The Book Reality Experience

07/06/2024

What a super day !!! Bertie’s latest adventures are out now.

Here you'll find information about Mandy Woolf's full range of published books, plus information about the topics and emotions they cover.

05/06/2024

It is with great sadness that we have lately learned of the passing of two of our authors.

Richard Utting and Steve Dimodica were some of the first writers to put their trust in Book Reality as a publishing service.

Richard, an Australian Army Vietnam veteran, led a most fascinating and diverse life, even serving as the Mayor of Fremantle for a term. He brought out his autobiography through Book Reality back in 2017.

Steve Dimodica, a veteran of the US military's elite Special Forces, was the author of five novels, one of which, The Hi**er Progeny, he brought out through us.

We offer our sincere condolences to both men's family, friends and wider circles.

31/05/2024

31/05/2024

NEW BOOK ALERT! 😱 I'm so proud to announce my latest book, and third story in the Bertie series, 'Bertie and the Garden of Wonders' 🎉🌻🍃

The proceeds of this special story supports Maggie's, everyone's home of cancer care 🧡 Find out more about the important work Maggie's does here: https://smpl.is/96j1r

'Bertie and the Garden of Wonders' will be available to purchase on Friday 7th June, and keep your eyes peeled for details on our very special launch event - you won't want to miss it!

Beautifully illustrated by the wonderful Elmira Georgieva - https://smpl.is/96j1s

03/04/2024

Yes. Exactly!!! https://www.facebook.com/share/yzRucz9XRLitExkH/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Exactly!

02/04/2024

In Perth on the 14th? Go support a great local author !!

What About Angie? by Sioban Timmer is now available to pre-order as an eBook (paperback pre-orders to follow).

Here's the link (Amazon):

https://tinyurl.com/WAA-Link

24/03/2024

Hiya to all our - The line up for the Indie Panels is confirmed - don't forget to sign up for this great Indie Author Networking Event.

The Alliance of Independent Authors
IngramSpark
Bookvault

Audio Books - Why do it, how to do it, the perils, the pitfalls, the profits and the pleasures of having your work available as an audio book.

21/03/2024

Want to know why being an Indie Author is Better? - No corporate clients (Big Publishers and their trends and focus groups) to please - https://fb.watch/qXxuWS-OOu/

05/03/2024

Congratulations to Celia Straus for taking out the Best Children's Picture Book Award (sponsored by "book by book") with her title Livy Little Honey Bee *** and to Mandy Woolf - Author for taking out the Barefoot Librarian Award for her title, Harmony Dances On - we are delighted to have helped both authors fulfil their book dreams... Check out both books at the links below :)

https://www.readerviewskids.com/livy-little-honey-bee-by-straus/

https://www.readerviewskids.com/harmony-dances-on-woolf/

IN Celia Straus' "Livy Little Honey Bee" early readers are introduced to an incredible little honey bee with an independent streak.

01/03/2024

Ahhhh - What do you do when you want a skateboard soooo badly?
Congratulations to Alan on the publication of his new book - :)

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Congratulations to author Alan Horsfield on the publication of The Skateboard Project Cover design by Brittany Wilson A paperback junior fiction for 7-10 year olds published by Book Reality Leschenault Press March 2024 How desperately can you want something? Grant discovers a Speed

28/02/2024

This would be a good plot for a novel - but in fact, the story is true - A young Perth girl is sent to London to study under a piano virtuoso - but it is 1939 and the clouds of war are gathering - yet she remains in the threatened city and in the coming years falls for a hero of the Special Operations Executive. But life is fragile at the best of times and her story will be far from simple - The amazing new book from Jonathan Rush - A Remarkable Stillness is having its official launch in the State Library of Western Australia on the 12th of March - this is a free to attend event, but you must register for a ticket as numbers are limited - click the link and enjoy a marvellous morning exploring this "Remarkable" story...

Book Launch: A Remarkable Stillness

24/02/2024

Oh look!! It’s us at the State Library for the WA Perth Festival - informing writers about hybrid publishing!!

24/02/2024

Oh look!! It’s us at the State Library for the Writing WA Perth Festival - informing writers about hybrid publishing!!

07/02/2024

If you are an independent author, then come on in and meet your fellow indies! Join us for a social evening of networking and two expert guest panels.

On the evening of the Cambridgeshire Spring Book Fair (4th May 2024) we will be holding a networking evening and 2 x expert panels on subjects dear to most indie authors - see link for details...

Tickets are now available for Indie Author Book Fair Guest Panel and Networking Event at Huntingdon Commemoration Hall, Huntingdon on Saturday 4th May 2024. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

04/02/2024

In 1983, Thomas Keneally's adapted his book "Schindler's Ark" into a 220-page script. His adaptation focused on Schindler's numerous relationships; Keneally admitted later that he did not compress the story enough. Steven Spielberg hired Kurt Luedtke, who had adapted the screenplay of "Out of Africa" (1985), to write the next draft. Luedtke gave up almost four years later, as he found Schindler's change of heart too unbelievable.

During the time when Martin Scorcese was attached to the project as director, he hired Steven Zaillian to write a script. When he was handed back the project, Spielberg found Zaillian's 115-page draft too short, and asked him to extend it to 195 pages. Spielberg wanted more focus on the Jews in the story, and he wanted Schindler's transition to be gradual and ambiguous instead of a sudden breakthrough or epiphany. He also extended the ghetto liquidation sequence, as he "felt very strongly that the sequence had to be almost unwatchable." Together with Spielberg, he conceived the scene where Schindler witnesses the ghetto liquidation, with the focus on the red-coated girl. Zaillian would be awarded the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the resulting 1993 film.

