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Q&A with Kerri Turner

February 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Q&A with Kerri Turner In three words, describe to us your novel: Layered, evocative, bittersweet. In The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers, we meet Valentina Yershova and Luka Zhirkov, both of whom are dancers in the Romanov Imperial Ballet Company and finding their way not just in the [...]

AusRom Recommends: Nicole Alexander’s ‘An Uncommon Woman’

August 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Describe An Uncommon Woman in three words: Adventure. Defiance. Love. An Uncommon Woman was inspired by a newspaper article from 1930 and is a curious story in that it focuses on the changes the world underwent at the time (hemlines were on the rise, movies were released with [...]

Q&A with Jessie L. Star

June 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Describe The Do-Gooder in one word: Feisty The Do-Gooder tells the story of Lara Montgomery, a girl who is struggling to break free of the shackles of her troubled past. Her high school reputation follows her to university and though all seems far too difficult, Lara bravely attempts [...]

Q&A with Tamara McKinley

May 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

Q&A with Tamara McKinley Describe Spindrift in one word: Heart-warming. Spindrift tells the story of the courageous Christy Macleod who moves to distant Tasmania from the Isle of Skye when tragedy strikes. Christy is confronted with the difficult task of creating a future [...]

AUTHOR OF THE MONTH: Fiona McArthur

March 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

AUTHOR OF THE MONTH: Fiona McArthur Describe Heart of the Sky in one word: Healing Heart of the Sky centres around Tess Daley who following a life-changing loss decides to take up a position as a Breast Care Nurse with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. a. What sparked this story idea for you? [...]

BLOG TOUR: Fleur McDonald’s ‘Sapphire Falls’

November 2, 2016 // 1 Comment

Welcome to AusRom, bestselling author Fleur McDonald! Describe Sapphire Falls: Sapphire Falls is a cross between my normal rural lit novels and crime. I love writing crime and I felt I wanted to push the boundaries a little more than I have done before. Enter Dave Burrows as one of [...]

AUTHOR OF THE MONTH: Melissa Ashley

October 1, 2016 // 2 Comments

AUTHOR OF THE MONTH: Melissa Ashley What at first began as research for a PhD dissertation on Elizabeth Gould has now eventuated into your debut novel, The Birdman’s Wife. What sparked your initial interest in Elizabeth Gould and at what point of your research did you decide to start [...]

Meet the Author with Darcy Delany

July 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

Meet the Author with Darcy Delany Describe yourself in one word Organised! Tell us about I Don’t Date in December I Don’t Date in December is about consultant Blaise Lee, who has put her love life on hold in December. But when she meets handsome army Captain Jonty Lucca, she is in a [...]

AUTHOR OF THE MONTH: Jenn J McLeod

July 1, 2016 // 1 Comment

AUTHOR OF THE MONTH: Jenn J McLeod Australia’s small-town storyteller, Jenn J McLeod, is back with the fourth novel in her Seasons series. The Other Side of the Season Jenn J McLeod Everything has a reflection… When offering to drive her brother to Byron Bay to escape the bitter [...]

SPOTLIGHT ON… Elise McCune

May 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

Feature Spotlight: ELISE McCUNE Describe yourself in one word: Determined What led to your career as an author and when did you first begin writing with a view of becoming a published author? Before I could read I made up stories to go with the pictures in story books. I have [...]