The 2026 Indie Book Awards longlist has been announced, and my second novel Where The Birds Call Her Name was named in the fiction category!
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Where the Birds Call Her Name Makes Top 100 List
Where the Birds Call Her Name has reached 20th place in the Better Reading Top 100 for 2025, thanks to reader votes. This achievement extends its availability in Big W, enhancing its visibility and sales. A smaller format will soon be released, coinciding with the holiday season. Thank you to all supporters!
Place Writing Workshop
We’ve all heard it said of certain fiction that ‘the landscape was like another character’. How does a writer create this sense of depth and complexity when it comes to place-telling? In this practical workshop, we will explore ways to write about landscapes, suburbia, homes and buildings that invite the reader to step into place.
Vote to Win 100 Books
If you’ve read Where the Birds Call Her Name and enjoyed it – I’d be so grateful if you voted for her in the Better Reading Top 100.
The Birds & I Are On Tour!
Come and see Claire van Ryn, author of Where the Birds Call Her Name, at an author event near you.
Cover Reveal: Where the Birds Call Her Name
I am so utterly thrilled to share with you the cover of my next book Where the Birds Call Her Name.
Isn’t she beautiful?
Writing Family, History & Tasmania
On September 12 at Peppers Silo Hotel in Launceston, I will be joining Penguin Prize-winning author Annette Higgs for a conversation titled: Writing Family, History and the Tasmanian Landscape.
Huon Wren a Top 100 Read
The Secrets of the Huon Wren has been named in the Better Reading Top 100 Books of 2024.
Meet me for Bubbles & Books
As part of Tasmania Reads Week, I’ll be hanging out at the George Town Library for a free event, chatting about writing and reading, and anything else people might like to pick my brain about. I’d love to see you there, particularly if you’re a local! Here are the details… invite your family, friends, bookContinue reading “Meet me for Bubbles & Books”
Can you help?
I’m hoping you can help me out with this little thing. Each year Dymocks Books puts together an incredible list of the books Aussie readers love, as voted by Aussie readers. They then publish the top 101 books online and position them front and centre in their bookshops. It’s kinda a big deal to beContinue reading “Can you help?”
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