Morning Tea at the Hilton

July 8, 2016 by Frances Macaulay Forde

There’s another next week, if you missed this one!

Many thanks to everyone who came along to the morning tea at the Perth Hilton yesterday to celebrate the release of my new book The Woman Next Door. More than 180 people turned up; so many the event had to be moved to a larger room! The wonderful Ann Poublon from Dymocks at Garden City did a wonderful job organising it all and the morning tea the Hilton provided was very good…particularly those absolutely delicious macarons.

I always enjoy chatting with Will Yeoman and we managed to talk about the book without giving away too much – I hope! A big thank you to all of you who waited so patiently to have your books signed. It was lovely to meet you, and I hope you all enjoy the book.

And if you couldn’t attend this event, we have another one coming up next Tuesday 12 July at the Grove…

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UWAP – A new imprint!

July 8, 2016 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Congratulations to these first four poets.

An exciting opportunity for West Australian poets initiated by the University of WA:

UWAP Poetry

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Quentin Blake unpublished…

July 7, 2016 by Frances Macaulay Forde

“Quentin Blake guides us through the remarkable story of his collaboration with Roald Dahl to make The BFG.” “The big screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG, directed by Steven Spielberg, will be released in the UK in July 2016” – from THE GUARDIAN: https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2016/jun/24/the-bfg-quentin-blake-roald-dahl

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Fact, fiction in book awards logjam

July 6, 2016 by Frances Macaulay Forde

The WA Premier’s Book Awards finalists have been announced in the West Australian, after a year’s lay-off because of budget cuts: https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/31990928/premiers-book-awards-shortlist-announced/

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Writing Frank.

July 5, 2016 by Frances Macaulay Forde

I’ve mentioned my friend Anna Jacobs before… here’s her latest interview about her 75th book.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/31989700/prolific-perth-author-anna-jacobs-at-home/

Enjoy!

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The Woman Next Door.

July 4, 2016 by Frances Macaulay Forde

A review of one of my favourite local writers, Liz Byrski‘s latest book “The Woman Next Door” which appeared in the West Australian.

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Writing for Screen…

July 2, 2016 by Frances Macaulay Forde

By: Alex Bloom | June 30, 2016

http://www.scriptmag.com/features/script-hacks-express-script-theme-3-acts

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Expensive error…

July 2, 2016 by Frances Macaulay Forde

This story about making films is fascinating: http://theplaylist.net/daniel-craigs-leather-gloves-reportedly-cost-skyfall-millions-dollars-20160701/

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Strangers?

June 30, 2016 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Great ad for Irvington. 🙂

Storyshucker

It was early morning when we stepped quietly into the cozy dining area of the bed and breakfast. A quick glance told us we were first, so we took a seat at one of the several small tables arranged intimately throughout the room. Soon other guests trickled in and sat where they liked, usually leaving the empty “buffer” table between themselves and those already seated. A few “good morning” nods were traded but no one spoke. We were, after all, strangers.

Each table solemnly eyeballed the others to see just who chance had decided they spend that particular weekend with. No one in the room knew the other guests, but by luck of the draw and an online reservation we were about to share breakfast. Bad hair, puffy eyes, and all. It’s an awkward silence that wins as strangers size up one another.

That silence was broken when the friendly…

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The Smuggler’s Curse by Norman Jorgensen

June 30, 2016 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Congrats, Norm – looking forward to buying a signed copy for my grandson!

Norman Jorgensen

My new novel The Smuggler’s Curse is scheduled to be released by Fremantle Press on September 1st, 2016. It started out in the first draft as a historical novel for high school aged kids, but as it developed, the manuscript somehow turned into more of a straight out adventure for younger readers.

I’ve found that manuscripts and characters in them do take on a life of their own and no amount of pre-planning from me is going to stop the characters doing whatever they like as soon as I get beyond the first page. They are completely out of my control, and this one was no exception. Where did the storms at sea, explosions, cannons firing, gun- runners, murder and savage head-hunters all come from? Probably the Saturday afternoon matinees I enjoyed as a kid at Narrogin Cinema, but I’m not admitting to that. The Black Dragon