Getting to Know Kiwi Authors

While attending the 2015 NZ Independent Book Festival earlier this month I discovered just how many authors there are who I have never heard of (and it's utterly shameful!)

So to solve my obvious lack of Kiwi author knowledge I have decided to do a bit of online stalking research and post a few mini features on the ones I can find - starting with the ones that did attend the book fair.

First off, I'm going to give a shout out to a friend of mine who was at the book festival - author T.G. Ayer (if you read my blog you probably know our history already).

Tee is an author who I've followed for about four and a half years and she now has approximately 15 books under her belt! We have worked fairly closely over the years and she has been featured on my blog numerous times so I'm just going to leave a link for her Amazon page, website etc for you to look up if you want to check out her work.

Tee has a number of *free* Amazon reads at the moment so make sure you snag a copy and give her work a try.

About T.G. Ayer

I have been a writer since I was old enough to recognize that reading was a doorway into my imagination. Books were my best friends, my escape, my haven. I am essentially a recluse and am blessed with a husband who has left me for golf. It's a fair trade as I have left him for writing. We are both passionate supporters of each others loves - it works wonderfully...

My heart is currently broken in two. One half resides in South Africa where my old roots still remain, and my heart still longs for the endless beaches and the smell of moist soil after a summer downpour. The other half of me has been transplanted to the island of New Zealand. A land of green, pure beauty that truly inspires. And because I am so torn between these two lands - I shall forever remain crosseyed.

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*Currently Free*
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*Dead Radiance (A Valkyrie Novel - Book 1) (The Valkyrie Series)

 

 

*Skin Deep (A SkinWalker Novel #1) (DarkWorld: SkinWalker)

 

*Gods and Mortals: Fourteen Free Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Novels Featuring Thor, Loki, Greek Gods, Native American Spirits, Vampires, Werewolves, & More

 

Whether you are an author, publisher, editor, blogger, or you just love to read and you're interested in learning more about the 2016 NZ Book Festival please check out their website or facebook page.

NZ Independent Book Festival 2015

If you're around Auckland tomorrow and you love a good book, I highly recommend you head to the NZ Independent Book Festival being held at the North Shore Events Centre.

I stopped by on my way home from a family event today and would have loved to have spent the whole afternoon perusing the many stands, meeting some more of these tremendous authors and publishers etc, but the needs of my tired and grumpy children took precedence and so I only had a quick whip round - and boy I was impressed!

There were so many varied genres being represented - children's books, romance, thrillers, self help, paranormal, science and speculative fiction, general fiction and so much more! I met a number of authors and publishers that I will definitely be looking up and adding to my tbr list very soon - and everyone was so welcoming and lovely.

I did have the chance to catch up with a dear friend and one of my favorite authors T.G. Ayer, who introduced me to her friends and fellow authors J.C. Hart and Leigh K. Hunt - again, two really lovely ladies!
 
So head on over, check out what is on offer and maybe pick up a great book or two (or more) to read!

Author, T.G. Ayer and Book Chatter Cath (me!)

  *FREE ENTRY - North Shore Event Centre, off Argus Place, Hillcrest
Saturday 3rd (12pm - 4pm) + Sunday 4th (10am - 4pm)

Book Promo ~ Forbidden Waters by Melissa Pearl and Brenda Howson

Forbidden Waters is here! PURCHASE YOUR COPY TODAY: Amazon / Smashwords A forbidden boat ride turns into the nightmare from hell... After nearly being killed by drug dealers during an April hiking trip, Lexy and Mica are now on lock down. Their parents want them to stay safe and in town...but where's the fun in that? Bored and frustrated by these new restrictions and the fact they can't hang out with their new boyfriends at will, the girls decide to take a sneaky boat ride across the lake, which isn't strictly against the rules considering they aren't actually leaving town. But things don't go according to plan. Their sneaky trip across the water is fraught with disaster when they end up with an annoying tag-along, Tracey, who fills their heads with terrifying ghost stories of the murdering hermit who lives on the other side of the lake. Easy enough to brush off, until their boat capsizes and they find themselves injured and stranded in his ghostly turf. As night sets in, the girls find themselves on the run from a series of unexplained creepies that can only mean one thing...the ghost man is alive. Will Eli and Tom, figure out where their girlfriends are and get there in time to help them? Or will these two best friends fall into the hands of the man rumored to have murdered his family?

 

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Cover Reveal ~ Forbidden Waters by Melissa Pearl & Brenda Howson

Forbidden Waters by Melissa Pearl & Brenda Howson

Mica and Lexy #2

COVER REVEAL

April 1, 2015

After nearly being killed by drug dealers during an April hiking trip, Lexy and Mica are now on lock down. Their parents want them to stay safe and in town...but where's the fun in that?

Bored and frustrated by these new restrictions and the fact they can't hang out with their new boyfriends at will, the girls decide to take a sneaky boat ride across the lake, which isn't strictly against the rules considering they aren't actually leaving town.

But things don't go according to plan.

Their sneaky trip across the water is fraught with disaster when they end up with an annoying tag-along, Tracey, who fills their heads with terrifying ghost stories of the murdering hermit who lives on the other side of the lake. Easy enough to brush off, until their boat capsizes and they find themselves injured and stranded in his ghostly turf. As night sets in, the girls find themselves on the run from a series of unexplained creepies that can only mean one thing...the ghost man is alive.

Will Eli and Tom, figure out where their girlfriends are and get there in time to help them? Or will these two best friends fall into the hands of the man rumored to have murdered his family?

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~*~ABOUT MELISSA AND BRENDA~*~

Melissa Pearl and Brenda Howson have been best friends for well over a decade. Both mothers of two young children, both married to school teachers, and both lovers of writing, they have a lot in common. Having spent many vacations away together, they have become as close to sisters as two girls can get. It was on one of these holidays away that the Mica and Lexy Series was born.

Melissa is the author of multiple YA and NA books, written in a variety of genres. She is a fully trained elementary teacher, but is lucky enough to stay home and watch her kids grow. She is also spending every spare moment trying to turn writing into a full-time career … and loving the process.

Find out more about her books here: http://www.melissapearlauthor.com/news

Brenda was the one

who encouraged Melissa to start writing in the first place. Once Melissa got started, Brenda caught the bug; she has been writing for ten years, in between motherhood and working at a local high school in the computer department. She has won two short story competitions and been runner up in another. Forbidden Territory is her first published novel.