Author Archives: karenwhittleherbert

So delighted to announce that Fremantle Press have offered to publish my second book. They have been such a delight to work with this year and I’m looking forward to continuing on with them. @FremantlePress #FremantlePress

Originally posted on wake up and smell the humans:
Book Face at Erina Fair, NSW, Australia Gnostic Forest at Woy Woy, NSW, Australia My short story collection, “Dead People Don’t Make Jam”, is now available for sale at two outlets on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia. If you’re a Coastie, or in the region,…

I wasn’t going to read this book, but I did and I loved it.

Imagine you are in your bed. It is night time, the blankets are warm, and your pillow is soft. The room – because you are fortunate enough to sleep in a room, in a house – is dark and quiet. Maybe you sleep next to a partner and they snuffle and twitch as they fallContinue reading “Curiouser and and curiouser”

They’re not the first and if I know anything about what goes on in retirement villages, they won’t be the last. Spoiler alert: the characters in my debut novel keep their clothes on. — Read on http://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/we-laughed-our-heads-off-cheeky-aged-care-calendar-a-hit-20200625-p5566z.html

Encouraging news from the Australian book industry – Australian Society of Authors (ASA) — Read on http://www.asauthors.org/news/encouraging-news-from-the-australian-book-industry

Hooray for Churches of Christ in Queensland for their recognition of aged care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not all superheroes wear capes. Indeed.

I figure if I’m going to be asking (cajoling, begging, pleading) people to read my book next year, it is only right to promote other Australian authors. Holden Sheppard is a good writer to start with because he is a fellow Geraldton kid. I read his Invisible Boys (Fremantle Press) last year and loved it.Continue reading “Invisible Boys”