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Debbie Robson

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I was born in the Mater Hospital in Sydney and grew up on the Northern Beaches. I now live in Lake Macquarie. As a writer and reader I am fascinated by the first 60 years of the last century and very excited that my novella, The Hermitage, set in 1937 has been published in 2023.
My poems, micro, flash and stories have been published internationally, online and in print. Tomaree, my first novel, is a WWII love story and my second novel is Crossing Paths: the Bookcrossing Novel, inspired by the website of the same name. I am currently working on my trilogy entitled Paris Next Week, set in Sydney and Paris during the 1920s. I also write about an angel who drives a taxi cab in Sydney.
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The act of researching - time, place and memory

This is a repost from wordpress without the beautiful photo of an old house near Chateau Chalon.
About two years ago I bought a photographic print by Maureen Boyle. She had quite a lot of prints on display – small and large of photographs she had taken in France and I was taking my time choosing. After all, I was aware that I might be selecting an image for a scene or scenes of a manuscript not yet Read more of this blog post »
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Since January I have been looking for another five star book to rival Exposure by Helen Dunmore. I was hoping that The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley was it.
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Debbie Robson And you Majenta!


Majenta Hello, Debbie! Happy Monday! I hope 2017 is getting off to the right start for you and yours. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Good to "meet" you. Thank you for contacting me. Blessings!

Best wishes from Majenta


Debbie Robson My pleasure!


Jibran Debbie, thank you for the add :)


Debbie Robson I'm releasing 10 messages in bottles and four bookcrossing books tomorrow at Swansea Heads. Hope the weather is fine.

Debbie


Jasmine Thank you!!! :-)


Debbie Robson Nice to meet you too. It is cool and a lot of fun. I've met some wonderful people.


Bookwatcher Hello, and aswering your question, no I'm not in the BookCrossing project... Seems very cool!

Nice too meet you!


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