We wish to thank the West End Library and staff for their assistance and support in launching the book. The book is now available in Brisbane City Council Libraries.… Go to Article
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A Natural Wonder in Peril
The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change
by Iain McCalman
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 336 pp.,… Go to Article
Noir thrills in Brisbane
Bent Banana Books has all its titles at Bewdiful BargainBasement prices this festive season starting with Bernie Dowling’s neo-noir novel Iraqi Icicle at .99c.… Go to Article
Man trouble is murder for Annie
Annie: Bernie, what are your thoughts
on my character?
Bernie: Funny you should ask, Annie…
FREDERICK Lee Brooke could be creating a new literary sub-genre – the relationship thriller.
… Go to Article Annie get your man before he gets you
I’m BAAACK.
Haven’t been around my blog for a while but I am back with the news of a thriller
Protagonist Annie Ogden’s ex-boyfriend Michael Garcia reappears and she has to confront a lie dating back to her service in Iraq.
MSM judges Iraqi Icicle
From the Daily Telegraph Sydney
MARGARET Thatcher’s death caused confusion on Twitter where some users were apparently left with the impression that Cher had died.
Book review of Iraqi Icicle
My reaction to a review of my novel (Only joking)
Glenda A. Bixler is the latest reviewer of my novel Iraqi Icicle.
… Go to Article The whole world loves freedom
Handmade notebooks from Libre Livre
I TRY not to trouble myself unduly with matters of commerce.
For five days next week, I am giving away my enovel Iraqi Icicle.
… Go to Article When Rusty snapped
Toytown: photograph by Russell Brown
RUSSELL Brown is an Aussie newspaper photographer.
He and I have worked on the same newspapers, the Pine Rivers Press and the Northern Times for more than a decade and we live in neighboring suburbs in the Pine Rivers district of Australia.
… Go to Article Rain of humour among dark clouds
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Dark Clouds (Kindle Edition)
This is the second I have read in the series with reluctant spy Rudi Flynn at its centre.
… Go to Article Please warn Grandma
Guest Book Review
4.0 out of 5 stars
Iraqi Icicle by Bernie Dowling, 22 Dec 2012
Interesting theatrical, musical and political diversions
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This review is from: http://btfy.me/cfbtw9
… Go to Article Aussie thriller sings and zings
Brother reviews brother. Oh, Brother!
4.0 out of 5 stars
THIS novel is an epic detective story of more than 400 pages.
… Go to Article Vision gets even better
Laughs amid the turmoil
Book Review by Bernie Dowling
Weimar Vibesis a most humorous novel on a very serious subject.
Anti-hero Rudi Flynn is a former tabloid journalist, reformed cocaine abuser and practising alcoholic.… Go to Article
As free as a the vision of a boirdy.
Jane Sharp’s great new psychic thriller eBook goes free tomorrow so we should all support it to encourage the give-away and create a legion of fans.… Go to Article
On the road to Damascus Paul’s book pummels your brain
IF The Book of Paulwere a music album, a critic might say it had cross-over appeal.
It has a feel of a genre novel but it is hard to classify because of its elements of sci-fi, dystopia, psychological drama and comedy.
… Go to Article Hey hey Paul-eay, how many kids you kill today?
Welcome to Day 3 of my part in the whirlwind blog tour of The Book of Paul.
On Day 1, author Richard Long was kind enough to eloquently answer my questions on his supernatural thriller.
… Go to Article Tales of psychics and psychos
PERCOLATE the coffee and break open a bar of Swiss chocolate: a new author is visiting our home.
Australian Jane Sharp has arrived bearing the gift of her first published work, the eBook
Australian Jane Sharp has arrived bearing the gift of her first published work, the eBook
Vision The Reluctant Psychic
A promise of more to come in the Vision series accompanies these five short stories, introducing psychic detective, Trudy Harper.
… Go to Article The Maltese Falcon: classic book review
The Maltese Falcon: classic book review
Falcon strikes magnificently
At Google Books http://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Maltese_Falcon.html?id=yfJlaMBMFEMC&redir_esc=y
The large print version from GALE CENGAGE Learning which has a better cover than the other version is not listed on the publisher’s current catalogue.
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