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March 29, 2021
Join me this Thursday before we take a two-week break
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Dear Friends,It was terrific to have Ron McCallum as my guest on Thursday Book Club last week and I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation about his memoir Born at the Right Time. Congratulations to Minoti H who was the winner of the evening's giveaway, courtesy of Allen & Unwin. This week, Thursday Book Club is back as usual before we break for the school holidays, returning on 22 April. Thanks to everyone who entered the draw for tickets to my online interview with Debra Oswald on Wednesday event. The lucky winners were Noela A and Libby G. To anyone who missed out, you can still register for the event here. Courtesy of BAD Sydney Crimes Writers Festival, I'll be talking to Debra about her captivating new novel The Family Doctor.
There are lots of online events coming up over the next couple of weeks. Below you'll find links to a couple of sessions that particularly caught my eye. I've also provided details for a couple of writing competitions. Meanwhile, there's been continuing interest in starting a Thursday Book Club Writers group. Email me if you're interested and I'll put you in touch with each other.
Enjoy the holidays and see you back again on 22 April.
NEWS
Debra Oswald is a two-time winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and creator of the successful TV series Offspring. Her latest novel, The Family Doctor, is a gripping contemporary thriller about whether a good person can justify taking a life to save a life.
As part of the BAD All Year program brought to you by BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, I'll be talking to Debra Oswald about The Family Doctor.
Book your ticket here to watch the event online.
EVENT: Debra Oswald in Conversation with Suzanne Leal
WHEN: On Wednesday, 31st of March 2021 at 6:00 PM
TICKETS: $10
WHERE: Zoom (Online Platform)
The Ultimo Prize 2021
The Ultimo Prize aims to find the best young writers of fiction and poetry in Australia. The prize is open to writers between the age of 18 and 30 writing short fiction or poetry. The 2021 prize is seeking writing that explores a specific theme – IDENTITY. Thirty winners will be chosen and published in an anthology collection by Ultimo Press in November 2021. Each winning entry will receive $200 and a copy of the published book on publication. Applications close on 8 April 2021 and you can find all the details here.
2021 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Entries are currently open for the 2021 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, closing on 3 May 2021. The Jolley Prize is worth a total of AU$12,500 – first place will receive $6,000, second place will receive $4,000, and third place will receive $2,500. Short stories must be between 2000-5000 words. Further details can be found here.
Online now: Toxic Families.
Families can be havens of love and affection, but they can also be crucibles of crime where abuse and resentment create an explosive mix. At the core there can be deep, dark secrets. Nicola Moriarty, Erina Reddan and Lyn Yeowart discuss the secrets of toxic families in an introduction to their new novels. The event is free to watch through YouTube. You can find the details here.
Emily Maguire - Love ObjectsWednesday 14 April 2021
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
In store at Avid Reader Bookshop / ZOOM Online
You can register here.
Congratulations to the writers shortlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize. The winner will be announced on 22 April 2021
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week before we break for the school holidays.
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like and books we’re reading. Every now and then, I invite a guest writer to join us.
Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
Thursday Book Club Recommendations
My Recommendation
The Family Doctor by Debra Oswald
Clara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Truth-Telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement by Henry Reynolds
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown
Your Recommendations
Libby G
The Beekeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Noela A
Josephine Rowe on Beverley Farmer (Writers on Writers) by Josephine Rowe
Born at the Right Time by Ron McCallum
Ravi S
The Underground Railway by Colson Whitehead
Take care,
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions Paperback
Audible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
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March 22, 2021
The extraordinary Ron McCallum is my guest this week
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Dear Friends,What a drenched, wild week! My thoughts are with all those who have been caught in the flooding and hit by the storms and rising rivers. I'm delighted to welcome Professor Ron McCallum as my guest on Thursday Book Club this week. Senior Australian of the Year and the former Dean of Sydney University Law School, Ron has been blind from birth. Carrying with him a sense of wonder and excitement at the world, he's the sort of person that makes you smile even when, well, there's an unrelenting tempest outside. I hope you can zoom in at 8pm on Thursday to meet him and hear about his memoir Born at the Right Time. Here's the link to join us at Thursday Book Club: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343.
