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Karen Martin

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in Melbourne, Australia

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Historical Fiction, Spirituality, Fiction

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I am an Australian independent playwright, and author living in Australia. I am known to have run away with the Women's Circus, created plays in prisons, and written theatre that strived for transformation. I won awards for my work, received funding to travel to write in situ, and learned to listen carefully as the muses whispered in my ear.

I have contributed to several non-fiction books: The Women’s Circus: Leaping the Wire, and Women in Theatre: Ewa Czajor Memorial Award Recipients, and received a Local History Award for the writing and publication of two booklets on my award-winning production of The Women’s Project.

Dancing the Labyrinth was written while living on Crete, where it was first published in Greek.

Thematically I am inter ...more

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	Dancing the Labyrinth 3.80 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bringer of Happiness (The Women Unveiled series) 3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delphi (The Women Unveiled series Book 2) 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hypsipyle and the Curse of Lemnos: A novella (The Women Unveiled series) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Book of Red Flags by Karen Martin (Goodreads Author), Thomas Corboy (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Book of Apologies: Is it so hard to say sorry? by Karen Martin (Goodreads Author), Thomas Corboy (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Just had a great interview with Literary Titan exploring some of the themes and background to my novel Dancing the Labyrinth. You can read it here https://wp.me/p3cyvH-7T2

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Karen Martin made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Three of my books are listed under another author with the same name topic " Hypsipyle and the Curse of Lemnos 978-0-6451922-9-2 (paperback) by Karen Martin Delphi 978-0-6451922-6-1 is on my page but also shows up on another Kar ...more "
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Karen Martin liked Tina T.'s review of Hypsipyle and the Curse of Lemnos: A novella (The Women Unveiled series): "Hypsipyle and the Curse of Lemnos by Karen Martin is a powerful and lyrical reimagining of one of Greek mythology’s darkest and most unsettling tales. Drawing on the infamous “Lemnian crimes,” this novella gives voice and emotional depth to Hypsipyle" Read more of this review »
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Karen Martin liked Jacki's review of The Little Book of Red Flags: "✅️ A celebration of the wisdom of memes ✅️ Illustrations ✅️ Short but snappy and you could read it over and over Books with illustrations get me every time - but a book with illustrated memes? Works. My friend Karen Martin has self published another book" Read more of this review »
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Karen Martin liked Coleen Dailey's review of Dancing the Labyrinth: A dual-time novel steeped in Greek mythology (The Women Unveiled series Book 1): "Interesting. I like time travel books and am looking forward to the sequel."
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Karen Martin liked Ioana's review of Hypsipyle and the Curse of Lemnos: A novella (The Women Unveiled series): "I don't recall having heard about the Lemnos myth before. What Karen Martin does in this novella is retell this story from a feminist stand point, that of the woman who betrays the other women, her sisters. I feel that, unlike the other books in this" Read more of this review »
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