Shelter From the Storm launch

A new book release is always exciting, and I was delighted when my latest hit the shelves. January 4 isn’t an ideal time for events too close to the release, but I was fortunate to be able to travel to beautiful South Australia in August, where I visited quite a few libraries and a few book shops as well. Thank you South Australia for your very warm welcome. And thank you to the talented writer and podcaster, and gorgeous person, Michelle Barraclough for being the host of my book launch at Berkelouw books at Brookvale. A full house and lots of fun talking about Shelter From the Storm, my writing process, and many other bookish things.

Shelter From the Storm has received lovely reviews, and many people have told me they have enjoyed learning more about frogs (Hugo from Shelter From the Storm is an environmental biologist specialising in biodiversity and herpetology (that’s frogs!). I enjoyed researching frogs A LOT while writing this book, and while many parts didn’t make it into the story (possibly because my editors like readers to keep wanting to turn the pages … ) I think there’s enough in the book to portray the importance of frogs to biodiversity and a healthy environment. Also, frogs are (mostly) very attractive critters. If you’d like to know what frogs you hear croaking in your back garden, or if you’re on holiday and curious, have you thought about registering for Frog ID? You download a free app, record the frog, send it off, and the wonderful scientists and field assistants (often known simply as ‘froggers’ will get back to you and tell you what frogs you are listening to. This project also assists the Frog ID project in mapping frog populations, vitally important research for the preservation of many species of frog. Here is the link to the highly recommened Frog ID!

Last but never least, thank you lovely readers for welcoming Shelter From the Storm onto your physical and virtual bookshelves!