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Language Of The Day So happy to have this guest post from Apple Gidley, sharing her views on keeping language of characters true to a time and place, especially when writing historical fiction. She’s the author …

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Delighted to have been a guest blogger on @maryannwrites-24.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #Language @vineleavespress.bsky.social @histnovsoc.bsky.social #WW2 #NewGuinea #Singapore #BerlinBlockade #Cambridgeshire @australianbooks.bsky.social #AustraliaArmyNurses

God forbid!

Now.... let me think of a comparison - oh yes, Trump's new ballroom!

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Come and join us, this evening 8pm this evening. Hear from new works, old works, all works!
#memoir #fiction #WarFiction #mystery #tragedy #weird #HistoricalFiction Something for everyone - see you at eight!

It's usually a pass for me if any book is described as such!

I’m Trying to Smell the Roses! It’s been a trying week. Oh hell, let’s call it what it is. It’s been a trying year. Nothing personally dramatic has occurred—how fortunate I am. No, I’m talking about the daily offerings of those …

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#USPolitics #Trump #children #Farage #idiocy #wildflowers #travel #innocence

Coming Soon! @histnovsoc.bsky.social @deborahswift.bsky.social @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social @katmezzacappa.bsky.social #WWII @berlinblockade.bsky.social @australianbooks.bsky.social #AANS #Berlin @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @usafacts.org #ChocolateSoldier #GailHalvorsen #History #LiteraryFiction

The shame that is the #US at the moment knows no bounds #Korea #ICE

A coherent and true analysis of today's America! #Guns #Trump

I'm so incredibly impressed you have 3 books out in a year. Two is nearly killing me! Bravo.

He is not welcome!
#Trump in case you were wondering who 'he' is!

I don't know about you, but the news around the world is pretty awful these days. If I hadn't written Finding Serenissima, I'd be tempted to pick up a copy and escape to #Venice #Travel #Italy @australianbooks.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social @margieinitaly.bsky.social @womenover50travel.bsky.social

Well, now, doesn’t that just make the award a farce?

New Audiobook in The Elizabethan Series: Bess - Tudor Gentlewoman. Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, this is the story of Bess Raleigh, one of the last true Elizabethans
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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook

It seems Brazil has a stronger Supreme Court, more in tune with actual democracy, than the US.

Delighted to have been a first-line judge for this wonderful #competition @vineleavespress.bsky.social Some tremendous entries. Congratulations, and good luck to all those long-listed. To those who weren't - keep writing! #writing #nonfiction #memoir
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Annie's Day by Apple Gidley - Review Copy | BookSirens Join the review team for Annie's Day. Read it for free before the rest of the world does. Share your honest review. Discover hundreds of other books in your favorite genres.

ARC's up on booksirens.com/book/KSA3AU7... #WorldWarII and beyond from an #Australian Army #nurse's perspective #historicalfiction #war #Culture #fiction #bookclub

Cape Leeuwin in #WestAustralia one of the "three great capes" of the world named by English navigator Matthew Flinders after the first ship known to have sailed the waters. Pretty damn awesome to stand at the #lighthouse imagination soaring.

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#ARC of #AnniesDay available #HistFiction from an Australian army nurse's perspective @australianbooks.bsky.social @readability.bsky.social #WorldWarII #BerlinBlockade @bars.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk @bookspotlight.bsky.social #Bookclubs #literary #Wartime
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Annie's Day by Apple Gidley - Review Copy | BookSirens Join the review team for Annie's Day. Read it for free before the rest of the world does. Share your honest review. Discover hundreds of other books in your favorite genres.

Woohoo - here's your chance for an ARC for Annie's Day, in return for a review .... you know where, and 70 or so days in which to do that!
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Annie's Day drops Nov 18 @vineleavespress.bsky.social #AustralianFiction @australianbooks.bsky.social #WWII #BerlinAirlift #NewGuinea @maxuechtritz.bsky.social #IWMLondon #Sydney #ContemporaryFiction @histnovsoc.bsky.social Available for Pre Order shorturl.at/cUXbU @katmezzacappa.bsky.social

Delighted to be featured @portybelle.bsky.social @vineleavespress.bsky.social #Venice #ContemporaryFiction #WomensFiction #LiteraryFiction #Parenting #Alzheimers #SecondChances #WomenOver50 #ItalianStories #bookclub #novel @australianbooks.bsky.social #bookstores

When America couldn't come together to change gun laws after children were slaughtered at Sandy Hook, I'm afraid I lost faith!
You're right no one has to live like this, but we do! #gunlaws #Guncontrol

Annie's Day due for release Nov 18th by @vineleavespress.bsky.social @asauthors.bsky.social #Historical @histnovsoc.bsky.social #Bookclub #Singapore #NewGuinea #Berlin #Fiction

Here I am in #Armidale #NSW #Australia - my old stomping ground through seven years at boarding school #NEGS A lot of buildings gone, and a lot of new buildings in their place, but the most striking thing was the same ethos permeates the premises. #schooldays #writing #Fiction

Thanks so much! Looking forward to the #RoystonBookFair on September 27th @philoddy.com #books #SupportingAuthors #writers #Fiction #historical #writing

Winners of Cover of the Month Contest | AllAuthor Cover of the Month is a book cover contest organized monthly. Check out all the past and current winners of the contest!

Thank you to all who voted for Finding Serenissima cover of the month - it came third! All kudos to #JessicaBell who designed it - absolutely gorgeous @vineleavespress.bsky.social #Coverdesign #bookclub #writing
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Winners of Cover of the Month Contest | AllAuthor Cover of the Month is a book cover contest organized monthly. Check out all the past and current winners of the contest!

So many thanks to everyone who voted for Finding Serenissima - especially the cover designer #JessicaBell - we made it!
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