We've come to the end of another year of genre crossposts between Australasian Christian Writers and Christian Writers Downunder, so it's time for one final summary post. Jeanette O'Hagan kicked off 2019 with an excellent roundup of all our previous posts. We then moved into some exploring more genres in fiction, from well-known Westerns to …
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It's Iola here. Welcome to our Australasian Christian Writers Tuesday Book Chat, where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today's question is: Who is your favourite Christian women's fiction author? And what do you like most about his/her books? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in …
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Fiction Friday Getting to know you interview with Jenny Glazebrook Welcome Jenny Glazebrook to our blog today. It’s Fiction Friday and today we are going to have a little fun while we learn a little more about Jenny. 1. Can you tell us a little about yourself? I live in the country town of Gundagai …
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World events continue to remind me that love is about action. When something bad happens, the "thoughts and prayers" come out. It's great to see people loving others with their thoughts and prayers, their feelings and words. But feeling sorry and saying the right words doesn't change what happened. And it doesn't prevent that bad …
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Welcome to the Australasian Christian Writers Tuesday Book Chat, where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today’s question is: Who is your favourite Christian romance author? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation in a comment on this post or in a comment on …
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Our healing can be found by reaching out to Jesus. I have always loved the story of woman with the issue of blood. A woman who had an issue of blood for 12 years, desperately seeking healing. Reading this story, I can almost feel the despair and desperation of this woman; years of going to …
“My heart bursts its banks, spilling beauty and goodness. I pour it out in a poem to the king, shaping the river into words.” Psalm 45:1 (MSG) Words, words, words they are everywhere and as writers’ words shape what we want to communicate to other people, like a river bending and flowing words come from …
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Welcome to the Australasian Christian Writers Tuesday Book Chat, where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today’s question is: Who is your favourite Christian thriller author? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation in a comment on this post or in a comment on …
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We’re delighted that Stories of Life, as a writing competition and publishing platform, is gaining traction. This year we’ve seen an increase in entries overall, most noticeably in the youth category. We also received more international entries and our title story, Papa’s Shoes, is from Valmai Redhead, who lives in New Zealand. In some way, …
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Australian author David Rawlings has just won a 2019 Christy Award for his debut novel, The Baggage Handler. Congratulations, David! But how does his second novel, The Camera Never Lies, fare in comparison? Personally, I think it's even better. Now, not everyone will agree with me. One of the strengths of The Baggage Handler was …
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