Posted on May 18, 2017
by Sarah Fairbairn
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Night Swimming by Steph Bowe Paperback, 311 pages Publication: April 3rd 2017 Publisher: Text Publishing Source: Review copy from publisher Thank You Text Add to Goodreads Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Steph Bowe is back. Night Swimming is a love story with a twist,…
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MG, DefaultTags: #aww2017, Aussie Author, Australian Author, Australian Women’s Writer Challenge 2017, contemporary, diversity, Family, fiction, friendship, LGBTQIA, Love OZ YA, LoveOZYA, mental health, Mental Health Issues, Night Swimming, sexuality, Steph Bowe, Text Publishing, The Text Publishing Company, YA Fiction, Young Adult, Young Adult Literature
Posted on May 2, 2017
by Sarah Fairbairn
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Meet Nevo: girl, boy, he, she, him, her, they, them, daughter, son, teacher, student, friend, gay, bi, lesbian, trans, homo, Jew, dyke, masculine, feminine, androgynous, queer. Nevo was not born in the wrong body. Nevo just wants everyone to catch up with all that…
Category: Book Promotions, Special FeaturesTags: acceptance, autobiography, Black Dog Books, Bullying, Family, Finding Nevo, Memoir, Nevo Zisin, queer, self discovery, transgender, weight issues
He stands next to my bed smiling at me. The most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen. The cheeky devil is lucky he’s so damn cute. He is up, so as far as he is concerned the rest of us should be. “Mummy get up”…
Category: Flash Fiction & Poetry, Humanoid ‘ish’, Special FeaturesTags: Buzz Lightyear, children, early morning wake up call, early mornings, Family, Kids, motherhood, Parenthood, Sunday cartoons, three year olds, Toy Story
Posted on January 22, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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So my attempt at NaNoWriMo 2015 was a bit on the Go Slow. Life got in the way. But I intend to finish the story I started. So far I’m calling it, Discovering Home, but that’s its working title and may change. The longest continuous piece I…
Category: Flash Fiction & Poetry, Special FeaturesTags: disappearances, Family, family history, Family Secrets, fantasy, fiction, Grandmothers, Love, mystery, NaNoWriMo, NANOWriMo 2015, Paranormal, romance, Secrets, Witches, YA, Young Adult
Posted on December 30, 2015
by Sarah Fairbairn
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Christmas is over for another year and as it goes it drains me of all my cheer Regardless of your religion I hope you got to be with the ones you love And found solace in whatever you believe is above We go into…
Category: Humanoid ‘ish’Tags: children, Christmas, Earth, Family, fear, Global Warming, happiness, life, Loss, Love, Mankind, Monsters, Mother Nature, motherhood, New Years, One Love, Parenting, Peace, poem, Poetry, Recycling, Religion, Trees, war
Posted on December 23, 2015
by Sarah Fairbairn
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Saga, Volume 1 (Saga: Collected Editions #1) by Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Fiona Staples (Artist) When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. Saga is…
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, DefaultTags: baby alien, Brian K. Vaughan, Family, fantasy, Fiona Staples, for adults, intergalactic war, Love, new life, pain, Parenthood, Saga, Saga Volume 1, Science Fiction, sexy, subversive drama, war, world building
Posted on August 30, 2015
by Sarah Fairbairn
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By Jenn Bennett – Night Owls (UK & AU) The Anatomical Shape of a Heart (US). Published: 13th August 2015. Thanks to Jenn Bennett, Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for giving me a copy in exchange for an honest review. Feeling alive is…
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MG, DefaultTags: art, Beatrix, Bex, Book Lover, book review, Family, fiction, Get Read, Graffiti, hope, Jenn Bennett, Love, Night Owls, passion, review, romance, San Francisco, Street Art, The Anatomical Shape of a Heart, YA, Ya Book Review, YA Fiction, Young Adult
