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Robin Bower

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Robin Bower is a writer and editor based in Perth, Western Australia. She holds postgraduate qualifications in education, editing and publishing, and creative writing. Her career spans educational publishing in Melbourne, international magazine editing in Hong Kong, and publications management in the Western Australian State Government.

She is the author of two self-published books (Beyond Home and My River Sanctuary) and a travel-memoir project, part of a broader series exploring place and sensory experience (Senses of Paris, Senses of Morocco and Senses of Italy).

Robin shares her creative work and photography through her Substack, Imagine Write Create (https://rbpublishing1.substack.com), her website www.rb-publishing.com, and on Instagr ...more

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	Beyond Home: A daughter's journey to Burma in search of her father's past 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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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	Top 10 Tips for Publishing Your Book: Before, During and After the Writing Process really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Concrete Pool Buyers' Guide: Everything you need to know about buying a concrete pool: choosing a builder, quoting, design, types, features, cost (The Water's Edge, #1) by Steve Nener, Robin Bower (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 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
	Senses of Paris by Robin Bower (Goodreads Author), Christine Vandenbergh (Artist) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2016 — 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
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	Senses of Italy: A creative journey through words, images and artistic impressions (Senses series Book 3) 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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	Cool Pools to Colour and Keep: 40 swimming pool and landscape designs to colour for adults and children alike (The Water's Edge Book 2) by Steve Nener, Robin Bower (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Concrete Pool Buyers' Guide: Everything you need to know about buying a concrete pool: choosing a builder, quoting, design, types, features, cost by Steve Nener, Virtual Voice (Narrator), Robin Bower (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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In Pieces

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Write Your Way Home: Journaling for the Brave

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This is a self-help book and mini memoir in one. Lots of insights into how to live a good life. Jimmy is intelligent and funny but relies on a few too many dick jokes for my liking. It is funny in parts and a nice read. He talks of his enmeshed relat ...more
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I am a huge fan of Sofia Laguna’s adult fiction. She writes with such authenticity and her stories are sublime. I wasn’t such a huge fan of this book. It was a much quieter book than others I’ve read, and meandered for a long time on the early life o ...more
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