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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

#Canberra I'm coming to your gorgeous city in June for a DOUBLE book launch at The Book Cow! Tickets free but bookings essential below. I'll be launching On Gallant Wings and a special pre-release launch of The Disappearing Circus co-written with Kate Gordon. events.humanitix.com/rescheduled-...

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RESCHEDULED - Double Book Launch Author Event: On Gallant Wings by Helen Edwards AND The Disappearing Circus, co-written with Kate Gordon

Join author Helen Edwards for her latest book releases, On Gallant Wings and The Disappearing Circus

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Looking forward to joining family & friends this afternoon at The Gums Tranmere to celebrate the launch of On Gallant Wings. Drop-in between 2-4pm. I'll be doing a reading & talk around 2.30 if you would like to hear that. Don't forget your chair, or picnic blanket. Books for sale! #Adelaide

Helen wears a black and white cardigan. She's smiling and looking at the camera as she signs a book. A soft toy pigeon watches her.

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Wonderful day across #Adelaide signing copies of On Gallant Wings at Dymocks Hyde Park, Mostly Books, Shakespeares bookshop & Matilda Bookshop. Bumped into gorgeous Sam Ellen Bound signing copies of her stunning new book in Mostly Books! Thank you booksellers 🙏 #Australianbooks #AustralianAuthors

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Here are signed copies of my book #Septopus in Abbey's bookshop in Sydney CBD. The story of a 7-legged octopus - waiting to be read by someone. 8-12 year olds will particularly love it but really - a story for everyone! family, friends, action, sports, fun!

Signed copy of Septopus by Rebecca Fung illustrated by Kathy Creamer on shelf in Abbey's bookshop, Sydney CBD

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Come with me on my outing to sign copies of On Gallant Wings in two of my favourite local #Adelaide bookshops Dillons on The Parade & Dymocks Rundle Mall. Signed copies of both Legends of the Lighthouse Moon and On Gallant Wings now available at both shops. #Australianbooks #AustralianAuthors

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Thanks for the shelfie Rachel Jackson On Gallant Wings in the wild at Sydney airport! Hopefully they'll fly off the shelves 🤣 #AustralianAuthors #Australianbooks ##LoveozKidLit #OzKidLit #loveozmg #WW11 #WWIIAustralia

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

On Gallant Wings has arrived. A sweeping WWII adventure about family, courage and knowing when to break the rules that shines a light on many little-known aspects of the war's impact on Australians at home. Available in all good bookshops in your town and online. It's time soar 🕊 #Authors #Books

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Legend of the Lighthouse Moon has come in FIRST place in the Forevability awards Category two, with the amazing Tania Ingram and Kate Buffay Jr. in second and third places! What a list to be on. I am very grateful to everyone at Forevability for creating these awards to champion diverse books

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Legend of the Lighthouse Moon @drhelenedwards.bsky.social - is a middlegrade historical tale that blends mystery and magic, set at a lighthouse. I love the sea atmosphere and the warmth that pervades the book - a beautiful sense of family while exploring the magical environment.

Legend of the Lighthouse Moon by Dr Helen Edwards

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

So nice to discover Legend of the Lighthouse Moon is a book marked with a 'We Love' sticker on the Harry Hartog website this afternoon when planning my bookshop visits in Canberra 🙏❤️ #KangarooIsland #SealBay #CapeWilloughby #SeaLions #selkies #oceanconservation #type1diabetes

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MiBaWi @mibawi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Tropical #Cyclone #Alfred - #Animals #AnimalRescue #wildlife (koalas, marine life, gliders, birds) If you find injured or orphaned wildlife, please call WIRES immediately at 1300 094 737 for assistance. WIRES Emergency Wildlife Advice > www.wires.org.au/blog/tropica... #cyclonealfred

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred – Emergency Wildlife Advice - Wildlife Blog - WIRES

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 04/03/2025

Expect more of this: Australian publisher Black Ink Books tries to rush authors into signing a contract addendum that allows generative AI to train on their works www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements

Authors were asked to allow Black Inc to use their work for ‘training, testing, validation and the deployment of a machine learning’

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/03/2025

It's so weird that we've sort of forgotten this but there was like, maybe a 3-4 year period where climate deniers and 'lukewarmists' insisted that warming had 'paused', ended up just being flat-out and incredibly wrong about it, and then just go to move on skepticalscience.com/global-warmi...

