In the third installment of the Magdalene Trilogy, Kathleen McGowan takes us on a journey of spiritual discovery via the Renaissance and the maxim, ‘Art Will Save the World.’ The book opens with the story of Saint Felecitas and the death of her seven sons. We learn the difference between true martyrdom and fanaticism, of […]
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After Maureen Paschal’s amazing discovery of the Arques Gospel of Mary Magdalene, she begins the task of writing Her Story. Two years later during another dream vision she is told by Easa, Jesus Christ, she must search for a secret book, his gospel, written in his hand, the Book of Love. She can find no […]
The first in the Magdalene Line Trilogy, The Expected One begins in 72AD in the foothills of the south of France, an area known as Southern Gaul. Mary Magdalene stares out of a cavern at the night sky. She feels the presence of those she loved and knows they are getting closer. Returning to her […]
Three generations of Stewart family women, Maggie the matriarch, her daughter Toni and Toni’s daughter Felicity live on a wheat and sheep property in outback Western Australia. The chance find by Felicity of a concealed box will shatter Toni’s core beliefs. Can she come to terms with these changes or will she be estranged from […]
Dahlia Nightfall is the first book of Young Adult Fiction written by twelve year old Charlotte Lowe. Charlotte has captured her reader’s attention with the opening sentence, ‘The stars were minuscule pinpoints of light in the sky as I advanced silently toward the enormous wire fence looming over me.’ Early in the book we discover […]
The Midnight Palace is the second book in Zafon’s series for young adults. A magical tale of mystery and adventure set in Calcutta from 1916 to 1932. A supernatural thriller of murder, chilling crimes and ghostly stories from the nineteenth century set with a backdrop of Jheeter’s Gate Railway Station. Although written for young adults […]
As an aspiring writer I realised reading was essential element to becoming a better writer. The question then was what to read. Books of all genres have been part of my life since primary school, but amazingly I seem to have overlooked the classics; the likes of Jane Austen, F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. […]
The Great Gatsby – Written by F Scott Fitzgerald – Movie Directed by Baz Luhrmann Most of us know the name, an American classic crafted by Fitzgerald in the 1920’s. A story of greed, corruption, excess and lives unfulfilled. The central figure is Jay Gatsby, a playboy millionaire who hosts wild parties every weekend at […]
For those people not acquainted with Jane Austen’s work, this is a great introduction. A beautiful piece of writing. A novel within a novel. A story about Samantha McDonough, an American librarian in 2013 and Rebecca Stanhope, the daughter of a clergyman in 1802. The story starts in 2013. Samantha is in London with her […]
‘IT SCREAMED DOWNWARD, splitting air and sky without effort. A target expanded in size, brought into focus by time and velocity. There was a moment before impact that was the last instant of things as they were. Then the visible world exploded.’ The opening to Steven Galloway’s third book, The Cellist of Sarajevo is a […]