Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. As we are a faith-based group the questions refer mainly to Christian fiction or non-fiction. Today’s question is: Did you achieve your 2025 reading challenge? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in …
DEVOTIONS: Remembering Jesus is our reason for the season
Today we are reposting a Christmas devotion from 2019. Just as relevant today as when it was first posted. And just like that, Christmas is only a few sleeps away. Christmas trees are flickering their bright lights. Tinsel is hung up all over the place and all the old family recipes are being retrieved from drawers …
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Book Review | Love in Time by Penny Zeller
Today I am reviewing Love in Time by Penny Zeller released this week. Book Description: He's running from his past.She's seeking a better future.After a long and debilitating illness that leaves Arrosa Chapman with severe weakness necessitating the use of a cane and the threat of future health issues, she determines to make a new …
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Writers Life | Young Christian Writers as Marys
Young Christian Writers as Marys: The Power of Believing Last year, in my local church assembly, I and some other people were given the responsibility of organising a Christmas stage play. So, amidst planning the end-of-year party, I wore my writer’s hat and got to fine-tuning the drama script. Doing this helped me pay more …
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Author Interview | Interview with Christy Award winner J.J. Fischer
Let's welcome J.J. Fischer (Jasmine), a Christy award winner for her book Memoria, to our blog. Can you tell us something about you we may not know? Ooh, good question. You may not know that writing/editing is not my first career. Though English literature and creative writing was my first-ever degree, I originally trained in …
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Tuesday Book Chat | 16 December 2025
Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. As we are a faith-based group the questions refer mainly to Christian fiction or non-fiction. Today’s question is: What were your top five (or ten) books for 2025? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. …
Dear Author | My Take on Instagram
Today instead of a dear author I am going to talk about Instagram. Back the beginning of July I had to get a new phone which meant I lost my authentication for Instagram. When I originally started using 2-factor Authentication I didn’t keep the extra codes. For that matter don't even remember them much less …
Fiction Friday | The Christmas Ring by Karen Kingsbury
Today I'm sharing my book recommendation for The Christmas Ring, a delightful contemporary romance short novel from Karen Kingsbury. Here's the Book Description: Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. While searching for her family’s long-lost heirloom ring, military widow Vanessa Mayfield meets handsome antique dealer Ben Miller. The two are drawn …
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Writers life | Giving authors a hand
Anyone who has published a book knows how hard it is at the start. This is especially the case as a Christian author based in any country besides the U.S. The U.S. is by far the largest market for English Christian books, and they have access to far more resources. Yet there are some simple …
Author Interview | Lara Silverman
Today I'm delighted to welcome author Lara Silverman to the blog. Lara recently released her debut book, Singing Through Fire. (Click here to read Keona Tann's review of Singing Through Fire.) Fast Five (Where we ask our guests to choose between two typically Australasian options ...) Long black or flat white? Long black! Kiwis or …