Patricia Leslie

Recharging the batteries with an extra long weekend away down the south coast proved to be something of a revelation. We chose to stay in...

I sat down at my computer to write a witty and profound blog post and was faced with this… Blankness. Sometimes writing on demand just...

Set in Cann River in Australia’s rugged southern wilderness, The Legacy of Old Gran Parks is a tale of a remote town haunted by a legacy,...

If you don't count my Kindle #tbr list, then my pile of books waiting for me to read appears quite manageable. No, wait! Beauty in the...

My absolute favourite fiction read has to be The Stand by Stephen King. Or maybe it was The Dead Zone... Hang on, no it's definitely The...

I have to admit that I don't have one favourite author. I have multiple all-time favourites! John Steinbeck, Stephen King, Stephen R...

Some people only ever read one genre, others might have two or three, yet others will read absolutely anything they can get hold of (like...

Reader interview: which are the first books you recall ever reading?

Heart of Brass is a fun, historical steampunk fantasy set across London and Australia in the 1850s. Author, Felicity Banks has managed to...

I thought that, as a woman, writing strong female characters would be a snap. What I didn’t figure, was how easy it was to fall into...