Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme is Authors (or books by authors) Who Live In My State/Country (submitted by Jennifer @ Funk-N-Fiction)
I love it when I am able to focus on Australian authors, and I think I could write a post just on authors who live in Melbourne but I am going to narrow it down a little bit. In a couple of weeks I am heading over to Perth for the weekend to see some family and to attend the 3rd Rachael Johns Reader Retreat. There will be about 100 readers and 20 featured authors attending and I am looking forward to it!
Today, I am sharing ten authors who are attending the retreat! A lot of these authors live in Perth so it is good for them not to have to travel to the retreat this year. I have met some of the other authors at previous retreats so I am going to start with the ones I have not yet met.
I posted about the previous retreats. This is the post for 2024 and this is the one for 2023.
Some of these might be a bit hard to track down for anyone living outside Australia, but I hope that this list is still of interest
Barbara Hannay - I have read Barbara Hannay before when she was part of the quartet of writers who wrote the Outback Brides of Wirralong (reviewed here) and the Outback Babies series. She has quite an extensive backlist!
Kylie Kaden - I am not familiar with this author's books so it will be interesting to learn more about her!
Alexandra Almond - A debut author who comes from Melbourne!
Nadia Mahjouri - I have heard such good things about this author's debut novel.
Deb Jordan - The third of the debut authors who will be attending the retreat
Nicole Flockton - I am not really that familiar with this author although she has written a lot and is a USA Today best selling author! I had to pick this title as soon as I saw it although this particular book doesn't come out until June!
Christine Wells - I have been meaning to read Christine Wells for the longest time as I should love her books! I did start this one once but didn't get very far before I got distracted!
Sara Foster - Technically I did meet Sara Foster years ago, but it was a very, very long time ago!
Natasha Lester - I actually did meet Natasha Lester a couple of weeks ago, but her book The Madamoiselle Alliance is one of the book club books we will be discussing over the weekend.
Stella Quinn - This is the other book club book that we will be discussing over the weekend. Stella was at the inaugural retreat a couple of years ago.
There are lots of other authors going that I have met before! I will most likely post something about the retreat once I get back!
Sounds like it will be a great time! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful twist to not only highlight Australian authors but ones you might actually meet!
ReplyDeleteI have a Christine Wells book on my TBR, and hope to get to it soon. I hope you enjoy your time at the retreat.
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/celebrating-canadian-authors-ten-authors-from-canada/
I hope you will share a post from the readers' retreat. I want to learn more about Australian authors.
ReplyDeleteSuch retreats sound interesting, hope you'll have fun and get lots of reading done!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2025/05/06/top-ten-tuesday-books-about-world-war-ii-2/
I’m curious about Half Truth.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a cool event!
ReplyDeleteSisters of the Resistance looks really good! My TTT
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of these smaller conferences and retreats. Hope you enjoy this one. Looks like some lovely books on your list. A Snowy River Summer caught my eye. Thanks for sharing, Marg.
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I look forward to seeing your post about the retreat!
ReplyDeleteThese books look good. I haven't read many books by Australian authors I am ashamed to say.
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/top-ten-tuesday-authors-who-live-d-in-my-country/