Book Review | How the World Turns by Jenny Glazebrook

Today I am reviewing Jenny Glazebrook's new release, How the World Turns. Book Description What do you do when your world is turned upside down? Ella Glade has chosen never to compete with her beautiful, talented half-sister Verity. Unfortunately Verity doesn’t have the same idea.When loss leaves Ella broken-hearted, she chooses to move forward, using …

Author Interview | Meet Lorrie Grosfield

Welcome, Lorrie. It has been such a pleasure to get to meet you in our online writers’ group and to watch the progress of The Nutshell Legacy The Nutshell Legacy I am anxious to share your story with our Australasian Christian Fiction Writers followers. I’m sure many of them will find the story of Bridgett …

Book Review | Tracking Tilly by Janice Thompson

Today I am reviewing Tracking Tilly by Janice Thompson Book Description Who Stole Tilly from the Auction Block? Breathe in the nostalgia of everything old red truck in book one of a new cozy mystery series. The Hadley family ranch is struggling, so RaeLyn, her parents, and brothers decide to turn the old barn into …

Tuesday Book Chat | 6 August 2024

Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today’s question is: What was your favourite Teenage read? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation by commenting on this post or on the blog post shared in our Australasian …

Devotional | Harping On

Will Heaven be boring? Nobody really knows! Those qualified by Christ are invited, in the end, to ‘enter into your rest!’ The secular world likes to depict Heaven as a region of white fluffy clouds, with chubby winged babies providing a harp soundtrack. There is a lot of confusion (or wishful thinking) out there about …

Fiction Friday | Dead Ahead by Susan J Bruce

Today for Fiction Friday I'm sharing my book recommendation for Susan J Bruce's excellent Aussie cozy mystery with rom com story elements, Dead Ahead, that's the first book in her Ruthless-the-Killer Mysteries series. Here's the Book Description: A deliciously twisty Aussie cozy mystery with a side of rom-com! Ruth is desperate for a fresh start, …

Writers Life | Hinting, asking, pleading, begging – for reviews

What a funny old place the publishing world has become. I remember reading a classic novel Miss Buncle’s Book. In this story a middle-aged spinster, Miss Buncle, found that her annuity from her investment wasn’t making ends meet. She decided to write a book to make money. She didn’t have much of an imagination, so …

Book Spotlight | The Forge by Chris Fabry

Narelle here. I'm excited to welcome Chris Fabry to our blog and share an interview about his new book, The Forge, that's releasing on August 6, 2024. Without giving too much away, can you tell us a little bit about the storyline of The Forge? The novel is slightly different from the film because it …

Tuesday Book Chat | 30 July 2024

Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today’s question is: What’s your favourite childhood read? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation by commenting on this post or on the blog post shared in our Australasian Christian …

Depression and Mustard Seed Faith

As I studied each extensive review on the Book Fun Readers Only web page, I fell into a state of humility. A time that felt almost overwhelming. How different would your struggle have been if you had taken your focus off the day-to-day struggle, and considered your situation with a more analytical mind? What would …