[Interview] Matt Galanos

I Wanted Them To Be Big And Scary Dane Thorburn and Nature’s Revenge follows a courageous hero who needs to find out why Dragons are invading their land and why they are after the Princess. What was the inspiration for the setup to your story? [Matt Galanos]: It was based on a question I asked myself as a result of the ending of the previous book. In Dane Thorburn and the City of Lost Souls, Dane manages to rescue the Princess from an ancient, long-lost wizard prison that no one has ever escaped from in the history of the land [read more...]

[Radio Interview] Matt Galanos – 12th Nov 2022

Richard chats with Matt Galanos one of the country's leading CFOs and he is also one of the country's best selling fantasy adventure fiction authors - the creator of the widely popular Dane Thorburn series.

Stories from my Home-Based micro-Business

This book describes the partial memoirs of Harald “Harry” Werner Shulten. It is partially about “escapism” – a basic component of the Human Psyche. Escapism into the protected shell of my home. It describes my attempts over many decades to work from home. My attempts didn’t always go well. In the '70s, my parents owned two delicatessens, with a residence at the back. After that, I started teaching music from home. I then branched out into other areas – research, writing, consultancy, and whatever else I could find. In the book, I [read more...]

Reflections on the Journey of Faith

In a world not attuned to waiting and that frequently desires instant answers and achievement, it is important sometimes to stop and reflect on the journey we have embarked upon. And life is a journey. The life of faith is a journey, and it is one that we share with so many others. That is important when we think of the journey as one that includes both gift and calling, challenge and encouragement. It is obviously a two-way engagement. As in the first volume, the reflections in this book broadly follow the Christian year and are [read more...]

[Book Review] Cloud Surfing

Law Society Journal of New South Wales Cloud Surfing Author: Bill Austen Reviewer: Brian Dale On JUN 01, 2021 7:00 AM AEST Self-published memoirs are usually vanity projects and rarely worth reviewing.  Bill Austen’s irreverent Cloud Surfing isn’t one.  Like many young people, he wanted to fly. And he did, ending up for years as Captain of that unique aircraft, known by those who love the romance of flying as the Queen of the Sky – the Boeing 747. The 747 took so many Australians to the world, opening new horizons and it had [read more...]

Untamed Thoughts of a Middle Aged House Wife

Untamed Thoughts of a Middle Aged House Wife is a collection of sexually explicit short stories that the author Fiona Warren wrote and collaborated over the years during her career within the Adult industry as an “Adult Toy” specialist. Her fantasy driven tales of sexual encounters are loosely based on real life events or fantasies that her customers, friends and followers have shared with her. Just how much is true? You be the judge!

Kurdaitcha Descent

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David's life was in shambles. His service in the Vietnam War had left him with intense psychological trauma, which resulted in the once successful civil engineer being trapped in his own personal hell. That was until a series of mystical encounters with a mysterious Australian Aboriginal shaman led his life in a direction he did not expect. Does David really understand the Aboriginal culture; or is he getting deeper into something beyond his understanding? Will David's new role as the shaman's kurdaitcha, the tribe member who [read more...]

University Boulevard

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Entering the university, Nima and his close friend, Farid, experience mixed gender education for the first time in their life. Nima falls in love with his classmate, Taban, an elegant girl who is not afraid to break the rigid religious rules and follow her passions. Struggling to express his true feelings to Taban, Nima befriends a group of reformist students and finds himself in the middle of convoluted political activities against the Islamic government which drastically changes his ideology and, subsequently, his entire [read more...]

We launched boats and a book!

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The Moruya River dragon smiled upon us on Sunday 18 th September when Nature Coast Dragon Boat Club launched boats with fun and flair to help celebrate a novel written by paddler member Kaaren and to welcome her back in a boat after major surgery. Nature Coast paddlers were joined by colleagues from Sussex Inlet River Dragons and Narooma Blue Water Dragons for demonstration races to showcase the sport to the non-paddlers attending. Decked out in the colours of the Riverfall and Riverplain boat teams featured in Kaaren’s story, the [read more...]

Zaven

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In a world of unrestricted freedom, fun can be had... Just ensure you are well equipped... Don't become a Zombie... Become Death's Cheat... Detention on your first day of High School is one thing, but your teacher trying to eat you is a bit over the top... Set in Florida, America, Tyler Graham and his friends must band together and survive a zombie pandemic where lawlessness and violence becomes a new means of morality. Written by Jed Cullen, Zaven is a witty thriller that indulges psychological aspects of power and hardship and its [read more...]