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Dr Anita Heiss @dranitaheiss.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Black Inc. AI licensing – what authors need to know with thanks to the Australian Society of Authors www.asauthors.org.au/news/black-i...

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Black Inc. AI licensing - what authors need to know - Australian Society of Authors

The ASA has heard from concerned writers about a sublicence arrangement that would allow Black Inc. to license their work for AI training.

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

On Gallant Wings includes censored letters which show handwriting from the 1940's. Where deemed necessary sections of letters were blacked out or had pieces cut from them. I'm sharing the full letters over coming weeks. Here's the first two www.helenedwardswrites.com/on-gallant-w... #Kidlit #WWII

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Two lovely-looking reads by @drhelenedwards.bsky.social arrived today! I look forward to exploring them both. On Gallant Wings and Legend of the Lighthouse Moon.

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Ellie Marney @elliemarney.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🌟MY BOOK IS OUT, MY BOOK IS OUT🌟 Grinning like a loon here 😄 ALL SHALL MOURN is out in the world. This book that was orphaned by my publisher, then supported by readers so much that I released it myself...It's finally arrived 😊 Hope you dig it🖤 linktr.ee/allshallmour...

A large closeup of the purple cover of ALL SHALL MOURN by Ellie Marney, the third book in the None Shall Sleep series - on the cover, a skull rests in a bed of marigold flowers below the black title which drips with red blood.

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The Steph Bowe Prize for Young Writers @stephboweprize.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Are you an Australian YA writer under 25? Enter The Steph Bowe Prize for Young Writers for the chance to win $1000, a 20-hour mentorship to develop your manuscript, and a professional development package worth $200! stephboweprize.com #LoveOzYA

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Sitting at Lake Boga as the sun comes up, reading the final manuscript of On Gallant Wings...it's a surreal feeling to be here, where a large part of Ava’s story takes place, immersed within her world... Tonight, I'll speaking beneath the wings of a Catalina Flying Boat. Very grateful for this life

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Mr Speaker @mrspeaker-vince.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

So you fuckers don't want your taxes to go towards school children who don't get to have lunch, but you don't mind that same money going to billionaires for their lobster and prawns. FRO!!!!! 😡

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 22/01/2025

Karrak Calyptorhynchus banksii naso Forest red-tailed black cockatoo SW Western Australia Around 15,000 birds, considered 'Vulnerable' in Western Australia Feeding on cape lilac berries in parkland, Menora, Perth, WA - sound on! (better for the 2nd video 😬)

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This makes three Australian indies swallowed up by major houses in a year (by my count, anyway, I could well have forgotten one) which is... sure something.

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Text Publishing joins Penguin Random House

Penguin Random House Australia and The Text Publishing Company today announced that they have si...

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

What an incredibly special review of Legend of the Lighthouse Moon by Ashleigh at The Book Muse! Ashleigh's reviews are always detailed, thoughtful & insightful. This made me cry, as it so perfectly understands all of the different threads I was trying to convey ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/21/l...

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I'm a South Australian. I have an old house with a large yard & driveway. Drive a hybrid. Our streets are becoming impossible to navigate due to tiny blocks with awful houses, SUVs lining the streets on both sides. But this is not the solution. Nobody needs a huge hunk of a car in the suburbs...

