Month: April 2016
I’m not sure where this story came from. I was sitting in front of my computer thinking about rose petals floating on water, for no particular reason, then they turned into leaves and so this story began. * * * Timothy sat upon his… Continue Reading “Flash Fiction: Timothy’s close call, a 270-word-short-story”
Posted on April 27, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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“There will come a day when a thousand Illegals descend on your detention centres. Boomers will breach the walls. Skychangers will send lightning to strike you all down from above, and Rumblers will open the earth to swallow you up from below. . .… Continue Reading “Review: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina”
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: Aboriginal Author, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Ashala, Ashala Wolf, Aussie Author, Australian Author, book review, Dystopian, dystopian YA, Love OZ YA, LoveOZYA, Review: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina, The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina, The Tribe, The Tribe Series, Ya Book Review, YA Fiction, YA Fiction Book Review
Posted on April 24, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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Reading Moore and Reppion’s adaption of The Complete Alice in Wonderland last week got me in the mood for a Wonderland themed Babble. Haha that sounds like me! My favorite Lewis Carroll Quotes: * “I can’t go back to yesterday – because I was a different person… Continue Reading “Bookish Babble: Y16.W11”
Posted on April 20, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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Take one politely stubborn and opinionated young girl. Add an overactive imagination. Shake in a heavy mix of puzzling and bizarre guides. Reduce all morals and lessons to the nonsensical degree and send it all on a journey to nowhere… These are the ingredients… Continue Reading “Review: The Complete Alice in Wonderland by Carroll adapted by Moore & Reppion”
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: adapted, Alice in wonderland, book review, Classic, Comic, comic book, Comic Book Review, Comics & Graphic Novels, Erica Awano, illustrated, illustrated by Erica Awano, John Reppion, Leah Moore, Lewis Carroll, review, The Complete Alice in Wonderland, The Complete Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll adapted by Leah Moore and John Reppion, Wonderland
Posted on April 14, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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My husband Shane, our Son Riley and I traveled 9865 kilometers (6130 miles) in 38 days, living out of our Toyota Landcrusier 80 series 4WD, trekking to the tip of Australia. We did this trip back in July–August 2015 and I’m only now getting… Continue Reading “Recap: Family Road Trip”
Category: Humanoid ‘ish’Tags: 4wd, 4WD Action, 4WD camping trip, 80 Series, Aussie Camping Trip, Australia, Cairns, Cape York, Coconut Holiday Park, family camping trip, family holiday, Horn Island, Ilfracombe, Landcruiser, Landcruiser 80 Series, living out of a 4WD, Longreach, Lorella Springs, Outback Australia, roof top tent, Stockmans Hall of Fame, The great barrier reef, Thursday Island, Tip of Australia walk, Toyota, Toyota Landcruiser, Toyota Landcruiser 80 Series, Trip around Australia, Trip to the Tip of Australia, Undara
I was checking up on series that I’m waiting on the next books in > which took me the The Soul Thief and this quote I liked from it > which lead me into making this weeks babble about wizards. The Wizards Edition: Wizard. Noun. (in legends and fairy tales)… Continue Reading “Bookish Babble: Y16.W10”
Category: Bookish BabbleTags: Bookish Babble, Bookish Meme, bookish memes, Bookish Quote, computer meme, harry potter meme, harry potter memes, Majanka Verstraete, quote, The Soul Thief, The Soul Thief (Angel of Death #1) by Majanka Verstraete, wizard meme, wizard memes
The weekend just passed was the fourth annual Newcastle Writers Festival at which I volunteered all day Saturday and Sunday. It was a tiring, yet extremely rewarding experience. I met some really lovely people and even got to listen in on some really brilliant sessions.… Continue Reading “Newcastle Writers Festival”
Posted on April 3, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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Fresh on the heels of Michelle Payne’s historic Melbourne Cup win, comes a blockbuster Australian story about a Queensland girl and the ‘race that stops a nation’ . . . Tully Athens has always dreamed of following in the footsteps of her hero Michelle… Continue Reading “Review: Race Girl by Leigh Hutton”
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: dirt bike racing, Girl Power, Go Girls, Go Girls Chronicles, horse racing, Jump Girl, Leigh Hutton, like a girl, new release, RACE GIRL, Real Life Jump Girl, Real Life Rev Girl, RELEASED TODAY, Rev Girl, RIDE Like A Girl, The Melbourne Cup
Posted on April 1, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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His blood called to my blood like a magnetic current. No matter how much I tried to fight, I couldn’t escape his pull. My body moved towards him without my permission. My chest felt tight and my heart raced as if trying to explode… Continue Reading “Flash Fiction: Burned, a 250-word short story”
Category: Flash Fiction & PoetryTags: being burned, burning desire, burning for love, dark fantasy, Death, desire, earth magic, earth power, fantasy, Flash Fiction & Poetry, flash fiction friday, Love, short story
