We are Australian and we are Australian Rural Fiction
Hello and welcome to the Australian Rural Fiction January newsletter....a quick issue this month, but still filled with links to lots of lovely summer reading, news, contests and giveaways. We've also given readers one place to find out the news every day. Join our Facebook group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1102793449871046
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New Releases
Some of our authors have new releases this month. Click on the images below for more details.
News Snippets

Have you read the fabulous Bindarra Creek series that has been out for a couple of years? You can see all of the books in the first series here: A Bindarra Creek Romance
The good news... The authors have got together again, and Annie Seaton has joined them to produce a boxed set of short and sweet stories all set in Bindarra Creek.
Available for preorder now.. released 31 January
The good news... The authors have got together again, and Annie Seaton has joined them to produce a boxed set of short and sweet stories all set in Bindarra Creek.
Available for preorder now.. released 31 January

- Outback Hearts... seven fabulous rural stories is on special for 99c only. Available ONLY until the end of January... click here
- Annie Seaton has also a reader's group. All welcome. .. keep up to date with news and giveaways. You can join up here.
- She also has a new store for her print books with FREE postage!
- http://www.annieseaton.net/store.html
- Alissa Callen's news! The Purple Hills is FREE... click here
Contests and giveaways...

A fabulous giveaway from Harper Collins this month. BEACH.EAT. READ. REPEAT with many of our rural authors' books as giveaways.
Events... click on the poster for more information.
For your reading pleasure, click on the magazine page below to read Writer on the Road's first issue of Author Success Stories!
Several of our rural authors are featured.
Now for our AUSTRALIA DAY giveaway...be in it to win it!

DRAWN 26th January... one week to go!
Have you entered?
(NOTE: open to Australian residents only)
Click here for the book list
Seventeen signed print books for one lucky winner!
The giveaway books are listed below and the Rafflecopter entry form is at the bottom of the page.
Enter by logging into the Rafflecopter.
Complete the first entry options and the others will magically appear! The more options you take up, the more entries you get!
Have you entered?
(NOTE: open to Australian residents only)
Click here for the book list
Seventeen signed print books for one lucky winner!
The giveaway books are listed below and the Rafflecopter entry form is at the bottom of the page.
Enter by logging into the Rafflecopter.
Complete the first entry options and the others will magically appear! The more options you take up, the more entries you get!

Many of our rural authors are finalists in the Australian Romance Readers Association awards this year. The Awards dinner will be held in Sydney on 23rd February and we are all excited.
Voting has opened today for the 2018 Australian Romance Readers Awards. Below are the finalists in each of the nine categories, as well as finalists in our three special Members’ Choice categories. ARRA members will now vote for their favourite in each category. (The voting link is available to members in the January newsletter.) Voting will close on 12 February.
How wonderful to see many of our rural authors receiving recognition! Here are our finalists:
Favourite Short or Category Romance
Favourite Debut Romance Author
If you are interested in joining ARRA as a reader or an author.. you can find the details here.
http://australianromancereaders.com.au/
Voting has opened today for the 2018 Australian Romance Readers Awards. Below are the finalists in each of the nine categories, as well as finalists in our three special Members’ Choice categories. ARRA members will now vote for their favourite in each category. (The voting link is available to members in the January newsletter.) Voting will close on 12 February.
How wonderful to see many of our rural authors receiving recognition! Here are our finalists:
Favourite Short or Category Romance
- Maggie’s Run by Kelly Hunter
- Playing Dirty by Amy Andrews
- Bittersweet by Jacquie Underdown
- Bloodtree River by Sarah Barrie
- The Secrets of Palmerston House by Phillipa Nefri Clark
- Whitsunday Dawn by Annie Seaton
- Outback Brides by Kelly Hunter, Victoria Purman, Cathryn Hein and Fiona McArthur
- Sydney Smoke Rugby by Amy Andrews
Favourite Debut Romance Author
- Megan Mayfair
- Sandie Docker
- Amy Andrews
- Kelly Hunter
- Penelope Janu
- Phillipa Nefri Clark
- Sarah Williams
- Bittersweet by Jacquie Underdown
- Burning Fields by Alli Sinclair
- Maggie’s Run by Kelly Hunter
- On the Right Track by Penelope Janu
- Playing Dirty by Amy Andrews
- Burning Fields by Alli Sinclair
- Elsa’s Stand by Cathryn Hein
- Maggie’s Run by Kelly Hunter
- On the Right Track by Penelope Janu
- Playing Dirty by Amy Andrews
- Playing House by Amy Andrews
- The Dairy Farmer’s Daughter by Sarah Williams
- The Red Dirt Road by Alissa Callen
If you are interested in joining ARRA as a reader or an author.. you can find the details here.
http://australianromancereaders.com.au/
We thank everyone who has been a part of Australian Rural Fiction to date.
In particular we thank all our bighearted authors for having their work available to showcase on our website, and to give you the reader, one place to call in, and see the news, what's being published and giveaways and contests
Happy reading and good luck!
Annie and Darry.