With two books already under her belt, Perth author Sara Foster has just released her third and much anticipated novel Shallow Breath, which takes Western Australian natives on a nostalgic journey back to their childhoods of the 1980s. The story is set around a number of central characters and just like in Foster’s first book Come Back To Me, each chapter is the point of view of a character, allowing readers to get into each person’s head. The story centres around Desi Priest, a woman … [Read more...]
Jan 24, 2013
Sara Foster visits deep, dark places for her third novel
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Filed Under: Author Interviews, Book Reviews · Tagged: animal welfare, atlantis, book review, Come Back to Me, perth, perth author, perth novel, Sara Foster, shallow breath, the cove
Jun 7, 2012
Pat Farmer and 21,000 kilometres – an interview
Pat Farmer might be a name you recognise from Australian politics. He was a federal member of parliament, representing the Liberal seat of Macarthur in south-west Sydney from 2001 to 2010 and served in the House of Representatives. Now away from politics, Pat has created himself a global reputation for endurance running and ultra-marathon racing which has seen him break numerous world records, including beating the long tropics run (6307 kilometres in 83 days) by 16 days. His most … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Adventure, Author Interviews, Book Reviews, Running · Tagged: endurance running, inspiration, Pat Farmer, pole to pole race, red cross, runner, running, ultra marathon
May 4, 2012
Sara Foster provides psychological thrills – an interview
If you’re a fan of Western Australian authors, then you’ll love what Sara Foster has to offer for book lovers. Her first published novel, Come Back to Me, was released in 2010 while her second, Beneath the Shadows, was highly anticipated and took over Perth bookshops with vigour in 2011. As I dialled her number, I caught Sara during her intense writing stage, feverishly finishing her third novel, Shallow Breath (due for release in December) and found her English accent quite a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Author Interviews, Book Reviews · Tagged: author, book, book review, books, Come Back to Me, Sara Foster, WA authors, Western Australian author
Mar 30, 2012
Loretta removes the mystery of a mining man’s world – an interview
Opting for freshly squeezed orange juice rather than a coffee at a local café by the Canning River, Loretta Hill and I sit down for a one-on-one chat about her new book The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots, an adventurous novel of red dust, hardships and romance set just outside Karratha, Western Australia. The book focuses on fictional character Lena Todd, a newly graduated engineer who is flown to the Pilbara to partake in an extraordinarily large construction job and finds herself amongst 350 … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Author Interviews, Book Reviews · Tagged: author, book review, books, girl in steel capped boots, Loretta Hill, mining, western australia
