I’m thrilled to be part of the Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop hosted by Book’d Out and Confessions from Romaholics.
My Australia Day celebrations include gifting one lucky person anywhere in the world a stash of Australian art bookmarks and a digital copy of my Australia Day short romance, Mistaken Engagement. Just leave a comment for your chance to win.
Australia Day celebrates a lot of things. Over at the Dark Side DownUnder blog (post goes live Australia Day, 26 Jan), I talk about how it celebrates community, mateship. Australia Day also celebrates summer. Seasonal celebrations are something we’ve divorced ourselves from a bit, what with air conditioning, central heating and foods available all year around in supermarkets. There is a real joy in taking time to look up at a blue summer sky and acknowledge how lucky we are.
Australia used to be called the Lucky Country. Usage of the title has grown increasingly ironic, but a fundamental truth underlies it. We are lucky because we are free. Australia Day celebrates our freedom.
We are free to pursue our dreams, to love who we will, to air our opinions (sometimes I wonder about this particular freedom! 😉 ) and to build lives that reach out to embrace everyone.
We are free! and for that alone, wherever you are in the world, join us in celebrating Australia Day.
Saul knows he crossed the line when he claimed a surprise engagement with Grace. But her hysterical denial – and the way she’s avoided him ever since – has made things awkward, but it can all be worked out. The Australia Day long weekend down at her family’s beach house is the perfect time to show everyone that they’re friends, with not a broken heart between them. But can a fake engagement become life-changingly real?
Short fiction, contemporary romance, from Escape Publishing
67 responses to “Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop”
I love this moment!
… and the winner is MIKI!
Miki, I'll send you an email to sort out the details. Congratulations 🙂
Thanks, everyone, for joining the blog hop to celebrate Australia Day. Hope you had a great one!
Hi Jenny
Thankyou for this awesome giveaway
MIchelle
novels on the run
tintinbrains@bigpond.com
Thanks, Michelle. Good luck!
Hello Jenny, thanks for letting me enter the competition. Freedom..very interesting notion isn't it. Often tried to define it myself and test it, the Australian brand… all the best, Joe Jeney
Joe, it's such a difficult question. People seem to struggle with it every Australia Day — and then, there's Tourism Australia who I think got it wrong with Laura Bingle 🙂 But the friendliness shown on this blog hop, I think that's very Aussie 🙂 Thanks for dropping in.
Australians can still live in, "The Lucky Country," I think that it is about overcoming our obstacles, hungering to succeed, and perseverence.
Caroline, I love your reply. Thank you.
I don't think I've ever read a book set within the Australia day Weekend, and yet I've noticed that I haven't at the same time! Looks like a fantastic giveaway, I would love to win you book 🙂
Hi Jess, I'm hoping next year there'll be a few Australia Day stories. I really enjoy themed to the occasion stories. Thanks for dropping in 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win!
natasha_donohoo_8 at hotmail dot com
You're welcome, Natasha. Good luck!
Nice post. Thanks for the giveaway.
Good luck! Hope you had a lovely Australia Day — and a sleep in this morning 🙂
I didn't know we had Aussie writers doing steampunk! Fantastic (and noted for future reference)!
Thanks for doing the giveaway!
Ooh Catherine, don't get me started on Aussies and steampunk! Bec McMaster has a great new series of steampunk London with vampires and Coleen Kwan just released her final Asher novella that has one of the best time travel plots I've read. Then there's Annie Seaton whose steampunk is steamy. Plus New Zealanders Pip Ballentine and Tee Morris (we'll adopt them, like Pharlap) and um, I guess I should stop now 🙂
I still do think that we live in The Lucky Country. I wouldn't swap it.
I wouldn't swap it either, Mary. Lovely country, fantastic people.
Would love to win this book
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Good luck!!! 🙂
Looks like it'll be a nice read 🙂
Hope so! I had fun writing it. I hadn't really stopped to think about what I celebrated on Australia Day before then. Now I know it's family, friends, fun and community. Like that 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for dropping in, Holly. Good luck!
Hope you're having a great day – beautiful and funny, just a little bit warm. Hopefully the fireworks can be seen from my part of the suburbs!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I just saw some fireworks through the dark silhouette of trees — in between convincing the dog the world wasn't ending. Poor fellow.
