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That Featherston Chair
If you love that chair on the front cover of AWAKENING the lost woman and you are in Melbourne then you are in luck…….
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Cindy and the lovely readers of Colac.
Some people have asked why I’m launching the book in Colac. Well it all comes back to Cindy. If you’re reading the books you’ll have discovered Christina’s go to girl, right hand women and all round organizational superhuman is her assistant Cindy Winter. You may also have noticed the name of the contact person for…
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Open the bottle of ‘Christina’ and celebrate.
I started writing the ‘lost woman’ trilogy on July the 18th 2012. I remembered this because it was my friends birthday. We had grown up together. Over the years we’d always kept in touch even though we lived hundreds of miles apart. I remember divulging to her that I was writing a book and she…
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The real Franco Stefano
In book one, Christina decides to venture out on her own. She could try any of the bars or restaurants in busy Fitzroy, but instead she chooses the safer option of a book launch. The fictitious book shop was actually based on the wonderful ‘Books for Cooks’ on Gertrude Street in Melbourne and the author,…
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Christina’s farm house in Greenhope
Christina’s Farmhouse. It sounds like such a cliche, but sometimes a trip is not about the destination but the journey…
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Writing a list
I had so much to do today. Poured my morning cuppa and went to butter my toast only to find we had run out of Vegemite. My brain would not be able to function if I didn’t get my salty hit of black vitamin b paste. Shopping had not been on my to do list…
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The Pavilion Hotel Phnom Penh
I stayed at this gorgeous hotel, The Pavilion, in 2012. It was the inspiration for the place where Christina began her first venture in Cambodia. This is the foyer of the restored Colonial era mansion. It was unbelievably good value and think it cost around $55. per night. Little did I know it would be…
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Where do all the unloved nectarines go?
A few years ago I was visiting a friend who was nectarine grower. She presented me with a tray of the most beautiful huge ripe fruit. I bit into one of these delicious sweet plump beauties and was immediately transported back in time when my parents had their own tree and we would gorge ourselves…
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A Real Mid-Century Modern
My father-in-law was an architect and this is a photo of the first house he built in the late fifties for his beautiful young wife and son. I love the mood it sets, seeing the bike abandoned, the open door, possibly in favour of a more urgent project for a busy little boy. The owner…
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The Contrasts of Gertrude Street
The thing about the gentrification of inner city suburbs is that it raises real estate prices to ridiculous levels, turning these once diverse cultures into rather monochromatic streets filled with expensive restaurants and overpriced boutiques.
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