In the meantime, a clarification. As earlier revealed, on 31 March I will, indeed, be interviewing the wonderful Debra Oswald about her new novel, The Family Doctor , a gripping read about a doctor grappling with a moral dilemma: is it ever permissible to take a life in order to save another? The tickets for our online event, presented by BAD Sydney Crimes Writers Festival, are not free - as I promised last week - but are, instead, a bargain at $10. In exciting news, I have two free tickets to give away. To be in the draw, simply reply to this email with your book recommendation.
NEWS
Debra Oswald is a two-time winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and creator of the successful TV series Offspring. Her latest novel, The Family Doctor, is a gripping contemporary thriller about whether a good person can justify taking a life to save a life.
As part of the BAD All Year program brought to you by BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, I'll be talking to Debra Oswald about The Family Doctor.
Book your ticket here to watch the event online.
EVENT: Debra Oswald in Conversation with Suzanne Leal
WHEN: On Wednesday, 31st of March 2021 at 6:00 PM
TICKETS: $10
WHERE: Zoom (Online Platform)
Join the inaugural RACS Book Club to discuss The Kabul Peace House, by Mark Isaacs. All proceeds from ticket sales support the work of the Refugee Advice & Casework Service.
Host Jan Fran will lead a panel discussion and Q&A with special guests:
Mark Isaacs, acclaimed author, refugee advocate and activist
Maryam Zahid, Founder and Director of Afghan Women On The Move
Arif Hussein, RACS Senior Solicitor
Wednesday 21 April, 7.30-8.30pm via Zoom.
All proceeds from Book Club ticket sales will support the work of RACS. You can book your ticket here.
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like and books we’re reading. Every now and then, I invite a guest writer to join us.
This week, Professor Ron McCallum will be my guest.
In his memoir, Born at the Right Time, Ron explains how, despite being blind from birth, he became the first in his family to attend university and went on to become the Dean of Sydney University Law School and Senior Australian of the Year. I'm so looking forward to talking to Ron about his life, family and achievements.
Join us this week to be in the running for our Thursday Book Club giveaway.Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
Thursday Book Club Recommendations
My Recommendation
Born at the Right Time by Ron McCallum
Alia N
The Dressmaker's Secret by Rosalie Ham
The Dressmaker's Secret by Charlotte Betts
The Dressmaker's Secret by Karen Dickson
The Dressmaker's Secret by Kellyn Roth
Barbie R
Concealed by Esther Amini
Kate Kelly by Rebecca Wilson
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám translated by Edward FitzGerald
Helen R
The Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
Into the Woods by John Yorke
Noela A
Heysen to Heysen – Selected Letters of Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen by Catherine Speck
Ravi S
The Moroccan Daughter by Deborah Rodriguez
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
Help Yourself by Curtis Sittenfeld
Take care,
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions PaperbackAudible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-deceptions-suzanne-leal-9781760875275.doSuzanne Leal | suzanne@suzanneleal.com |
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March 15, 2021
On stage and within reach
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Dear Friends,It's hard to believe that this time last year, I was busily ordering up champagne for the launch of my novel, The Deceptions, and preparing for the many live events and festivals to which I'd been invited. Covid was something that belonged overseas - not here in Australia - until it suddenly hurtled its way into all our lives, wreaking havoc everywhere, perhaps most particularly on stage. Like a long winter that appears to be passing, live events are returning, theatres are reporting full houses and music is creeping back again. Last week, Sydney Writers' Festival launched its 2021 program: Within Reach. And what a program it is! So many great Australian writers will be appearing in person with international stars including Kazuo Ishiguro, Rachel Cusk and Judy Blume coming to us on screen. I'm delighted to be in conversation with Danielle Celermajer, author of Summertime: Reflections on a Vanishing Future and Jonica Newby, author of Beyond Climate Grief. You can find the full festival program here.
NEWS
Debra Oswald is a two-time winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and creator of the successful TV series Offspring. Her latest novel, The Family Doctor, is a gripping contemporary thriller about whether a good person can justify taking a life to save a life.
As part of the BAD All Year program brought to you by BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, I'll be talking to Debra Oswald about The Family Doctor.
Book your FREE TICKET here to watch the event online.
EVENT: Debra Oswald in Conversation with Suzanne Leal
WHEN: On Wednesday, 31st of March 2021 at 6:00 PM
TICKETS: Free!
WHERE: Zoom (Online Platform)
Host of podcast, Books, Books, Books, Nicole Abadee is presenting interviews at the State Library with prominent Australian authors, Anna Funder and Markus Zusak. You can find all the details here
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like and books we’re reading. Every now and then, I invite a guest writer to join us.
