MEDIA

Radio Interviews:

RNZ Sunday interview with Jim Mora

MPR Words from the Bubble interview with Rachel Doré (Episode 51)

Plains FM interview with Ruth Todd (22nd June)

Articles:

NZ Herald Canvas magazine article by Joanna Wane (subscription needed): The View From My Window: picturing the world from my protagonist’s point of view.

NZ Heritage Week Leila Adair in Petone: Snippets from Adair’s life as she toured in the Wellington region in the 1890s.

Wellington City Libraries’ interview: Catherine’s book takes much of the historical information available about Leila and turns it into a compelling, fascinating, fictional page-turner of a read.

Reviews:

NZ Booklovers review by Lynn Potter: Spinning lies is the best way to keep her listeners spellbound. So, will she tell all? A real page-turner!

FlaxFlower review by Bronwyn Elsmore: A life full of drama…step right up, pay your shilling, and enjoy the spectacle.

Alysontheblog review by Alyson Baker: The book is a great piece of historical fiction, meticulously researched.

The Book Show, Radio Southland review by Terry Toner (20 October): A most satisfying story of…ups and downs and a grand time is guaranteed for all.

Discovering Diamonds review: The author is a natural story-teller (as is her protagonist!) and I highly recommend this well-written and very quirky novel.