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Mark Smith
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April 2016
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The Road to Winter (Winter, #1)
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2016
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7 editions
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Wilder Country (Winter, #2)
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2017
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3 editions
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Land of Fences (Winter #3)
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2019
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4 editions
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If Not Us
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The Best Australian Stories 2015
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2015
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Inside The Club
I've likened getting your first novel published to being invited inside a club you've been standing outside (in the rain) for years. Suddenly the door opens and you are part of a whole new group, published authors. The first change you have to get used to is calling yourself an author, as opposed to a writer. This probably sounds a bit naff but when you've wanted to attach that title to yourself f
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Mark’s Recent Updates
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Thanks Mike. The name of each song is watermarked at the beginning of each story
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Mark Smith
answered a question about
The Road to Winter:
There are inferences of abuse but they are not explicitly detailed - and there is a birth scene
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"My 16yo son stopped reading when he was about 11yo. I had read to him every day till he was about 8yo when he wanted to start reading chapter books on his own. We went to the library just about every fortnight and would get out 5-10 books each time. "
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"Fabulous dystopian survival tale in an Australian setting, this is definitely reaching to the edge of suitability for my year 8s but I think it would be a shame not to give them the chance to read this. Especially considering I’ve borrowed the whole "
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"I'm giving this an extra star for bucking the trend and being a book about a very ordinary teenage boy. Books about these people who populate the high schools of every land, are very badly served with books at the moment. Thank goodness for Mark Smit"
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“Hey readers and reviewers of The Road To Winter: lots of people are asking if TRTW is the first of a series. The answer is a definite YES. The second book in the Winter series will be released by Text publishing in May 2017. The adventures of Finn and Kas continue......”
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Aussie Readers: Post-Apoc set in Oz? | 12 | 41 | Aug 08, 2016 02:17AM | |
| Aussie Readers: Marianne's Ongoing Series Challenge: to be continued... | 28 | 48 | Jan 02, 2017 03:03AM | |
| Aussie Readers: Awesome April Challenge! | 198 | 219 | May 04, 2017 11:48PM | |
| WACKY READING CHA...: April Mini Challenge 2017 | 114 | 83 | Jun 25, 2017 12:11PM | |
| Goodreads Librari...: Incorrect author on 2nd book in series | 3 | 12 | Jul 01, 2017 01:01AM | |
| Cozy Mysteries : Spring 2017 Challenge | 208 | 310 | Jul 10, 2017 06:25AM |
