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Sep.04.2012
“I was riding around on a tricycle which squeaked very badly… when a Doberman lunged for me, caught my head in his jaws and proceed to tear my head apart."
No, it’s not the opening of a novel – it’s real life. Australian author Kate Forsyth was still in nappies when that dog attack happened and she...
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Aug.29.2012
The release of The Raven’s Heart in the USA, Canada and the UK is only a few days away, so you’ll be reading a little more about it on my blog in the coming weeks.
Fantasy and historical fiction author Kate Forsyth, who has written an incredible number of books for adults and children (including...
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Jun.12.2012
Fancy a stint as a writer in a Paris loft? What about 30km from the nearest town in the Moroccan Sahara? A castle in Scotland? Or is New York more your scene?
At the forthcoming Byron Bay Writers’ Festival I’ll be chairing a panel on ‘Writers’ Retreats’. I’ve been lucky in this regard – my...
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Utterly gripping and completely unputdownable”
—Good Reading Magazine
About Jesse
Yes, Jesse Blackadder really was born with that surname. When she'd finally had enough of people asking if she was related to Rowan Atkinson, she traveled to Scotland to find the origins of her surname and discovered the ruins of Blackadder House on the banks...
Causes Jesse Blackadder Supports
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (Australia)
The Island Institute (Sitka, Alaska)