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[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Elaine wrote: "Hi. I am Elaine. I confess I am not Australian, I am English, but a few of my Goodreads friends are in this group, and when I get their updates, I always think that your group has the most interest..."

From someone who is English by birth and Australian by selection - welcome!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Hi Elaine, Welcome...*Waves* :)

[Elaine]

thanks everyone :)

[Sharon]

Hi Elaine, welcome to the group :)

[Billie]

Hello, All

My name is Billie Morton and I've just found this beaut site. I live near Byron Bay and am a writer who lived in California for a long time. I have just discovered Australian author Meaghan Delahunt's brilliant book IN THE BLUE HOUSE set around Frida Kahlo's life. Look forward to joining in.

[Ken]

Billie wrote: "Hello, All

My name is Billie Morton and I've just found this beaut site. I live near Byron Bay and have a novel recently out on Amazon. 'How To Un-Marry A Millionaire.'

It's set in the USA wher..."

Welcome to the group Billie.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Billie wrote: "Hello, All

My name is Billie Morton and I've just found this beaut site. I live near Byron Bay ..."

Welcome Billie, it's great to have you with us :) Please would you edit your post to remove reference to your book. Thanks :) We have a special section for our authors, which I can't link now (am on my phone) but I can let you know later if you can't find it.

[Sharon]

Hi Billie, welcome to the group :)

[Dale]

Billie wrote: "Hello, All

My name is Billie Morton and I've just found this beaut site. I live near Byron Bay
Hi Billie and welcome to another coastie. I'm down south.

[Suz]

Welcome Sarah, Elaine, Mary, and Billie; I know you will all gain some excellent insights on all types of books here!

[Sally906]

Welcome Billie

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Welcome Billie

[Billie]

Thanks!Glad to have found you. A bit of a newbie to online groups - go to a live book club once a month at Brunswick Heads.

[Carolyn]

Billie wrote: "Thanks!Glad to have found you. A bit of a newbie to online groups - go to a live book club once a month at Brunswick Heads."

Welcome Billie. Beautiful part of the world you live in!
I'm sure you'll fit right in here.

[Sally]

Billie wrote: "Hello, All

My name is Billie Morton and I've just found this beaut site. I live near Byron Bay and am a writer who lived in California for a long time. I have just discovered Australian author Mea..."

Welcome, Billie :-) Byron is one of my favourite places in the world, I envy you! I'd love to hear what you think of the book about Frida Kahlo. I fell in love with her character in The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver and would love to read more about her.

[Billie]

Hey Sally

Nice to hear from you! Yep, Byron is lovely. I am in the hills - very quiet. Good to read and write with few distractions. In the Blue House is a strange novel set around Trotsky's stay in Mexico - as a guest of Frida who he had an affair with - and tells the story of his assassination. She is such an extraordinary character and Meaghan Delahunt's take on her is original and intriguing. Thanks for the heads up on the B. Kingsolver novel. I'll check it out.

Where do you live?

[Sally]

Ah, the Byron Bay hinterland is gorgeous :-) I live in a little seaside town about 150 km north of Adelaide.

How ironic, Frida Kahlo's appearance in The Lacuna also centres on Trotsky's stay with her and Diego Rivera. That's only one part of the book, but it's my favourite part :-) Made me want to google Frida's art :-)

[Audiothing]

I started using Goodreads several months ago, only just discovered an Aussie group!
Favourites for me are mysteries and crime, but nothing shocking or macabre. I recently discovered I quite enjoy a bit of paranormal, the more lighthearted kind, no vampires or zombies thanks.
I look forward to having a good look around this group

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Bec! It's great to have you with us:) Enjoy browsing the threads...

[Billie]

Yes, happy browsing. Sunday, a good day for ranging far and wide ...in your pjs.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sounds good Billie:)

[Sharon]

Hi Bec, welcome to the group :)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Hello Bec. You should find lots to interest you here:)

[Sally906]

Bec wrote: "I started using Goodreads several months ago, only just discovered an Aussie group!
Favourites for me are mysteries and crime, but nothing shocking or macabre. I recently discovered I quite enjoy ..."

Hello Bec. Welcome to the group :)

[Melissa]

Hi! I have been using Goodreads for about one year and loving it! This is my first discussion group :) I live in the Pilbara WA with my hubby and 2 boys (5 n 6). I only started reading when my youngest 7mnths old and it was my way to escape the 18mnths of incessant screaming from my poor little guy! I read Twilight and fell in love and have been reading whenever I the chance ever since. I enjoy reading most things but mostly I enjoy paranormal, romance, the naughty romances ;), darker reads and YA. I have only just discovered the Rural Australian reads and have been loving them! :)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Hello and welcome Melissa. Good to meet another Twilight fan:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Melissa:) Great to have you with us!

