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The DIY Book PR Guide – buy it now!

Emma Noble — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 09:07:45 +0000

My tried-and-tested system for earning your book the media attention it deserves is onsale here.

The DIY Book PR Guide: The HAPPIER Guide to Do-It-Yourself Book Publicity in Seven Easy Steps received these rave reviews from writers just like you.

Best of all? It’s a bargain at only $25 AUD including standard P&P within Australia!

(Outside Australia? Ask me about postage costs to your area: admin[at]noblewords.com.au.)

The Great Australian Parenting Survey 2019

Emma Noble — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 06:15:26 +0000

To mark the first birthday of ‘the Netflix of parenting advice’, ParentTV, in March 2019, the School Mum blog surveyed more than 740 Australian parents about their hopes and fears, the highs and lows, and the stuff they wish they’d known before taking the plunge!

The results are revealing, often surprising and, at times, incredibly touching. Some top-level findings are explained in this infographic but you can view our press release summarising the full survey results here or the original survey data here.

ParentTV CEO and founder Sam Jockel – creator of the wildly popular Facebook communities ALDI Mum and School Mum – is available for interview and commission from Brisbane in March. Some of her incredibly talented experts, including Dr Justin Coulson, Dr Kristy Goodwin and many more will be available too.

Email emma@noblewords.com.au to line up your interview.

Happy first birthday, ParentTV – and happy parenting, Australia!

Noble Words is in hiatus

Emma Noble — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:21:22 +0000

Noble Words is in temporary hiatus in 2019 and is not accepting new campaigns. The DIY Book PR Guide is onsale for those who wish to try their hands at self-promotion. However you choose to go about it, wishing you all the best for your book’s great success!

Got a DIY dilemma? Australia’s Reno Queen Cherie Barber is here to help

Emma Noble — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 23:02:11 +0000

Tragic to magic; Images (c) Cherie Barber/Renovating for Profit

Renovating for Profit is Cherie Barber‘s first book and it’s published this week. To celebrate, she’ll be meeting her readers at events around Australia!

Have a question for Cherie? The list below shows where you can meet her in your state.

Here’s Cherie on Nine’s TODAY EXTRA talking top tips on turning your home from tragic to magic… just a taster of what you can expect from Cherie in person!

NSW:

Thursday 26 October, 6.30pm: Talk, Harry Hartog Miranda

Saturday 28 October, 1pm: Book signing, Dymocks Penrith

Saturday 28 October, 3.30pm: Talk, Harry Hartog Narellan

Qld:

Thursday 2 November, 6.30pm: Talk, Riverbend Books, Brisbane

Friday 3 November, 7pm: Literary Dinner, Grand View Hotel, Cleveland Qld

Vic:

Saturday 4 November, 2pm: Talk, Robinsons Frankston

Sunday 5 November, 1pm: Book signing, Dymocks Chadstone

WA:

Wednesday 8 November, 6.30pm: Talk, Homebase Perth (with Boffins Books)

SA:

Thursday 9 November, 6.30pm: Talk, Burnside Library, Adelaide

Meet AFL superstar Nick Riewoldt

Emma Noble — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 21:26:23 +0000

Recently retired St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt publishes his memoir, The Things that Make Us, on 23 October and to celebrate he’ll be touring the country to meet fans and sign copies. Here’s where you can meet the AFL great in your state:

Vic:

Monday 23 October, 11am: official launch and book signing, Readings Bookstore, 112 Acland St, St Kilda

Tuesday 24 Oct, 12.30pm: book signing, Dymocks 234 Collins, Melbourne

Sunday 29 Oct, 11am-noon: book signing, Ulysses Bookshop, Sandringham (as part of the Sandringham Festival)

Sunday 29 Oct, 12.30pm: book signing, Dymocks, Chadstone Shopping Centre

Tuesday 31 Oct, 7pm: ‘An Evening with Nick Riewoldt’, hosted by Beaumaris Books, Beaumaris Yacht Squadron SOLD OUT

Wednesday 8 Nov, 12.30pm: book signing, Collins Booksellers on Sturt, Ballarat

Wednesday 8 Nov, 6.30pm: ‘In conversation with Nick Riewoldt’, Geelong Regional Library

