It is now three weeks after a devastating bushfire tore through my old home town Cobargo, part of a fire apocalypse that has razed an area of Australia about the size of England. Fires in various locations in Australia are still burning. The fire season is far from over. Used to be called summer. TheseContinue reading “Responding to the Fires”
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Book Review: Bullets, Teeth and Fists 3 by Jason Beech
BULLETS, TEETH, & FISTS 3 She’s heavily pregnant. She’s handcuffed to a pipe. The clock is ticking. Belle, the heavily pregnant wife of an important man, is bundled into the back of a car, held against her will, and cuffed to a pipe in an abandoned apartment … and her waters are aboutContinue reading “Book Review: Bullets, Teeth and Fists 3 by Jason Beech”
Book Review: 113 Hours by Zach Abrams
133 Hours Arriving at work to find she’s lost more than five and a half days of her life, Briony has no recollection of where she’s been, or what has happened. Has she been ill or had a breakdown – or could she have been drugged and abducted? Doubting her own sanity, Briony isContinue reading “Book Review: 113 Hours by Zach Abrams”
Blackthorn Book Tours: Death of a Young Lieutenant by B R Stateham
About Death of a Young Lieutenant Meet Captain Jake Reynolds – pilot, adventurer, art thief, spy. In the opening weeks of World War One, and as a member of the newly formed British Royal Flying Corps, Captain Jake Reynolds is shipped off to Belgium. Roped in by his squadron commander to prove the innocence ofContinue reading “Blackthorn Book Tours: Death of a Young Lieutenant by B R Stateham”
Fences for Farmers Fundraiser for Cobargo Area
For the last ten days I have been thrust back into my old community of Cobargo after a devastating fire razed not only the town but the whole area. I wrote about it. Many friends have lost homes and farms. Many farmers have lost their herds. I have been told the area is scorched earth,Continue reading “Fences for Farmers Fundraiser for Cobargo Area”
Blackthorn Tours Book Review: Hot Splices by Mike Watt
HOT SPLICES features eight interwoven tales about the Film Addicts, the flicker freaks, the Cinephages – they devour film for the high, to connect to the art on the granular level…the bleeding perforations in their skin is just part of the game. There are five forbidden films, when run together, can induce madness, or releaseContinue reading “Blackthorn Tours Book Review: Hot Splices by Mike Watt”
Australian Bushfire hits Cobargo – When a bushfire wipes out your old home town
For the last four days I have been gripped by emotions I can scarcely describe, struggling to take in the catastrophe as it plays out through the lives of my friends. Catastrophic bushfires have been plaguing Australia since September, the result of three years of drought, extreme heat and very dry air and wind. YouContinue reading “Australian Bushfire hits Cobargo – When a bushfire wipes out your old home town”
Do Something to Make a Difference
Climate Change: The Australian Apocalypse These last weeks and months I have been caught up in the horror show that is the Australian bushfire season and the insane heatwave. Not to mention the dust storms and our bone dry interior rendering scores of communities WITH NO WATER. What is unfolding here is well beyond DayContinue reading “Do Something to Make a Difference”
Book Review: The Spirits of Six Minstrel Run by Matthew S Cox
Here’s my slot on The Spirits of Six Minstrel Run Blackthorn Book Tour. About The Spirits of Six Minstrel Run A move to the small town of Spring Falls, New York, is the perfect cure for Mia Gartner’s horrid commute. However, her new home isn’t quite empty. She adored working in fine artContinue reading “Book Review: The Spirits of Six Minstrel Run by Matthew S Cox”
Book Trailer: A Prison in the Sun
I’m delighted to share this book trailer for a Prison in the Sun, created by PR Manager and author Henry Roi. http://mybook.to/prisonsun “After millennial ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse. Instead, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to – andContinue reading “Book Trailer: A Prison in the Sun”
Isobel Blackthorn 