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Living a Low Tox Life with Alexx Stuart

Posted on 27 August 2018 by admin

Discover how you can live a low tox life with educator, activist, change agent and author Alexx Stuart at our author talk and book signing event. Learn how to make:

Coffee body scrub
Natural air freshener
Low tox dry shampoo

Meet the author at Epping Community Centre on Saturday 22 September 2018 at 2.30pm, to learn more and to book click here.

PUZZLE 12 – Think Outside the Box – URBAN Themed

Posted on 22 August 2018 by Jody

PUZZLE TWELVE

Wednesday 22 August 2018

Can you guess the URBAN themed BOOK – TV SERIES – MOVIE?

Solve the Rebus Puzzle by sounding out the pictures from left to right

Click HERE to enter!

You have until Friday 31 August to get your answers in.

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!

PUZZLE 11 – Think Outside the Box – URBAN Themed

Posted on 15 August 2018 by Jody

PUZZLE ELEVEN

Wednesday 15 August 2018

Can you guess the URBAN themed MOVIE?

Solve the Rebus Puzzle by sounding out the pictures from left to right

Click HERE to enter!

You have until Friday 31 August to get your answers in.

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!

PUZZLE 10 – Think Outside the Box – URBAN Themed

Posted on 8 August 2018 by Jody

PUZZLE TEN

Wednesday 8 August 2018

Can you guess the URBAN themed MOVIE?

Solve the Rebus Puzzle by sounding out the pictures from left to right

Click HERE to enter!

You have until Friday 31 August to get your answers in.

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!

Ned Kelly Awards 2018 Shortlist

Posted on 3 August 2018 by Jody

The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing.

The shortlisted works in each category are:

Best crime fiction

Marlborough Man (Alan Carter, Fremantle Press)
Under Cold Bright Lights (Garry Disher, Text)
Redemption Point (Candice Fox, Bantam)
Crossing the Lines (Sulari Gentill, Pantera)
The Lone Child (Anna George, Viking)
The Student (Iain Ryan, Echo)

Best true crime

The Contractor (Mark Abernethy, Pan Macmillan)
Unmaking A Murder: The Mysterious Death of Anna Jane Cheney (Graham Archer, Ebury)
The Suitcase Baby (Tanya Bretherton, Hachette)
The Fatalist (Campbell McConachie, Hachette)
Whiteley on Trial (Gabriella Coslovich, MUP)

Best first fiction

Wimmera (Mark Brandi, Hachette)
The Dark Lake (Sarah Bailey, A&U)
The Girl in Keller’s Way (Megan Goldin, Michael Joseph)
See What I Have Done (Sarah Schmidt, Hachette).

The winners will be announced on 26 August during the Melbourne Writers Festival.