Although the Armistice was signed just after 5 o’clock in the morning of 11 November 1918 and the guns fell silent at 11 o’clock, the war did not officially end until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919. To mark this longed for moment, King George V requested that a special … Continue reading Peace Day in Melbourne – 19 July 1919
Author: Catherine Meyrick
Spotlight ~ Kindle the Light of Liberty by Mirta Ines Trupp
Today I’m delighted to be shining a spotlight on Mirta Ines Trupp’s newly released novel, Kindle the Light of Liberty, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Blurb They had no voice. They held no power. Yet they helped decide the fate of a nation. In the bustling streets … Continue reading Spotlight ~ Kindle the Light of Liberty by Mirta Ines Trupp
My Reading – June 2026
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr When the train stopped I stumbled out, nudging and kicking the kitbag before me. My Story by Peter Cosgrove On the afternoon of 28 July 1947, Warrant Officer Class 2 John Cosgrove was sitting on a tank turret in the middle of the Puckapunyal firing range in … Continue reading My Reading – June 2026
Excerpt ~ Fables & Lies by Elisabeth Storrs
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Elisabeth Storrs’s recently released novel Fables & Lies: A World War II Novel Based on a True Story as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club . Fables & Lies is set in Berlin during World War 2 and is also … Continue reading Excerpt ~ Fables & Lies by Elisabeth Storrs
Book Review – A Profitable Wife by Kat Christensen
Blurb Set against the expansion of a nation, from the aftermath of the War of 1812 to the era preceding the Civil War, this story ushers you into a world teeming with romance, jealousy, murder, and the unyielding spirit of survival. Meet Easter, a formidable young woman who carves her homestead from the 1830s American … Continue reading Book Review – A Profitable Wife by Kat Christensen
Excerpt ~ The Queen’s Sister by Carol McGrath
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Carol McGrath’s newly released novel, The Queen’s Sister, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Blurb A mother, a wife, a woman of substance... At nineteen, Elizabeth Seymour is already a mother, has been recently widowed, and seen her Queen, … Continue reading Excerpt ~ The Queen’s Sister by Carol McGrath
Review – There and Back: The Story of an Australian Soldier 1915-35 by A Tiveychoc
There and Back: The Story of an Australian Soldier 1915-351 is the memoir of Rowland Edward Lording (1899-1944) writing as A Tiveychoc. The pen name is a reference to the 8th Infantry Brigade commanded by Major General Edwin Tivey in which Lording served. Lording, writing as Tiveychoc, says at the beginning that the narrative ‘mirrors … Continue reading Review – There and Back: The Story of an Australian Soldier 1915-35 by A Tiveychoc
Spotlight ~ The Agincourt King by Mercedes Rochelle (Audiobook)
Today I’m delighted to be shining a spotlight on the audiobook version of Mercedes Rochelle’s novel The Agincourt King, narrated by Kevin E. Green, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Agincourt King is Book 5 in Mercedes’ series, The Plantagenet Legacy. Blurb From the day he was … Continue reading Spotlight ~ The Agincourt King by Mercedes Rochelle (Audiobook)
My Reading – May 2026
Three Reasons for Revenge by Dervla McTiernan The beach was where they went to play. A Profitable Wife by Kat Christensen The first time I heard this infamous family lore I was about nine years old, perched on a footstool next to my grandmother’s rocking chair.
An Aquatic Carnival on the Somme – May 1918
During World War 1 when soldiers were not in the front line, they were considered to be at ‘rest’. This was not leisure time but rather a rest from the trenches. They were kept busy, often with the manual labour of working parties as well as drills, training and parades. These periods also provided soldiers … Continue reading An Aquatic Carnival on the Somme – May 1918
