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Christine Betts

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Christine Betts is a novelist, author of award-winning short stories, and teaches creative writing workshops. In February 2025, her manuscript Homecoming (working title) was long listed in the Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize, and Christine is a committee member for the inaugural Currumbin Crime Writers Festival, held August 15-16, 2025. Planning for the 2026 festival is underway.

Christine has been a member of the Gold Coast Writers’ Association since 2018 and served on the committee as newsletter editor (2021-23) and speaker coordinator (2023-24). Christine is the creator of the popular Write and Sip fundraising events and patron/judge of the GCWA Short Story Competition (2022-23) and creator of the GCWA members Critique Gro ...more

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	Hotel Déjà Vu: Would you do it all again? 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alia Henry and the Ghost Writer 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Splashes of Love: Anthology of Aussie Romance Stories by Charmaine Clancy (Goodreads Author), Anna Campbell (Goodreads Author), Jan-Andrew Henderson (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Set in Paris: Paris in a Day and Other Stories 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lost Lambs

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Grounded: A Journey into the Landscapes of our Ancestors

by James Canton

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The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

by Jessie Burton

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“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
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“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
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“Time is the longest distance between two places.”
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“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
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