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.
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?
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”
Free Book Plates
Christmas is coming, and The Secrets of the Huon Wren would make the perfect gift, don’t you think?
To help you make your gift extra special for your loved-one, I’d love to send you a personalised book plate like this one pictured.
BOOKED OUT… but open again!
My Launceston book launch of The Secrets of the Huon Wren booked out on the weekend… but I’m thrilled to share that we’ve just opened up more tickets.
You’re invited to my book launch!
It’s a month until The Secrets of the Huon Wren will be sitting pretty on shelves in bookshops all over the place, including your favourite independent book sellers, Big W and Target. And yesterday, tickets went live for my hometown book launch event. So excited about this! It will be hosted by Petrarch’s Bookshop atContinue reading “You’re invited to my book launch!”
Claire van Ryn 