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

JE is also currently the Murray in Victoria. Protect yourself against mosquitos

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had. * RIP David Lynch

People might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of, or because of, his suffering. I like to think that van Gogh would have been even more prolific and even greater if he wasn't so restricted by the things tormenting him. I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

—David Lynch

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Twin Peaks will forever be woven into my psyche. One particular line is an earwig for me - 'But sometimes, my arms bend back...' It randomly comes into my brain at various times. Elephant Man broke me as a child. Mulholland Drive was dark and powerful. What a brilliant man David Lynch was. Vale.

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Teachers & librarians preparing to go back to classrooms for 2025, Legend of the Lighthouse Moon cuts across many aspects of the Australian Curriculum. Extensive Teaching Resources are available via my website. Head to www.helenedwardswrites.com and the Teaching Notes page #Australianschools

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Starting a new manuscript, which is the project for my Fellowship with the South Australian State Library. As usual, my initial ideas are complex and daunting and I'm wondering if I'll ever be able to write the story,with dual historical timelines and ocean conservation themes... #writing #writers

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

physics of climate impacts 101: - Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves) - Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall) - Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk) - Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms) - Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)

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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

They are also responsible for the undermining of science, evidence and facts a ross the board.

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Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

As the world burns, young Australians are feeling disbelief – and looking for answers My generation feels trapped in a political system not built for us. Why wouldn’t we be disillusioned? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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As the world burns, young Australians are feeling disbelief – and looking for answers | Anjali Sharma

As we exceed 1.5C of global heating, my generation feels trapped in a political system not built for us. Why wouldn’t we be disillusioned?

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

On Gallant Wings is named for the animals & humans who served in WWII. In particular, the 13,500 pigeons donated to create the Corp of Signals Pigeon Service & the women who served in the WAAAF. Two Australian pigeons won a Dickin Medal for bravery. Pre-order www.helenedwardswrites.com

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

On Gallant Wings will soon be flying into bookshops. Already available for pre-order! Here's the first events. Canberra is open for bookings. Head to The Book Cow - Kingston for links. Save the dates for Adelaide and Catalina Flying Boat Museum launches! www.helenedwardswrites.com/product/on-g...

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 06/01/2025

Financial statement today reminded me HOW GREAT IT IS when folks request that their libraries acquire books. 😍 Seriously, if you want a totally free-to-you way to help an author, submit a request with your local library. Those sales help us so much, in whatever format.

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Such a wonderful day at TownsvilleCity Library yesterday running workshops. Incredible stories were created, lots of bright minds, a myriad of ideas. Back again today. Love your libraries #libraries #librarylove #authors #kidlit #Australianbooks

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

With the cover out in the wild, here's a book trailer I made for On Gallant Wings! What do you think? Sound on for full effect! Pre-orders now open! www.helenedwardswrites.com 🕊🕊 #OnGallantWings #WWIIAustralia #Darwin #waranimals #WarPigeons #authors #readaustralian #AustralianAuthors

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I'm delighted to share the cover for On Gallant Wings out 2nd April with Riveted Press. Cover art by Tamlyn Teow. It's a sweeping WWII adventure about family, courage & knowing when to break the rules, that shines a light on many little-known aspects of the war's impact on Australians at home

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I'm packed and ready to fly to #Townsville on Monday to run workshops at the library. There are two different workshops: Seeking Stories, Crafting Characters and Weaving Nature, Magic & History in Stories. FREE, but bookings essential via whatson.townsville.qld.gov.au/events/cityl...

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Léa Charbonnier @cleadraw.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Let's make something clear for 2025 There is NO ethical way to use AI gen. You are using it? Ok, but don't try to gaslight people, explaining that the way you do it, isnt problematic, hurtful and wasteful. Cause that is NOT a thing! Happy new year!

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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

On Gallant Wings is coming out 3 months today. Cover reveal & pre-orders coming soon! It's a sweeping WWII adventure about family, courage, and knowing when to break the rules, that shines a light on many little-known aspects of the war's impact on Australians at home. Prepare for take-off! #Books

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