On 25 March, Professor Ron McCallum will be my guest.
In his memoir, Born at the Right Time, Ron explains how, despite being blind from birth, he became the first in his family to attend university and went on to become the Dean of Sydney University Law School and Senior Australian of the Year. I'm so looking forward to talking to Ron about his life, family and achievements.
In the meantime, I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
Thursday Book Club Recommendations
My Recommendation
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li
Barbie R
The Codebreakers by Alii Sinclair
Sardines and the Angels by Bettina Ehrlich
The Devil You Know by Ben Sanders
Noela A
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
Ravi S
Cardinal by Louise Milligan
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Take care,
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions PaperbackAudible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-deceptions-suzanne-leal-9781760875275.doSuzanne Leal | suzanne@suzanneleal.com |
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March 10, 2021
Happy (belated) International Women's Day
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Dear Friends,For International Women’s Day this year, I interviewed three women writers about their work and hope and concerns for the future in an event presented by Waverley Council. Jess Hill is the author of the groundbreaking novel on domestic abuse, See What You Made Me Do, Yumiko Kadota gives us an insight into the medical profession in her memoir Emotional Female and Tanya Bretherton brings together her expertise as a sociologist and fascination for true crime in her new novel, The Husband Poisoner. We had a passionate and thought-provoking conversation which you can watch here.Hope your own International Women's Day was a good one and that your week is going well.
NEWS
The Stella Prize longlist was announced last week in an online event you can watch here.
Chair of the 2021 Stella Prize judging panel, Zoya Patel, says of the longlist:
"This year’s reading presented a diversity of talent and expression, with books exploring people and animals through the lens of fiction and non-fiction, and with a common objective to reach into the heart of what it means to exist in the world today."
The 2021 Stella Prize shortlist will be announced on Thursday 25th March.
Host of podcast, Books, Books, Books, Nicole Abadee is presenting a series of interviews at the State Library with prominent Australian authors, Anna Funder, Robert Drewe and Markus Zusak. You can find all the details here
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like and books we’re reading. Every now and then, I invite a guest writer to join us.
On 25 March, Professor Ron McCallum will be my guest.
In his memoir, Born at the Right Time, Ron explains how, despite being blind from birth, he became the first in his family to attend university and went on to become the Dean of Sydney University Law School and Senior Australian of the Year. I'm so looking forward to talking to Ron about his life, family and achievements.
Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
Thursday Book Club Recommendations
My Recommendation
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
Dina Davis
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Barbie R
The Roland Medals by Maureen Cashman
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
As Swallows Fly by L P McMahon
KId Reporter, The Key to Breaking News by Saffron Howden
Hazel H
The Dressmaker's Secret by Charlotte Betts
Helen R
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Into the Woods by John Yorke
On Colour by David Scott Kastan with Stephen Farthing
Noela A
Honey Blood by Kirsty Everett
Birds of Aireys Inlet and Anglesea by Margaret Lacey
Ravi S
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan
Take care,
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions PaperbackAudible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-deceptions-suzanne-leal-9781760875275.doSuzanne Leal | suzanne@suzanneleal.com |
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March 1, 2021
Save the date: Thursday Book Club guest author Prof Ron McCallum on 25 March
Dear Friends,At Thursday Book Club, we're all readers. There are writers amongst us as well - new writers and more established ones, too. A few members of Thursday Book Club have suggested starting an online writing group to talk about writing and to gain feedback from one another. If you'd like to be a member of the Thursday Book Club writing group (or know someone who would be keen) please let me know so I can link you up with other writers keen to be part of the group.
Over the past couple of weeks, I've been beset by deadlines that have left little time for my own writing and I've started to get twitchy with the need to get back to it. This week marks the return to my fictional world and already I can feel that buzz of relief and excitement (mixed with a little apprehension) that writing can bring.
I hope your week is going well and that, within it, you're able to find time for the creative work that most sustains you.
NEWS
It's International Women's Day on Monday and you are invited to a free online event presented by Waverley Council. I'lll be facilitating an intriguing panel of writers - Jess Hill, Tanya Bretherton and Yumiko Kadota - about the value, responsibility and success of sharing real stories of ugly truths and impossible situations faced by women. You can register here.
