SHE CHOSE HOPE

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by Steve Heron OAM “Hope is wings in the wind.” In my third novel of the Bayside Blues series, Busted Curse, (yet to be published), a group of friends discover a box in a secret cellar of an old (haunted) house they are exploring. Before opening the box, Maddy jokingly says that the box might contain a curse like Pandora’s...Read More

A Children’s Book is a Compass

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By Steve Heron OAM No one is told any story but their own. –from the Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. When I look back at the books I loved as a child, one that stands out is “Tootle”, a Little Golden Book. I wasn’t sure why it stood out until I reread it for the...Read More

Words in The Valley Readers and Writers Festival

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Welcome to the Words in the Valley Festival 2021, a four-day celebration of literature. While the festival has been postponed due to Covid-19, the quality remains assured. We are very proud to deliver a writers’ festival with a terrific line-up of international writers that all live locally within Western Australia The Words in the Valley festival is an event that...Read More

MAXIMUS – FAITHFULLY RECREATING THE EXPERIENCE OF EARLY ADOLESCENCE

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by Steve Heron OAM Maximus, middle-grade novel has sound psychological concepts underpinning the narrative and an informed social and emotional wellbeing context. Maximus has been referred to as a book about bullying. It is interesting that the word ‘bully’ appears only once in the story when Mitch calls his dad a bully when he yells at his little sister Megan....Read More

Feel Safe Feel Right Books

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A ten year old boy asked me to write a book about a boy who was bullied in the toilets. This was way before I started writing kids books. 'I don't write books. I failed English at High School.' Some time after this encounter, I was driving along a road near where I lived and spotted a group of skylarking...Read More