Book Cover

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Promo photo, sitting in the bush in Whangārei.

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Mila and the Bone Man – available in all great bookstores

https://landfallreview.com/i-held-hands-with-the-frightened-the-newly-born-the-bereft-the-dying-and-the-sick/

Reviews are one of the frightening aspects of being an author.

Sometimes, reviewers just ‘don’t get’ the book they’ve been assigned.

Sometimes, they hate it. That doesn’t mean other readers will have the same response.

Sometimes, though, a book and a reviewer are in synch.

Thank you, for this lovely review.

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Bird Man

The journal is available for purchase from Mayhem https://www.mayhemjournal.co.nz/shop/

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Tutukākā marina beach.

Here we are at the tiring end of the year. It’s summer solstice today in New Zealand. We’ve had sunshine, high humidity, a thunderstorm and torrential rain. At least it isn’t cold.
Mila and the Bone Man is out in the world and has had some lovely reviews. I am currently editing The Anatomists’ Handbook.

2023 will see the republishing of Bent Not Broken and the release of Songs to Sing to the Dying.

I am so grateful to my publisher Quentin Wilson, my editor Jane McKenzie and my amazing agent Vicki Marsdon of Highspot Literary Agency.
And grateful to you, my readers.

It’s been a busy and fulfilling year.

To refill my cup of stars, find my voice and order the words in my head, I need to connect with nature.
Every day Lucy and I walk for an hour – it buys me quiet time and gets her the exercise she needs to sleep quietly at my feet while I write.
It’s a win-win.
Christmas will be quiet – Graham, Bill the cat, Lucy the Bichon and me.

Sending love, peace and a sense of ‘enough’ to all of my readers.

Arohanui,

Lauren x

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Are you in Whangārei on October 20th?

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Mila and the Bone Man – available now. She’s been a long time lost in the forest, now Mila is appearing in all good bookstores. 

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Mila and the Bone Man is set around the Puketi Forest in northern New Zealand.

This photo is taken in the heart of Mila Country – the ngāhere or bush.

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Today I am editing The Anatomists’ Handbook. This was to have been my first published novel, but my writing skills weren’t quite up to the task of the multi-layered multi-era narrative. The story’s bones were good, and some characters demanded they come to life. Maybe this time next year, we’ll be celebrating another launch.

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