Patricia Leslie

The Olive Sisters by Amanda Hampson Penguin Books 2005 To write fantasy fiction, especially historical fantasy fiction, reading a wide...

Book review: The Blue Rose by Kate Forsyth Published 2019 by Vintage Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia “Moving between...

I have a varied handful of articles for you this month, everything from Instagram hashtags to Gaelic poems, to Gene Stratton-Porter. I'm...

From Pearl Harbour to Sydney, a forgotten secret could unite a family - or destroy it.

It interests me to see how thinking and worldview is shaped by major events. We think we’re all individuals, yet we’re also the outcome...

Love is enjoying the company of others, accepting what they have to give us, their truths, and giving back truth and compassion in return.

I’ve thought long and hard for a good five minutes and come up with this list of wacky ideas for writing: where, how, and what to tap...

The Heroines Festival was held in the Thirroul Community Centre in September. A great little venue attached to the library and within...

Illustration by Erin-Claire Barrow Stories to Read by Candlelight is a collection of eight short stories written by Jean Lorrain a 19th...

It's #weloveourauthors month at Odyssey Books and I've been holding on to this review of The Dark Poet until it was Kathryn Gossow's turn...