series by Robert Gott https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/the-port-fairy-murders-9781925106459
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Mark is very deliberate about the ages of his protagonists. In his recent book, Jacob is 11 which Mark says is the golden age for discovering your independence and curiosity which makes the perfect set of circumstances for a crime novel. Plus there is the Writers Deck of Horror!
I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
Why my channel is called Thirty Books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odgmi...
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Books I bought
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright giramondopublishing.com/books/carpentaria
White Tiger by Aravind Adega simonandschuster.com/books/The-White-Tiger/Aravind-Adiga/9781416562603
Burial Rights by Hannah Kent https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781743516966/
Those Other Women by Nicola Moriarty penguin.co.uk/articles/2018/those-other-women-nicola-moriarty.html
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Barton penguin.co.uk/books/1291056/my-name-is-lucy-barton/9780241977101.html
I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
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Jacquie had a wonderful lockdown good news story in 2020 with securing and agent and a publisher. Jacquie is a true professional in her approach to writing and has spent many years developing her craft and skills. She loves crime fiction and gives us her most recent Australian reads and her all time favourite Australian book and Australian writer.
Earlier review of Happy Hour by Jacquie Byron youtube.com/watch?v=KM96XRN6JLg&t=2s
Happy Hour by Jacquie Byron
https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/...
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What I particularly loved about doing all these interviews is hearing about writers I wasn’t familiar with. Kate mentions:
The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
The Nancys by R.W.R McDonald
From Darkness by Kate Hazel Hall store.interludepress.com/products/from-darkness-print-edition
Image description: Green book case full of colour-coded books, and large leafy green plant. I pop up in front of screen and pull various faces accompanying screen titles.
1) When men write women (2) Madonna whore 2) "Not like other girls" 3) Saintly mother 4) Absent mother 5) Dead mother 6) Substituting appearance for personality 7) Messy buns! Flicky hair! 😎 Erect nipples 9) Talking breasts 10) Youth 11) Bitchy friendships with other women 12) To be continued...
Thanks to Scott and Nelle over @GunPowderFictionAndPlot - their discussion on "Can We Find 10 Men Who Can Write Women" inspired me. I love Nelle's take on things so much. youtube.com/watch?v=EDslJC55XjM
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I also bought my copy from an opshop - which is the topic of an upcoming video.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460754474/the-lost-flowers-of-alice-hart/
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Michelle’s passion and insight into non-fiction is inspiring, she places high importance on writing the truth but as she says “there is no one truth”.
She’s also thrilled to be working on her second book “ghost” writing Aaron Fa’Aoso’s upcoming autobiography, So Far So Good.
Michelle's Books
Elizabeth Macarthur: A Life at the Edge of the World. https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/elizabeth-macarthur-a-life-at-the-edge-of-the-world
So Far So Good https://www.panterapress.com.au/pantera-press-acquires-debut-memoir-by-aaron-faaoso-in-six-figure-deal/
Books mentioned
Dancing with Strangers by Inga Clendenin https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/dancing-with-strangers
Watchin Tench 1788 https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/1788
I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
Why my channel is called Thirty Books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odgmi...
#AustralianBooks #AustralianAuthors
You can find me here as well:
Twitter: twitter.com/StellaGlorie
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I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
Why my channel is called Thirty Books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odgmi...
#AustralianBooks #AustralianAuthors
You can find me here as well:
Twitter: twitter.com/StellaGlorie
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Instagram: instagram.com/thirty_books/
The Great Escape from the Woodlands Nursing Home by Joanna Nell bit.ly/3mZFlOTbit.ly/3mZFlOT
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams bit.ly/3kPK6b0
In My Defence I Have No Defence by Sinead Stubbins https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/in-my-defence-i-have-no-defence/
Their Brilliant Careers by Ryan O'Neil https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/their-brilliant-careers
Lost & Found by Brooke Davis
https://www.hachette.com.au/brooke-davis/
Happy Hour by Jacquie Byron
allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/Happy-Hour-Jacquie-Byron-9781761065132
I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
Why my channel is called Thirty Books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odgmi...
#AustralianBooks #AustralianAuthors
You can find me here as well:
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I chatted with Nicole at the Blarney Books and Art at the Port Fairy Literary weekend.
Lament by Nicole Kelly bit.ly/3D8UUZY
I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
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I'm Stella Glorie and remember it only takes 30 books a year to help Australian writers and our publishing industry to flourish.
#AustralianBooks #AustralianAuthors
Nicky Greenberg nickigreenberg.com
I'm Fabulous, Crab! https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/im-fabulous-crab/
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Remember, all it takes is thirty Australian books a year to support our publishing industry and our writers.
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Shirl by Wayne Marshall https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/shirl/
Grimmish by Michael Winkler https://www.michaelwinkler.com.au/grimmish
Nancy Business by R.W.R McDonald allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/Nancy-Business-RWR-McDonald-9781760878870
When Days Tilt by Karen https://www.penguin.com.au/books/when-days-tilt-9781760895037
Amnesty by Aravind Adiga https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781509879045/
In My Defence I Have No Defence by Sinead Stubbins https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/in-my-defence-i-have-no-defence/
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The Burning Island by Jock Serong https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-burning-island
A father’s obsession. A daughter’s quest.
Eliza Grayling, born in Sydney when the colony itself was still an infant, has lived there all her thirty-two years. Too tall, too stern—too old, now—for marriage, she looks out for her reclusive father, Joshua, and wonders about his past. There is a shadow there: an old enmity.
When Joshua Grayling is offered the chance for a reckoning with his nemesis, Eliza is horrified. It involves a sea voyage with an uncertain, probably violent, outcome. Insanity for an elderly blind man, let alone a drunkard.
Unable to dissuade her father from his mad fixation, Eliza begins to understand she may be forced to go with him. Then she sees the vessel they will be sailing on. And in that instant, the voyage of the Moonbird becomes Eliza’s mission too.
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