[Carolyn]

Welcome to tend group Bec and Melissa!

[Sharon]

Hi Melissa, welcome to the group :)

[Billie]

I've just put a strong recommendation on my to read list - THE SNOW KIMONO by Aus. writer Mark Henshaw. Has anyone read it?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Billie wrote: "I've just put a strong recommendation on my to read list - THE SNOW KIMONO by Aus. writer Mark Henshaw. Has anyone read it?"

Billie if you go to this thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... and pose your question, you'll probably get quite a few responses. With this being the intro thread it'll get missed:)

[Sally906]

Melissa wrote: "Hi! I have been using Goodreads for about one year and loving it! This is my first discussion group :) I live in the Pilbara WA with my hubby and 2 boys (5 n 6). I only started reading when my ..."

Welcome To the group Melissa

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Hello Aiden. Welcome to the group.

[Sally906]

Aiden wrote: "G,Day I am Aiden, I live in NSW I like a large variety of books, my favorites are teen spy novels, mostly books like Alex Rider or the Jason Steed series."

Welcome Aiden good to have you here :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Aiden! Great to have you with us:)

[Billie]

Hi Aiden - what age groups are those series aimed at?

[Sharon]

Hi Aiden, welcome to the group :)

[Carly]

Hi Guys,

I'm Carly, and I share my time between Kangaroo Island (South Australia) and Wagga Wagga (NSW) because of Uni (Say no more right?). I am so glad that I stumbled across your group, I absolutely love reading almost every genre ( I don't think I have found any I haven't?) Anyway it will be great to get to know some fellow Aussies and the chance to get to know some Aussie authors as well. So any must read recommendations would be great! Especially some rural reads because you definitely can not take the farm out of the girl :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Carly! Great to have you with us:) Wow that's a big trek for you back and forwards between those two places!

There are a number of threads with Aussie author recommendations/new releases in them, and definitely we cover the whole range of genres. Plus the rural reads are there for you to check out too:) Enjoy browsing:)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Welcome Carly. This is certainly the right place to find Aussie books!

[Sharon]

Hi Carly, welcome to the group :)

[Sally906]

Hello Carly - welcome to the group.

I went to Charles Sturt Uni in Wagga - well virtually - I did my degree by correspondence :)

[TAT Books]

Hi Everyone, I'm Ashlee, editor of The Australia Times Books magazine (TAT Books). I'm hoping that being part of this group will help me to keep up to date with not only the latest releases and books news, but also with what Aussie readers want and are excited about.

I'm trying hard not to flog here, but just in case you're interested, our magazine features reviews of both Aussie and international books, new releases and some older ones that you may have missed or forgotten about or just never had the chance to read. There's a mixture of established authors and up and comers. We've also got author interviews as well as the reviews. And the best bit about all of this is that it's completely free.

We've also just started a TAT Books Book Club on goodreads for anyone who's interested - each month there's an Aussie book, an Adult book, a Young Adult book and a 'bucket list' book.

That's enough flogging for now - I'm looking forward to discussions with all of you and I'd love any feedback and suggestions you might have regarding the magazine.

cheers

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Hi Ashlee, great to have you on board! If you'd like an area where you can "flog", you can go to the Author section if you like - though I know you're not an author, the promotion of books by such as yourselves would work very well there... https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Make your own thread and go for it! With this thread being an introduction thread, your post will be lost in no time. Whereas if you put it in your own place, members can browse whenever they want:) In your own thread you can also add links to the relevant sections to help members find things with ease:)

[TAT Books]

Thanks Brenda, that's a big help!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're welcome:)

[Carolyn]

Welcome Billie, Aiden, Carly and TAT Books!
Nice to see you all here :)

[Sally906]

Welcome Ashlee/TATT books :)

[Carly]

Sally906 wrote: "Hello Carly - welcome to the group.

I went to Charles Sturt Uni in Wagga - well virtually - I did my degree by correspondence :)"

Thank you Sally and everyone else for the warm welcome!
Wow its a small world right Sally :)

[Jim]

Hi Everyone, Jim from Melbourne here. Don't read as much as I'd like to but am finding Goodreads fantastic motivation!! I love Aussie writers like Winton and Flanagan, others like Paulo Coelho and Yann Martel, and books that delve into the complexities of human behaviour or seek to tackle the bigger questions facing society.