Fiona McIntosh http://www.fionamcintosh.com Author Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:34:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Magnificent German cover for The Lavender Keeper http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/magnificent-german-cover-for-the-lavender-keeper/ http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/magnificent-german-cover-for-the-lavender-keeper/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:34:44 +0000 Fiona http://www.fionamcintosh.com/?p=1059 So exciting!

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]]> http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/mothers-day/feed/ 0 April 2014 Popular Fiction Masterclass is launched! http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/april-2014-popular-fiction-masterclass-is-launched/ http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/april-2014-popular-fiction-masterclass-is-launched/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:47:10 +0000 Fiona http://www.fionamcintosh.com/?p=1041 Wow, I can’t keep up with all of you amazing writers around Australia. I haven’t even hosted the April 2013 class and September’s class is full and I have opened up the April 2014 class to cope with the enquiries. Thank you to everyone who has shown such interest.

Registrations are open and I will be contacting everyone who has already put a hand in the air for a seat at my table. There are now a dozen places left for April next year and interested people should feel free to email me via this website and I will get back to asap with details.

We will kick it off on Thursday, April 24 through April 28, 2014. If you want more details of what the course covers, please click through to workshops (above).

As with the previous two, this Popular Fiction Masterclass will be held in South Australia.

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]]> http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/melbourne-airport/feed/ 2 The September 2013 Masterclass is closed http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/the-september-2013-masterclass-is-closed/ http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/the-september-2013-masterclass-is-closed/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:23:42 +0000 Fiona http://www.fionamcintosh.com/?p=1033 Thank you to all the wonderful writers who have ensured this event is bulging with talent. I cannot squeeze in any more scribes so please watch this space for the next Masterclass which is now scheduled for April 2014.

Keep writing. April will roll around fast. F

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I was told by a surprising number of people last year that if I go back to Provence, they’d like to go with me and do a Lavender Keeper tour. It’s begun happening again during this book tour, so I’m taking it seriously as I do think the locations in the two books offer up a wonderful opportunity for a romantic trip. So, I’m putting together an itinerary that is blowing off my socks and will surely blow off yours if you love travel. I’m working on July 2014 and I will escort a roughly 3-week trip that I hope will walk us in the footsteps of the characters from the story, with London, Paris and Provence the key locations including the most amazing week in Provence that will include a visit to L’Occitane and distilling our own lavender while we lunch beneath a Provencal sun. It’s going to take some weeks to pull it all together but given that we only have a limited number of places, please contact me either by private FB or via this website’s email if you think this is something that may interest you.

I will send everyone who has registered interest, details and prices as things firm. We will be using Australia’s most awarded travel agent to handle all the flights, accommodation, transfers, touring and add-on options and we’ll be looking to stay in four star accommodation, which is very limited at this peak time of the year that only offers a three week window in which to see the French Lavender in full blue roar.

Exciting!

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It’s out! The French Promise was published today and now you can find out what happened to Luc and Lisette Ravens after the end of WWII. And you can also win a trip to Paris for yourself and a friend, with five nights in the fabulous Hotel Concorde Opera, which is where a lot of the Parisian part of this sequel is set. Very exciting! Hope you enjoy and maybe I’ll see you in the next few weeks while I’m on tour.

]]> http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/win-tickets-to-paris/feed/ 7 The Promise Tour! http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/the-promise-tour/ http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/the-promise-tour/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:11:09 +0000 Fiona http://www.fionamcintosh.com/?p=1004 Hooray, it’s finally happening. Next week kicks off The French Promise tour and it will be nearly a month of me on the road and meeting readers all over the country in each state. I’m afraid we’re not getting to the Territories this trip but there’s always another tour! For now I hope to be reaching a bookshop or library not too far away from the majority of readers and we’ve got a good mix of regional and suburban events.

The first event is in the Clare Valley on March 21 for an evening in Paris! More details from Collins Bookshop or Miss Gracie Taylor’s

25/3 Bookoccino Bookshop in Avalon for a morning tea event at 11am More details 02 9973
25/3 Erina Library for a 7pm talk
26/3 Chemside Library at 10.am Bookings essential.
26/3 Mary Ryan’s Milton for 6.15pm, bookings essential.
27/3 Capalaba Library morning tea at 11am – please book on 07 3843 8010
27/3 Mary Ryan’s Noosa at 6pm – please be sure to book on 07 5455 4848
3/04 Eaton Library near Bunbury for 7pm
4/04 Mandurah Library Afternoon Tea at 2pm – please book on 08 9550 3235
4/04 Joondalup Library for 6.30pm and please book on 08 9400 4751
6/04 Port Pirie Golf Club – Meg’s Bookshop Literary Lunch at 12 noon – bookings essential please on 08 8362 1590
7/04 Yorke Valley Hotel – Meg’s Bookshop Literary Lunch at 12 noon – bookings essential on 08 8832 2805
8/04 Gisborne Library, Hamilton for an evening event – please book on 03 9374 4458
9/04 The Bookshop Queenscliff Morning Tea at 11am – please find out more on 03 5258 4496
9/04 Ballarat Library at 7pm – more details on 03 5338 6850
10/04 Petrarchs Bookstore Event at Bridestowe Lavender Farm. More details through Petrarchs on 03 6331 8088
11/04 Dymocks Hobart at the Royal Yacht Club, Tasmania at 6pm. More details from Dymocks on 03 6231 6656
16/04 Matilda Bookshop Literary Lunch at Tintinara Bowling Club at 12 noon – bookings and details on 08 8757 2120
16/04 Pages & More Bookshop, Glenelg at 7pm. Bookings essential on 08 8376 1112
17/04 Dillons Bookshop Norwood at the Don Pyatt Room Norwood Town Hall, Norwood at 6.30pm. Details 08 8336 0333

]]> http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/the-promise-tour/feed/ 10 $4.99 for e-format http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/4-99-for-e-format/ http://www.fionamcintosh.com/from-the-desk/4-99-for-e-format/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:07:33 +0000 Fiona http://www.fionamcintosh.com/?p=998 The Lavender Keeper is currently available in e-format at a brilliant price of just $4.99 Try bookworld or Penguin for easy access: http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9781742534961/lavender-keeper

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