There are some terrific titles on the longlist for this year's Australian Book Industry Awards. Below are the longlisted titles for Literary Fiction Book of the Year and General Fiction Book of the Year. You can find the full list here.
The Stella Prize celebrates Australian women’s writing and the longlist for the 2021 Stella Prize will be announced in an online ceremony at 7pm on Thursday 4 March. To watch it, simply tune into the Stella Prize website – then join us straight afterwards at Thursday Book Club to talk about the selection.
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like and books we’re reading. Every now and then, I invite a guest writer to join us.
On 25 March, Professor Ron McCallum will be my guest.
In his memoir, Born at the Right Time, Ron explains how, despite being blind from birth, he became the first in his family to attend university and went on to become the Dean of Sydney University Law School and Senior Australian of the Year. I'm so looking forward to talking to Ron about his life, family and achievements.
In the meantime, I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
Thursday Book Club Recommendations
My Recommendation
The Tainted Trial of Farah Jama by Julie Szego
Your Recommendations
Dina Davis
(author of Capriccio)
A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
Barbie R
A Week to Remember by Esther Campion
Greg W
Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan
Snow by John Banville
Helen R
Killing Floor (No 1 in Jack Reacher series) by Lee Child
Lyn M
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Minal R
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Krisoff
The Indispensable Calvin & Hobbes by Bll Watterson
Minoti H
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
Flesh House by Stuart MacBride
Noela A
Elizabeth and Elizabeth by Sue Williams
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Sue G
Kika & me by Amit Patel
Syd C
Charlie Chaplin by Peter Ackroyd
The Winds of Heaven by Monica Dickens
Take care,
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions PaperbackAudible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-deceptions-suzanne-leal-9781760875275.doSuzanne Leal | suzanne@suzanneleal.com |
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February 22, 2021
A long swim and a great book
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Dear Friends,I spent the weekend reading the memoir of Professor Ron McCallum, Born at the Right Time (Allen & Unwin). What an inspiring, uplifting work it is! In essence, it's the story of how a man who lost his sight shortly after his birth became the first in his family to attend university and went on to become the Dean of Sydney University Law School and Senior Australian of the Year. It's also a love story: the story of his marriage to Professor Mary Crock, a leading expert in human rights and refugee law. It's a terrific read and I'm delighted to announce that on 25 March, Ron will be my guest on Thursday Book Club.
In our interview last week, Deborah Rodriguez (author of The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul) radiated energy and enthusiasm and curiosity and thoughtfulness as she spoke of a life spent in America, Afghanistan and Mexico. You can watch our interview here.
On Sunday, I competed in the Murray Rose Malabar Magic Ocean Swim and, for the first time ever, swam two and a half kilometres. This, I discovered, was a very long way - so long I wondered whether I might have misread the instructions and joined the five kilometre swim instead (I hadn't). I find ocean swimming in goggles a bit of an ordeal so decided to swim with a snorkel and mask instead, an unusual choice in such a competition. Such is my sometimes unreasonable confidence, I had a moment's pause when I discovered that, whilst permitted, the snorkel and mask would disqualify me from being awarded a prize. Readers, I won no prize - indeed, few were the swimmers who finished behind me - but, as I made my way towards those distant markers, it was the unfolding of the underwater world beneath me that kept me going.
I hope yours was a happy and restful weekend and that the week is unfolding well for you all.
NEWS
Southern Cross Crime by Craig Sisterson is the first comprehensive guide to modern Australian and New Zealand crime writing. In an online event courtesy of Avid Reader, Craig Sisterson will be talking about crime writing with authors Sulari Gentill and RWR McDonald on Thursday 25 February from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. You can register here,
The Stella Prize celebrates Australian women’s writing and the longlist for the 2021 Stella Prize will be announced in an online ceremony at 7pm on Thursday 4 March. To watch it, simply tune into the Stella Prize website – then join us straight afterwards at Thursday Book Club to talk about the selection.
ALLEN & UNWIN CRIME WRITING PRIZE
The inaugural annual Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction Prize is now open for submissions. The winner will be awarded a publishing contract with an advance against royalties of $25,000.
The prize will be open to all unpublished full-length manuscripts in the crime or thriller genres between 70,000 and 100,000 words in length written by residents of Australia and New Zealand. Both debut writers and already-published writers will be eligible to enter. For more information go here. Closing 26 February 2021.
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like and books we’re reading. Every now and then, I invite a guest writer to join us.
Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
Thursday Book Club Recommendations
My Recommendation
Born at the Right Time by Professor Ron McCallum
Your Recommendations
Barbie R
A Week to Remember by Esther Campion
Noela A
Artic Dreams by Barry Lopez
Ravi S
Either Side of Midnight by Benjamin Stevenson
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn
Louise R
Self-Portrait by Celia Paul
Helen J
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Nine Stories by J D Salinger
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Take care,
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions PaperbackAudible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-deceptions-suzanne-leal-9781760875275.doSuzanne Leal | suzanne@suzanneleal.com |
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February 16, 2021
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Dear Friends,Sydney friends of mine have children and grandchildren in Melbourne they haven’t seen for many months. Last last week, they left Sydney to visit them for a week, arriving just in time to spend a couple of hours together before the impending lockdown. That afternoon, they were on the road again, headed back for Sydney. They are robust, practical people and, as usual, will manage this latest disappointment with stoicism and equanimity – qualities so many of us have also had to find within us over the past year.My thoughts are with Melburnians in the wake of this latest lockdown. May books and films and music and the world of online culture sustain you during this time. I’d like to give a particular shout out to libraries and bookshops around the country who have kept us culturally and spiritually nourished during these buffeting times, allowing us, through books and online events, to travel in time and across closed borders to find adventure and comfort and sustenance.
Thanks to Geelong Regional Libraries, this Wednesday the internationally bestselling author, Deborah Rodriguez, will be joining me online from her home in Mexico to talk about intrigue in Morocco and her former life in Afghanistan. She has lots of stories to tell and I’d love it if you could join us for this free event.
"The Moroccan Daughter feels different for me. It could be because Morocco is one of my favorite places on earth, and I adore all the characters, especially Bea. I love stories about friendship and love and, in this case, forbidden love. My hope is when you read this book, you will fall in love with Morocco just as I have." - Deborah Rodriguez
Suzanne Leal in conversation with Deborah Rodriguez on 17 February presented online by Geelong Regional Libraries You can register here. American writer Deborah Rodriguez came to international attention with her novel, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, inspired by her own experiences working in Kabul to set up a beauty school training program.
Her new novel, The Moroccan Daughter, is a modern story of forbidden love set in North Africa. I’m delighted to be in conversation with Deborah Rodriguez in this free event presented by Geelong Regional Libraries. Click here to register for February 17th
NEWS
The Stella Prize celebrates Australian women’s writing and the longlist for the 2021 Stella Prize will be announced in an online ceremony at 7pm on Thursday 4 March. To watch it, simply tune into the Stella Prize website – then join us straight afterwards at Thursday Book Club to talk about the selection.
ALLEN & UNWIN CRIME WRITING PRIZE
The inaugural annual Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction Prize is now open for submissions. The winner will be awarded a publishing contract with an advance against royalties of $25,000.
The prize will be open to all unpublished full-length manuscripts in the crime or thriller genres between 70,000 and 100,000 words in length written by residents of Australia and New Zealand. Both debut writers and already-published writers will be eligible to enter. For more information go here. Closing 26 February 2021.
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like and books we’re reading. Every now and then, I invite a guest writer to join us.
Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
Thursday Book Club Recommendations
My Recommendation
The Land I Came Through Last by Robert Gray
Your Recommendations
Alia N
Mary's Last Dance by Mary Li
The Lewis Trilogy by Peter May
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Barbie R
On Track Searching out the Bundian Way by John Blay
Crackenback by Lee Christine
The Last Reunion by Kayte Nunn
Bees and Their Keepers by Lotte Möller
Beethoven's Tenth and the journey which saved the world by Peter Rodgers
Southern Cross Crime by Craig Sisterson
Michelle W
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Minal R
The List by Patricia Forde
Noela A
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Ravi S
What is to be done: Political Engagement & Saving the Planet by Barry Jones
A Bigger Picture by Malcolm Turnbull
All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
Take care,
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions PaperbackAudible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-deceptions-suzanne-leal-9781760875275.doSuzanne Leal | suzanne@suzanneleal.com |
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February 8, 2021
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Dear Friends,It was terrific to have Kirsty Everett as our guest on Thursday Book Club last week to celebrate the publication of her memoir, Honey Blood. She’s a debut author and was buzzing with excitement about having Honey Blood out in the world. Thursday Book Club was her very first book club appearance as an author and we all enjoyed her company immensely.
