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Bruny by Heather Rose

Book Review. The Blurb ‘When a bomb goes off in remote Tasmania, Astrid Coleman agrees to return home to help her brother before an upcoming election. But this is no simple task. Her brother and sister are on either side of politics, the community is full of conspiracy theories, and her father is quoting Shakespeare.

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The Emotion Thesaurus – Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglist

This is my writing bible, well, one of them. The Blurb One of the biggest struggles for writers is how to convey emotion to readers in a unique and compelling way. When showing our characters’ feelings, we often use the first idea that comes to mind, and they end up smiling, nodding, and frowning too

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The Magician’s Guild – Trudi Canavan

The Magician’s Guild, by Trudi Canavan, is the first book of the Black Magician Trilogy.  I loved it. A young girl, Sonea, is caught up in a protest with her friends against the despised Magician’s Guild and casts a stone, breaking through the magician’s protective shield, shocking herself and the Magicians. That one action brings

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The Dictionary of Lost Words – Pip Williams

It is often said, ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’. I must confess. I was drawn to this book because of its cover, and I am pleased to say, while I found the first few chapters of the story a little slow, the book as a whole did not disappoint. The Dictionary of Lost

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