Q&A with the Author

Mandy Magro Answers the 5 Big Questions

Can dark family secrets ever truly be buried? Secrets of Silvergum Mandy’s new release is out on 20th May Want to know more about this book? We asked Mandy the 5 Big Questions Bestselling Australian author Mandy Magro returns with a compelling rural romance about love and the cost of keeping secrets. When a horrible twist of fate leaves teenage friends Emma Kensington and Zane Wolfe reeling in the wake of a fatal accident, the two are driven apart for decades. Read more…
After the Party – new release and debut novel from Cassie Hamer

Not only is this a new release, it’s a debut novel already climbing the charts We’re thrilled to showcase Cassie Hamer and After the Party on Australian Fiction Authors You can read the blurb … you can read an excerpt! We also asked Cassie the 5 Big Questions Cassie Hamer Australian Author of Women’s Contemporary Fiction Stories that take you behind the white picket fence… An unexpected gift left at her daughter’s fifth birthday party in the form of a little girl pitches Sydney mum Lisa Wheeldon into events both hilarious and life-changing. Read more…
Home at Last – 5 Big Questions for author Meredith Appleyard

18th March is the release date for Home at Last by Meredith Appleyard We wanted to know more about this book, so here’s the news! Flying solo can be harder than it looks … A warm-hearted rural romance about finding your way home. Flying solo for the first time had been the greatest high of Anna Kelly’s life. Read more…
February New Release Authors Answer The 5 Big Questions

Three utterly wonderful new releases for your enjoyment this month We asked Nicole Hurley-Moore, Cheryl Adnams and Fiona Lowe for the lowdown on the writing of these books Out in paperback and eBook 4 February For a long time Lawson’s Bend had held little for Henny. Almost ten years ago she’d got out and vowed never to come back. But sometimes things change… In the hot summer of 2008, Henny Bolton loses her best friend on a night they should have been celebrating their futures. It’s a loss about which she remains grief-stricken. Read more…
Alissa Callen Answers 5 Big Questions about Upcoming Release The Round Yard

January’s new release is The Round Yard. We wanted to know more about this book before it hits the shelves so we had a chat with author, Alissa Callen A heartfelt story about finding where you belong. A new Woodlea rural romance by bestselling Australian author Alissa Callen. For only child Neve Fitzpatrick, family is everything. When she loses her mother, she heads to the bush to rent a farmhouse near her grandmother’s family home. Read more…
2019 Writing Goals – 6 Authors Spill the News

We’ve picked a random six authors who belong to Australian Fiction Authors group of Aussie writers and asked them what their writing goals are for 2019 (which means we get a sneak peek of what we can look forward to) Sarah Barrie, Kaye Dobbie, Cathryn Hein, Fiona McArthur, Trish Morey, Sasha Wasley … take it away! What are your writing goals for 2019? Sarah Barrie Bestselling Australian Author The promise of romance…the terror of isolation and evil The first half of this year I’ll be working on my next as-yet unnamed novel. Read more…
6 Questions, 2 Authors. New Releases – Do Authors Get Nervous?

December new releases from Tea Cooper and Lily Malone. Two very different stories and genres, so how long do these books take to write, what’s the most enjoyable element of writing the story, and do the authors get nervous before release day? Let’s find out. For readers who loved Remarkable Creatures, The Naturalist’s Daughter and The Birdman’s Wife comes The Woman in the Green Dress… 1853 Mogo Creek, NSW Della Atterton, bereft at the loss of her parents, is holed up in the place she loves best: the beautiful Hawkesbury in New South Wales. Read more…
Tough Choices, Family Fractures and Lies, and Childhood Friendships Gone Wrong

It’s no secret – life changes us. But what do we do if we know that we, or someone close to us, made the wrong move in the past and we’re now placed in a situation where we have to confront the issue? Life needs to go on, but can the repercussions and possible heartache be reversed or resolved? Authors Trish Morey, Helene Young, and Lisa Ireland cover all these aspects in their recent novels. We wanted to know why they wrote these books and what inspiration or experience prompted their stories. Read more…
Q&A with Penelope Janu. Adventure and romance…fresh, fun, fiction

“Sometimes a girl just has to do what’s in her heart…” By day Miles Franklin, named after the famous author, is a successful lawyer. But by night she writes historical romance novels under the pen name Emma Browning. When Miles’s assistant covertly enters her boss’s novel in one of Australia’s biggest literary awards—and it wins—Miles’s perfectly ordered world is torn apart. Lars Kristensen smells a rat. As the CEO of Iconic International, the company publishing Miles’s prize-winning novel, he’s determined to meet the author and uncover her true identity. Read more…