This summer I’ve been snorkelling in a gentle bay not far from where I live. The secret underwater world never ceases to amaze me and as I focus on the marine life that surrounds me - the stripeys and the stingrays and the blue gropers and sometimes even one of the resident turtles - my too busy mind finally stills.
That's when writing problems that have beset my week somehow seem to edge towards a solution and when I return to land once more, it’s often with a renewed sense of confidence in the work I have ahead of me. As the year bounds forward, I hope there is both stillness and energy in your own underwater - or above water - worlds and that the week ahead is a good one.NEWS Suzanne Leal in conversation with Deborah Rodriguez on 17 February presented online by Geelong Regional Libraries
You can register here. American writer Deborah Rodriguez came to international attention with her novel, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, inspired by her own experiences working in Kabul to set up a beauty school training program.
Her new novel, The Moroccan Daughter, is a modern story of forbidden love set in North Africa. I’m delighted to be in conversation with Deborah Rodriguez in this free event presented by Geelong Regional Libraries. Click here to register for February 17th
32rd Alliance Francaise French Film Festival
DISCOVER THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL LINE-UP WITH NEW FRENCH CULTURAL ATTACHE AND FESTIVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, KARINE MAURIS
On Friday 19 February, the new French cultural attaché and artistic director will be discussing her process for curating the French Film Festival and will share her top films from the line-up.
Ticket sales, special events and the full line-up all available on the website, click below:Visit the website for more
Nature Conservancy's Nature Writing Prizeentries close on 19 February 2021A prize of AU$7,500 will be awarded to the author of an essay between 3,000 and 5,000 words in the genre of ‘Writing of Place’. The winning entry will also be published in Griffith Review online. You can find all the details here:learn more
ALLEN & UNWIN CRIME WRITING PRIZE
The inaugural annual Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction Prize is now open for submissions. The winner will be awarded a publishing contract with an advance against royalties of $25,000.
The prize will be open to all unpublished full-length manuscripts in the crime or thriller genres between 70,000 and 100,000 words in length written by residents of Australia and New Zealand. Both debut writers and already-published writers will be eligible to enter. For more information go here. Closing 26 February 2021.
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like and books we’re reading. Every now and then, I invite a guest writer to join us.
Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
Thursday Book Club Recommendations
My Recommendation
Honey Blood by Kirsty EverettYour Recommendations
Alina H
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
The Spare Room by Helen Garner
Barbie R
The Women and the Girls by Laura Bloom
The Schoolgirl Strangler by Katherine Kovacic
Donna W
The Celestial Hunter by Roberto Calasso
Hazel H
Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas
Helen J
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978–1987 by Helen Garner
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Girl Woman Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan
Libby G
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Noela A
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan
A Brush with Birds by Richard Weatherly
Honeybee by Craig Silvey
Take care,
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions PaperbackAudible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-deceptions-suzanne-leal-9781760875275.doSuzanne Leal | suzanne@suzanneleal.com |
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February 3, 2021
Kirsty Everett author of Honey Blood is my guest on Thursday Book Club this week
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Dear Friends,We had a terrific catch up at Thursday Book Club last week. It was great to see so many of our regulars and to get to know those of you who joined us for the first time. Thanks for all your book recommendations - it’s clear that this really was a summer for reading!Thursday Book Club is on as usual this week, but with an added surprise. Author Kirsty Everett will be joining us to talk about her new release, Honey Blood. Just zoom in as usual to Thursday Book Club to say hi to Kirsty and hear about her captivating book.
A memoir about surviving childhood cancer, Honey Blood is a book that dances with life and hope and wit and Kirsty’s fabulous observations of the world around her. I loved this passage about a visit to her aunt just after the then nine-year-old Kirsty had started chemotherapy:
I sat at the dining table, among the adults and cups of tea on saucers and Scotch Finger biscuits. Aunty Pat got me a whole can of Kirks lemonade, just for me, and poured it into a glass. Mum, having carefully wrapped my thirty or so tablets in plastic wrap before we left home, placed the pile of poison before me.Honey Blood is filled with wry, bittersweet moments like this. It’s a book that grabbed me and once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down. I even had it open beside me while making fish cakes for dinner.
I stared out longingly at [my brothers] Brett and Matt, who were outside jumping on the trampoline. I was too weak to jump and I knew I’d soon be out of breath if I tried. Brett saw me watching and stuck his middle finger up at me while he leapt into the air. None of the grown ups saw.
