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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...]

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.

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...]

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...]

Matt will be exhibiting at Oz Comic-Con Sydney, at Sydney Showground, on 24th-25th September! See you there! Matt Galanos has a busy day job as chief financial officer of the Australian Turf Club, which owns and runs a number of racing and entertainment facilities across Sydney. He turned to writing—a personal passion of his—during the Covid-19 lockdowns, penning several fantasy fiction novels about a young knight called Dane Thorburn. The third and most recent book in the ‘Dan Thorburn’ series is Dane Thornburn and Nature’s [read more...]

I have been away for a week and upon my return home, there were a couple of boxes on my porch... What a great service... The books have already arrived (you have no idea how hard my place can be to find, which is why I expected a note in my Australia Post Box... Your system works).

BY JOSH GROSS The type of nature I'd like to connect with right now. Image found on Pixabay. When you think about nature, does it feel like something "out there," or more like a close friend? This might seem like an odd question, but as Dr. Les Higgins explains in his new book – Connect with Nature – maintaining a close relationship with the natural world is, "One of the best things you can do for yourself, others, and planet Earth." However, Higgins doesn’t just preach to you about holding hands and wearing flowers. He [read more...]

I'm delighted to advise that 15 copies of "A Limited Lawyer" arrived yesterday. I think the book looks terrific. Thank you both for your efforts in making my authorship dreams a reality. Also, I note the paperback version is now on the ASPG website and the e-book is available on Amazon. That's brilliant. Available at inspiringbookshop.com -- Peter Fairchild