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Ep166 @truedialogue & @LaurienotLori chat #selfpublishing with the wonderful Chris Munnery from Ingram Spark. We have news, book spotlights & chat great resources: So You Want to Be A Writer -Allison Tait & @valeriekhoo (book & podcast), About Writing - Gareth L Powell. #writers

Need a new read this weekend? Try our FEATURES OF THE WEEK. Moor to Sea -Vicki Foote #memoir The Tyranny of Tomorrow -Magda Mizzi #PostApocalyptic #YA Lee Gordon Presents -Jeff Apter #biography australianbooklovers.com for 100s of other Aussie-authored books. #ReadMoreAussieBooks

@CharlieArchbold @carmelbird And more book spotlights: 5. The Canvas Killings by Elise Janes – mystery, thriller and suspense 6. Return to Silkeborg by Vanessa Benford – contemporary 7. Tarzan Loves Jane by John Comerford - contemporary #ReadMoreAussieBooks #WritingCommunity

Book spotlights: 1 & 2. The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat AND The Sugarcane Kids and the Empty Cage @CharlieArchbold #middlegrade 3. Engineering the Australian Dream by Jaideep Padwalar #Memoir 4. Crimson Velvet Heart @carmelbird #historical #ReadMoreAussieBooks

Ep166 @truedialogue & @LaurienotLori chat #selfpublishing with the wonderful Chris Munnery from Ingram Spark. We have news, book spotlights & chat great resources: So You Want to Be A Writer -Allison Tait & @valeriekhoo (book & podcast), About Writing - Gareth L Powell. #writers

Need a new book for the kids? Try one of our FANTASTIC FEATURES OF THE WEEK. You Choose MEGA - Prehistoric Peril @George_Ivanoff Dreamy Days and Random Naps by Mawson Dear Little One: You're Perfect, As You Are @MACHCoaching #Readers #AusWrites #childrens australianbooklovers.com

And more book spotlights: Tree Pose and Warrior Pose by @YMysteries #thrillers One suitcase, two pets and a breakdown – Athena Martinez #memoir

Spotlights The Boyfriend Clause -Bridie Blake #Romance Forever and Ever -Allanah Hunt #contemporary The Sugarcane Kids and the Mystery at Angel Bay -Charlie Archbold #middlegrade Birthing with Trauma and Fear: A Guide to an Empowering Birth Experience -Moran Liviani – #nonfiction

Ep165 @truedialogue & @LaurienotLori share book marketing tips from K.M. Allan, Seth Godin, @bryancohenbooks & @thecreativepenn Plus news, quotes, book spotlights & more. Laurie has a lively chat with fabulous middle grade & children's author @George_Ivanoff #ReadMoreAussieBooks

#Aurealis #188 is out now with the chilling ‘A New Game’ by Matt Freeman, the glittering ‘Anna, in the Abstract’ by Andrew Paver and ‘The Book of Middles’ by E.C. Fuller all these with stunning illustrations from Lynette Watters, Chris Catlin and Emma Weakley respectively.

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Many of the fresh first draft chapters lack a strong sense of time and place, which is normal with scenes just written. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Aoj19 #writinglife #writing

The official photos for Book Fair Australia Melbourne 2026, presented by Book Addiction, are up! Thanks to Golden Wing Press for snapping all the precious bookish moments 📷💛 Check them out 👉🏻 bookfairaustralia.com/melbourne-2026…

Our best cover yet! Well one of them. From the guest editorial by Eugen Bacon, through the wonderful stories, great articles and reviews and our fantastic artwork it is all good. Oh and there is an interview with me. Subscribe at aurealis.com.au

And a trio more spotlights: 5. A Child Called Faye by Jess Senff – #fantasy 6. Billion Dollar Blindspot: What is Your Workplace Culture Costing You? By Hacia Atherton – #nonfiction 7. Bird Deity by John Morrissey – #sciencefiction #ReadMoreAussieBooks #WritingCommunity #books

Plus 7 spectacular book spotlights: 1. All we need by Magdalena McGuire – contemporary 2. Songs of Shadow, Words of Woe by Matthew R. Davis – horror 3. Stormy Normy Goes Reining by Leisa Fail - middle grade 4. The Sky’s Edge by Clare Anne McGrory – thriller #ReadMoreAussieBooks

Ep#164 @truedialogue & @LaurienotLori share writing and self-publishing tips, ISBNs, industry news, literary grants, quotes, new segment stings & more. Laurie catche up with thriller author @naomishippen and her latest book Before She Killed Him. #ReadMoreAussieBooks #Thriller