Thanks for popping in 🙂
Gorgous cover Jenny and thanks for taking part in the Hop
Thanks for the giveaway.
You're welcome, Benjamin! Good luck 🙂
Happy Australia Day, Jenny. Your book sounds really interesting. I'd love to read it.
Thank u for this giveaway.
Thanks, Amel. Fingers crossed for you!
Happy Australia Day 🙂
Thank you so much for this international giveaway , i would love aussi bookmarks
happy Australia day
isabelle(dot)frisch(at)gmail(dot)com
Good luck, Miki 🙂
Happy Australia Day!
Happy Australia Day! 🙂 Thank you for the giveaway.
Happy Australia Day, Kristia 🙂
I collect bookmarks and wish I'd thought of this to add to my own giveaway. http://www.carpelibrum.net/2013/01/australia-day-… Good thinking!
Would love to win a copy of your book 'Mistaken Engagement'.
Happy Australia Day!
Bookmarks are gorgeous — and so convenient to collect and store 🙂
Happy Australia Day, Tracey!
I have been saving Mistaken Engagement for Australia Day, and a girl can never have enough bookmarks!
Thanks for the giveaway
I hope you have the BEST Australia Day, Marg 🙂
I'm loving this blog hop. So much fun hopping around. Wish I could afford bookmarks (and postage!) for everyone … one day!
Wow, your book looks wonderful and bookmarks are always super handy to have around. Thank you for your generosity, happy Australia day!
Have a great long weekend 🙂 x
These books are so gorgeous, too. Good enough to frame 🙂
Happy Australia Day, Jacqueline!
so many australian books i don't even know about that I'm discovering on this book hop.
Happy Australia Day!
Me, too … and I'm not even halfway around the Hop yet 🙂
Happy Australia Day!
Yay, for Australia Day! I would love the bookmarks and book.
Good luck!
Happy Australia Day, Evelyn 🙂
Wow, you're doing well, Jenny. Best wishes to you in Perth.
Thanks, Greta 🙂
Hope you won't be melting like us … heatwave starting.
No, we'll be drowning 🙂 Very very wet here. At last.
Oh, rain … said in tones of longing.
Hi Jenny! Happy Aust Day weekend, and thanks for the opportunity:)
Hi Brenda
I wish I could show you the bookmarks, but I'm so scared of copyright infringement.
Just had a thought. Some of the bookmarks are from Judy Prosser. I could include her website. I love her paintings 🙂
http://www.judyprosser.com.au/
and Emma Blyth http://www.emmablyth.com/
Happy Australia Day!
Ooh! Thanks Jenny…I love Emma's especially…really nice:)
🙂 Lots of talent in Australia!
I would love to win a copy of your book. Happy Australia Day Weekend to you and yours! 🙂
I would love to win a copy of your book. Happy Australia Day and Australia Day Weekend to you and yours! 🙂
Fingers crossed for you, Pokarlla. Happy Australia Day!
Your book looks great, will have to read it.
Happy Australia Day, I'll be reading all day!
Kim, reading all day sounds like heaven 🙂 Happy weekend!
So glad to see you're involved! Happy Australia Day!
Margaret, Shelleyrae is brilliant to have come up with this blog hop. I'm having lots of fun encountering new blogs and books. Happy weekend!
I already have your wonderful book but just wanted to wish Happy Australia Day to an Australia Day author:)
Thanks, Alissa. Happy Australia Day, to you, too 🙂
The art bookmarks sound wonderful. Great giveaway, my giveaway is here: http://daystarz.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/australi…
Hi Jennie
I'm popping over to visit with you. Give me two ticks, then get out the lamingtons 😉 Hope you have a lovely long weekend!
Happy Australia Day, Jenny. How do you plan to celebrate?
Happy Australia Day, Maria! I'm sending you some of how sunshine 🙂
Actually, I'm planning a really quiet weekend. Heatwave's starting — yuk! — and air con sounds appealing. Plus some paw-holding since my dog freaks a bit at fireworks.
I've already got your book on my TBR pile but wanted to comment anyway. So great of you to write an Aussie Day story!
Thanks, Rachael 🙂 Happy Australia Day!