Suzanne Leal in conversation with Deborah Rodriguez on 17 February presented online by Geelong Regional Libraries You can register here.
American writer Deborah Rodriguez came to international attention with her novel, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, inspired by her own experiences working in Kabul to set up a beauty school training program.
Her new novel, The Moroccan Daughter, is a modern story of forbidden love set in North Africa. I’m delighted to be in conversation with Deborah Rodriguez in this free event presented by Geelong Regional Libraries. Click here to register for February 17th
Courtesy of Avid Reader, Josephine Taylor will be in conversation with Lee Kofman online on Tuesday 9 February 2021. Josephine Taylor will be discussing her new novel, Eye of a Rook. You can register for this free event here: https://avidreader.com.au/events/josephine-taylor-eye-of-a-rook#
Now in its fourth year, this award is for prose works, including short fiction collections and novellas, as well as any hybrid prose forms, up to 30,000 words in length. The writing may take the form of fiction or creative non-fiction. The award includes cash prize amounts of $3000 for the winner and $1000 for two runners-up.
For more information go here.
Closing 7 February 2021.
ALLEN & UNWIN CRIME WRITING PRIZE
The inaugural annual Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction Prize is now open for submissions. The winner will be awarded a publishing contract with an advance against royalties of $25,000.
The prize will be open to all unpublished full-length manuscripts in the crime or thriller genres between 70,000 and 100,000 words in length written by residents of Australia and New Zealand. Both debut writers and already-published writers will be eligible to enter. For more information go here. Closing 26 February 2021.
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like and books we’re reading. Every now and then, I invite a guest writer to join us.
Kirsty Everett will be our guest this week.
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
Thursday Book Club Recommendations
My Recommendation
Honey Blood by Kirsty EverettYour Recommendations
Alina H
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
The Poetry Pharmacy by William Sieghart
Barbie R
The Women and the Girls by Laura Bloom
The Schoolgirl Strangler by Katherine Kovacic
Donna W
Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
The Unnamable Present by Roberto Calasso
Hazel H
Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas
Helen J
Gulliver’s Wife by Lauren Chater
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978–1987 by Helen Garner
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Michelle W
Sakhalin Island by Anton Chekhov
The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
Minal R
Weapon by Lynette Noni (Book 2 in the Whisper series)
Minoti H
Perfect People by Peter James
When Breath becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Noela A
The Yield by Tara June Winch
Loving Country by Bruce Pascoe
Pia-K S
Silences by Tillie Olsen
Ravi S
Love Clancy: A Dog’s Letters Home by Richard Glover
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Take care,
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions PaperbackAudible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-deceptions-suzanne-leal-9781760875275.doSuzanne Leal | suzanne@suzanneleal.com |
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January 26, 2021
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Dear Friends,And all of a sudden, it’s almost February! Hope you’ve managed to have a break over the summer and are feeling recharged. I’m so looking to seeing you at Thursday Book Club this week, our first for 2021.
For me, it’s been a quiet start to the new year. I raced to the end of 2020 then suddenly hit a wall. When 2021 arrived, I found, for the first time in a long time, that I couldn’t write. I simply felt empty. What if that’s it? I wondered. What if I have no more to write?
Ironically, my crisis of confidence coincided with a residency at Varuna -The National Writers’ House which I took as part of the Varuna Fellowship awarded to me for my new manuscript.
For those of you who don’t know it, Varuna is the most magical place. Hidden away in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, it’s the former house of writers Eleanor and Eric Dark whose son gifted it in 1989 to be used as a retreat for writers. Each week, five or six writers come to Varuna to write and meet and rejuvenate.
This time when I arrived at Varuna, I felt depleted by the year and panicked that, with all this time set aside to write, nothing would come. I turned up anyway. For the first couple of days, I didn’t push myself too hard. I got to know the other writers there with me, I swam, I walked. This was all very foreign to me. On other occasions when I’ve been to Varuna, I’ve written in a frenzy for 10 hours at a time. This time I simply couldn’t. So I didn’t.
After two or three days, the fog lifted and, to my great relief, I found I could write again. So I got to work, at first gently then with more vigour as I felt myself replenish. I hope you’ve managed to replenish in recent weeks, too.