A veteran go-to script doctor in the industry, Zaillian has contributed to screenplays uncredited on a number of projects over the years. They include "Patriot Games" (1992), "Crimson Tide" (1995), "Twister" (1996), "Primal Fear" (1996), "Amistad" (1997), "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), "Black Hawk Down" (2001), "Road to Perdition" (2002). and "Body of Lies" (2008).

"The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying, 'Do it this way.' They describe what they want, then let the writer figure out a way to do it." (IMDb/Wikipedia)

Happy Birthday, Stephen Zallian!

22/12/2023

And with today's release of I C Lawrance's dark fantasy novel, Blood Influence - that wraps up our year - Quite a good one really...

* 50 plus authors assisted along their publishing journey
* 41 individual titles published including poetry, memoirs, sci-fi, historic fiction, short story anthologies and even a play script.
* 27 published under The Book Reality Experience or our other imprints
* 8 under the authors own imprint and
* 6 that were limited projects where the author only wanted a few copies printed for themselves and their family or their organisation.

As well as:
3 Book Fairs over two continents that saw over 100 independent authors exhibiting their books and meeting readers...

So a very merry Christmas, happy holidays and prosperous and peaceful New Year to all - I have Covid, so am off for a lie down... :) Ian x

19/12/2023

https://youtu.be/iGJcF4bLKd4?feature=shared

In August of this year, as part of his Red Hand Files correspondence project, legendary musician Nick Cave was asked questions about creativity and ChatGPT b...

13/12/2023

For goodness sake. Support and help each other. Read debutant authors and leave good reviews if you like them and perhaps say nothing if you don’t. Do not feel the need to nit pick and undermine. It doesn’t prove you are clever or better, it simply hurts the recipient.

Cait Corrain, a debut fantasy author, admitted to creating fake accounts on Goodreads to bolster her own book and tank the ratings of others.

08/12/2023

Thanks Regional Arts Victoria :)

The Summer Book Fair will showcase Indie Authors from across Victoria and help you find new favourite Authors. FREE entry to all visitors.

07/12/2023

Awww, that is terrible news - our sympathy to all his family - what an amazing writer...

The dub poet and author of collections including Talking Turkeys has died of a brain tumour

07/12/2023

And what to do on a day when two new releases won't do? Simple, release a third... Managing to get in just before the witching hour in Western Australia, Heir to the Ice Flame, is a must-read novel for anyone and everyone who loves the fantasy genre...

The debut novel by Rose Harvey Author - out now!!!

Heir to the Ice Flame

07/12/2023

What a day - first we released Code Name Sorrow by VM Knox Author and now - A Remarkable Stillness by Jonathan Rush - discover more at A Remarkable Stillness - an amazing read about WWII - SOE and all based on an amazing true story...

A Remarkable Stillness

07/12/2023

RELEASE DAY - the 7th of December marks the publication of the 5th in the award winning Clement Wisdom series of crime thrillers by VM Knox Author - The remarkable former Reverend, now Major Clement Wisdom of the Secret Intelligence Bureau is in Sydney, Australia to learn Morse Code and its Japanese equivalent, Kana Morse. But when a fellow student from the college is found dead and another missing, Clement begins to suspect espionage.

While assisting the local police, Clement uncovers a network of enemy spies, fuelled by long held resentments and treacherous greed.

In May 1942, three Japanese submarines entered Sydney Harbour. Their intention was to destroy the USS Chicago and as many other Allied ships in port as possible. Or was there another reason…

Code Name Sorrow (A Clement Wisdom Novel Book 5) eBook : Knox, V M: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

03/12/2023

25/11/2023

The same is true of books. There are not books only for boys or only for girls. There are books !!

From a LEGO brochure from 1974: "To Parents. The urge to create is equally strong in all children. Boys and girls. It’s the imagination that counts. Not skill. You build whatever comes into your head, the way you want it. A bed or a truck. A dolls house or a spaceship. A lot of boys like dolls houses. They’re more human than spaceships. A lot of girls prefer spaceships. They’re more exciting than dolls houses. The most important thing is to put the right material in their hands and let them create whatever appeals to them."

Daniel Fry discovered this brochure in boxes of LEGOs at his grandmother's house and posted it to Reddit. He told HuffPost that "I was surprised at what a modern message it was and how simply and eloquently it communicated a very powerful idea. I thought people would be interested to see that such a well-known brand like LEGO was so progressive 40 years ago.... I hope people will be reminded of how important it is not to lock their children in to playing with one type of toy, and to let them play how they want to, to nurture creativity and individuality."

While harder to find in stores today, free-form LEGO sets are still available. A great option that is the 484-piece Classic Brick Set available in a wide range of colors at https://amzn.to/40Wogal

For younger children, ages 18m to 3, there is also a 65-piece DUPLO Classic Creative Set at https://amzn.to/47lIAVd

At A Mighty Girl, we believe strongly in giving all children the opportunity to build and create so we've showcased our favorite building toys -- which are all excellent choices for both girls and boys -- in our new blog post, "Building Her Dreams: 60 Building Toys for Mighty Girls" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10430

In our popular annual Holiday Gift Guide, you can also find girl-empowering toys of all varieties -- from science toys to dolls -- for children and teens at https://www.amightygirl.com/holiday-guide