Today I’m delighted to be shining a spotlight on the newly released Queen Anna by Tony Riches as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Queen Anna is the first book in Tony’s Stuart Queens trilogy. Blurb A crown won in the eye of a storm. A queen who refuses … Continue reading Spotlight ~ Queen Anna by Tony Riches
Excerpt ~ The Duty of Daughters / El Deber de Las Hijas by Wendy J. Dunn
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Wendy J. Dunn’s novel, The Duty of Daughters, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Wendy is an award-winning Australian author of Tudor historical fiction, specialising in Anne Boleyn and Katherine of Aragon novels. The Duty of Daughters focuses on … Continue reading Excerpt ~ The Duty of Daughters / El Deber de Las Hijas by Wendy J. Dunn
A Panoramic Trip around Melbourne 1920
Panorama of MelbournePhotographer: Row, 251 Bourke Street. Courtesy State Library Victoria (SLV)The photograph can be enlarged or downloaded via this link https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/111604 The image above is an amazing rooftop panorama of Melbourne in 1920, taken from somewhere near (or possibly in the tower of) the General Post Office at the north east corner of Bourke … Continue reading A Panoramic Trip around Melbourne 1920
My Reading – July 2026
The Absolutist by John Boyne Seated opposite me in the railway carriage, the elderly lady in the fox-fur shawl was recalling some of the murders she had committed over the years. Howl by Howard Jacobson This is what will happen.
Well Begun – Some Books I Love
Every story has a beginning, an opening line. With some novels that the first sentence contain resonances for the whole novel, echoes or hints of what will come. Others reveal their themes slowly, line by line, over the first few paragraphs. Whatever the style of opening, the best offer a tantalising invitation to read on. … Continue reading Well Begun – Some Books I Love
Spotlight ~ Fearless Hearts Forbidden Love by Anthea Laurelton
Today I’m delighted to be shining a spotlight on Anthea Laurelton’s novel, Fearless Hearts Forbidden Love, a historical romance set in Ancient Sparta, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Blurb To save her city, she must risk her life.To fulfil his oath, he must harden his heart.Together, they … Continue reading Spotlight ~ Fearless Hearts Forbidden Love by Anthea Laurelton
Peace Day in Melbourne – 19 July 1919
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
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
Catherine Meyrick 