I stayed at Varuna with two poets, Jo Lyons and Sassi Nuyum, both fascinating women who made my time there memorable. Sassi Nuyum is a performance poet whose work you can watch here. I’m delighted that Jo Lyons has allowed me to share with you one of her prose pieces, Sketch of a Man.
Jo read the piece to us on our third night at Varuna and it has stayed with me ever since.
NEWS
2021 INDIE BOOK AWARDS
The shortlists for the Indie Book Awards have been announced. You can find the full list here
Suzanne Leal in conversation with Kirsty Everett on 4 February 2021
presented online by Avid Reader
On 4 February, I’ll be in conversation with writer and former gymnast Kirsty Everett in a first online excursion for Thursday Book Club. Rather than zooming into Thursday Book Club as usual on 4 February, I’d like to invite you to register for my conversation with Kirsty, where we’ll be discussing her remarkable memoir, Honey Blood. For anyone in Sydney and Melbourne, please note that because Brisbane is one hour behind, the session will begin at 730pm.You can regist er here. Suzanne Leal in conversation with Deborah Rodriguez on 17 February presented online by Geelong Regional Libraries American writer Deborah Rodriguez came to international attention with her novel, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul, inspired by her own experiences working in Kabul to set up a beauty school training program.
Her new novel, The Moroccan Daughter, is a modern story of forbidden love set in North Africa. I’m delighted to be in conversation with Deborah Rodriguez in this free event presented by Geelong Regional Libraries. You can register here. Writing Corner Sketch of a Man by Jo Lyons Tellingly, there are few photos including both Dad and me. My baptism. A group shot at the beach where I’m a rudie-nudie sitting on the sand and Dad’s in budgie smugglers – not our finest hour. The picnic where we both rock our best seventies hair. A couple form a series: Baby Drinks Dad’s Beer.
He exists in outline. In photos. In objects, symbols of a life – his architectural plans, pencils, his books, his drawings, ties, dressing gown. In stories told to keep his memory – or my memories of him – alive. My scant memories, which may only stem from other people’s: half-remembered dream fragments. From this distance it’s hard to discern their truth.
I remember Mum taking me upstairs to the den to say goodnight. Dad lifted me to touch the ceiling – that giddy feeling of being raised by big hands while my little ones reach high. Sometimes he spun me around on his stool at his drafting table, or maybe drew pictures on my hand. There is the faint wisp of smoke, rough whiskers as he nuzzles my cheek or blows raspberries on my belly.
I remember sitting at the dining table, most siblings present, air heavy with tension. Someone wouldn’t eat their dinner or was naughty and got in trouble off Dad, and it was scary. But there are special baked dinner memories, and birthdays with cake that had a ballerina on top. Picnics at Cordeaux dam, going to Dad’s work Christmas parties, long car rides to family gatherings, running around parks. Pretending to be a princess and living in a castle with my family, happily ever after.
Our last shared photos are at my eldest sister’s wedding, group shots of our big family - the happy couple, my sisters a row of real-life princesses in Laura Ashley lace. Mum smiling, Dad gaunt but proud, his suit too big. A few people look down at me, the grumpy four-year-old flower girl chewing her fingernails.
In my mind the house quickly got quieter. Dad was in bed a lot and sometimes we were allowed to see him. Standing in the doorway to Mum and Dad’s bedroom, not sure what to do; you have to be quiet. Visitors came and I was shy.
Then I have a glimpse of me at home, sitting on the brown carpet in our dining room, my white-stockinged legs tucked under me, and I smooth my good black and white checked dress over my knees. I’m in a patch of warm sun; light streams through the window and catches on dust motes floating through the air. Sitting primly, basking in the feeling of a nice dress and polished shoes, being a big girl…though kind of uncomfortable. There’s a buzz of activity around me and I’m trying not to be in the way, not to be noticed by these strangers. I sit there waiting for my family to come home from church. I’m told it was overflowing with people wanting to say goodbye. ⌘ ⌘ ⌘
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like and books we’re reading. Every now and then, I invite a guest writer to join us.
Thursday Book Club Recommendations
My Recommendation
The Dangerous Bride by Lee KofmanRecommendations by our guest writer, Joanne Fedler
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume 1 1978 - 1986 by Helen Garner
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy
Take care,
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions PaperbackAudible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-deceptions-suzanne-leal-9781760875275.doSuzanne Leal | suzanne@suzanneleal.com |
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