blog Archives - Paula Stevenson Writer

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase…Joan Aiken

August 23, 2019

(Jen Storer recommend this in one of the latest Q and Q Fridays as an example of voice) This novel was published in 1962 by Jonathon Cape. It was one of the first full length novels Joan Aiken ...

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Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy…Karen Foxlee

August 22, 2019

I discovered Karen Foxlee a few years ago with the success of her first novel. The Anatomy of Wings 2007 and I heard her speak at a Byron Bay Writers Festival. She had me hooked when I read that ...

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Reading is my Secret Power…Book Week 2019

August 21, 2019

My closest town , Scone is a typical country town with too many pubs and too many empty shops. But, despite the Upper Hunter Council’s mismanagement, we do still have a library, although ...

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Daisy and Mr Darcy

August 18, 2019

I have been travelling from my farm to the small town of Murrurundi, for nearly 20 years…for a yoga class. It’s a special town for me, a town that attracts creative spirits. As a ...

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Authors and Illustrators in the wild

August 2, 2019

I drove down to the urban jungle on Wednesday to attend the 10th birthday celebrations of the CBCA Northern suburbs sub branch. Its theme was Xmas in July as well so there were lots of reindeer ...

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The Dairy

July 28, 2019

The land of the Dorrigo Plateau, north of Armidale, is fertile and it rains every other day.Water bubbles out of the ground from springs, all the creeks have small cascades and the dams are ...

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Hadamar…House of Shudders

July 19, 2019

Review of ‘Hadamar’ by Jason K. Foster. Big Sky Publishing. 2019 This is a work of historical fiction based on events that occurred in Nazi Germany from 1938-1945. It begins in 2017 ...

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Books in Homes

July 1, 2019

Last week I had the privilege of attending two local schools as part of the Books in Homes programme. Books in Homes Australia is a charitable foundation that provides books-of-choice to children ...

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Be brave and take risks

June 12, 2019

It all began during one of Jen Storer’s Live Scribbles rounds. She asked us to consider a mantra for the year ahead. I had been happily writing each day, posting blogs and enjoying being ...