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Upcoming appearances and Pre-order forms

Posted in A writer's life, author appearances, Author signing event, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 4, 2026| Leave a Comment »

I have a number of appearances coming up in September and October and some early next year.

First up, a late invite to Oz-Comicon in Sydney next weekend for Matthew Farrer and me (12-13 September). Matthew will be up for talking about Warhammer 40K writing, other game writing that he does. He won’t have stuff to sell but he might have QR codes.

I’ll be up for talking about books or selling books or signing books or saying hi.

Oz-Comicon pre-order form is here. It will open on a new tab. Pre-orders work if you are in a hurry and it’s crazy busy at the convention. Also, you can get a preview of what might be on offer but I may not bring all my stock.

Next up is Books and Beyond in Ourimbah, NSW on 27 September, 2026. This is a great book event. Here is the link to the website. Here. Free entry and indie authors of all kinds. It’s a cute space too, with a cafe and next to a massive hardware store. The pre-order link is here.

Then in October we have Once Upon a Fairytale, October 10 in Campbelltown. A first time event, which looks to have sold out, but do check for tickets. The pre-order form is here.

Then there is the Steampunk Fair in Goulburn. I’m so looking forward to two days and I’ll be dressing up. I’m hoping to make a new costume but mmm time is getting away from me. The pre order form link is here.

Then a big one Books in Sight in Canberra. I don’t think there’s been one here before. There is a typo in this ad so I’m waiting for a new one. Pre-order link is here.

In 2027 I have a couple of early appearances.

First up is Orchards and Authors in Batlow. I have never been to Batlow. It’s not far from Canberra and the event seems so fascinating. Here is a little about the event. My pre order link is here. Why not step out and check out Batlow and the Apple Thief Cider place?

And then on 14 March, it is Romantic Rendezvous time in Canberra! I’m so excited! My pre-order form is here. Although I may have yet another book or two before then so keep checking back.

That is it for now. I am looking forward to a rest in November and December!

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Ages of Pages

Posted in A writer's life, Australian author, author appearances, Author signing event, Keri Arthur, New Zealand, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 10, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Hamilton is a lovely city. Keri and I stayed close to the venue and did a big long walk to Hamilton Gardens. It was $20 to see the themed gardens and expect to see photos from these pop up here and later. I reckon I could get a mystical door way theme going.

The event was quite big. A lot of authors and cool vendors and well organised. It was well organised. Some authors did fabulously well. Keri Arthur for one. Laura Hunter said she did great. Me, not too great but not bad either considering I am still building a following and I haven’t ever appeared at a NZ event before.

It was lovely to meet readers and also connect with authors who I knew but haven’t seen in a while. Waves to Lee Murray. Or authors I know online such as Mary Brock Jones. We were table buddies being placed next to each other. I met a librarian and also a rep from the NZ Society of Authors. The beauty of this book event is that it is free to readers. Yes, there are VIP tickets I think and raffles but basically it is free. I recall they do an anthology for charity too.

While I wasn’t busy at the table I scoped out a series. I did a lot of writing down of world building, story arc, characters and plot. It’s very weird but I was inspired by Nalini Singh when on panels at the ARRA event. She talked about her 12 book Psy-Changeling series and how she wrote the first book and a scene for the final book at the same time. I haven’t ever tried planning so hugely. Actually I lie, when I first wrote a book, an SF romance with feminist overtones, Relic, I mapped out a six book series, a cross galactic, alien and sex and gods and planet settling thing. However, I never published that book. It was in 2000 and SF romance wasn’t a big thing, I was a new writer, there was no self publishing then and while I had two different agents around that time, it never went anywhere and I wrote other things. I did get feedback from author friend that I should write it later on when I was more experienced. Maybe I will, who knows.

Anyway, I wrote the first scene in that scoped series the other day. However, I have lots of things going on writing wise and need to apply my ADHD post menopause brain to achieve more and faster.

Anyway, take aways from NZ and Ages of Pages. NZ is always worth a visit. Ages of Pages is a great event. Not sure I’ll go again but you never know as I always have a reason to visit NZ so makes sense.

Here is the photo bomb!

Chinese section of Hamilton Gardens

Photo by Keri Arthur. Me in the pagoda thing Hamilton Gardens

Japanese section of Hamilton Gardens. Lovely lamp.

Italian section of the Hamilton Gardens. Romulus and Remus being fed by the wolf.

Egyptian Wall Hamilton Gardens

Small statue in the picturesque section? Not sure. Hamilton Gardens.

Unicorn from Tudor garden section Hamilton Gardens

Egyptian pool, Hamilton Gardens.

Keri taking a photo of me, Chinese section Hamilton Gardens. Some great reflection going on there.

The photo Keri took of me in the Chinese gardens.

This is a shot from leaving the themed gardens. Hamilton Gardens.

This gum was in the Hamilton Gardens, general area. It’s very impressive.

Also, we walked around the street and found some amazing trees. I asked Keri to pose with this huge Plane tree so you can see how thick the trunk was.

We did about 18,000 steps that day.

At Ages of Pages

Me and Laura Hunter at Ages of Pages

Keri at her table before she sold out of some of her books.

My table at Ages of Pages

At dinner on the eve of Ages of Pages at The Cook pup. Keri, JO Mantel, assistant to Laura, Laura and me grinning like a ghoul.

Anyhow, I am back home and I’ve done some stuff and will be blogging all that over the next few days.

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