Sunday 12 Nov, 12.30pm: book signing, Collins, 132 Main St, Croydon

Sunday 12 Nov, 6.30pm: Dinner and ‘In conversation with Nick Riewoldt’, hosted by Turn the Page Bookshop, Silverwater Resort, San Remo, Phillip Island

WA:

Wednesday 25 Oct, 6.30pm: ‘In conversation with Nick Riewoldt’, The Game Sports Bar, Northbridge ** SOLD OUT

Thursday 26 Oct, 4pm: book signing, Dymocks Garden City, Booragoon

Thursday 26 Oct, 7.30pm: An Evening with Nick Riewoldt #2, The Game Sports Bar, Northbridge ** NEW EVENT

SA:

Friday 27 Oct, 1pm: ‘Lunch with Nick Riewoldt’, The Highway Inn, Plympton

Friday 27 Oct, 6.30pm: ‘In conversation with Nick Riewoldt’, Burnside Library, 401 Greenhill Road, Adelaide

Saturday 28 Oct, 12.30pm: book signing, Dillons Bookshop, 166 The Parade, Norwood

Tas:

Weds 1 Nov, 3pm: book signing, Not Just Books, Burnie

Thurs 2 Nov, 10am: book signing, Devonport Books, 83 Rooke St Mall, Devonport

Thurs 2 Nov, 3.30pm: book signing, Petrarch’s Bookshop, Launceston

Fri 3 Nov, 7.30am: Breakfast and book signing, Wrest Point Casino, hosted by The Lord’s Taveners Tasmania

Fri 3 Nov, 12.30pm: book signing, Dymocks, Centrepoint Shopping Centre, Murray St, Hobart

NSW:

Thursday 9 Nov, 7pm: ‘An Evening with Nick Riewoldt’, The Camelia Grove Hotel (bookseller is Berkelouw)

Qld:

Friday 10 Nov, 12.30pm: book signing, Main Stage, Queen St Mall, Brisbane

Friday 10 Nov, 6pm: Nick Riewoldt, Southport Sharks, cnr Musgrave and Olsen Aves, Southport

Saturday 11 Nov, 1pm: book signing, Dymocks, Westfield Chermside

Barabaig: Life, Love and Death on Tanzania’s Hanang Plains

Emma Noble — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 04:59:45 +0000

Dr Charles Lane’s breathtaking book, Barabaig: Life, Love and Death on Tanzania’s Hanang Plains, recounts the years he spent living with this deeply misunderstood and much maligned people. Not only is Dr Lane’s work on the Barabaig the most comprehensive ever written, he also took the stunning photography that appears in its pages. This was showcased brilliantly in this extract in The Weekend Australian Magazine last Saturday, where you can find out more about this intriguing community and its rapidly disappearing way of life in the story.

Alternatively, here’s a wonderful review in Daily Review.

The book will be launched at Brightspace Gallery in Melbourne’s St Kilda on 19 September, with photographs on show for a month.

“A warm tale of love, friendship and loyalty.”

Emma Noble — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 06:20:49 +0000

Here’s a lovely review of Jean Flynn’s debut novel, Lovesick, this week in Victoria’s excellent The Weekly Times.

A highlight for me: “What’s so entertaining about this lighthearted romantic read is the author’s ability to create such depth of character in the main stars. They are totally believable and likeable”.

Couldn’t have said it better myself!

Thanks to The Border-Mail‘s Sue Wallace for the review.

Some Girls – a book for all girls

Emma Noble — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:31:24 +0000

Comedian extraordinaire, mum and soon-to-be-author Nelly Thomas launched her Pozible campaign yesterday to help fund publication of her new book Some Girls. She’s a quarter of the way to hitting her target in under 24 hours – great news!

She wrote Some Girls because she has two very different little girls: one is into pink and Barbie dolls, the other loves Power Rangers, short hair and dressing up as Darth Vader. Guess which one gets bullied?

Some Girls shows that all girls – of every colour, race and religion, able-bodied and not, tall, short and everything in between – are brilliant just the way they are. A book for boys will follow in 2018.

The ever-amazing P!nk said it perfectly to her six-year-old daughter in her VMAs acceptance speech this week: “We don’t change.. we help other people change so that they can see more kinds of beauty.” Quite right.

P!nk Accepts the ‘Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award’ | 2017 VMAs | MTV

P!nk accepts the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and delivers a message of self empowerment! Catch more from the VMAs at http://www.mtv.com/vma/ and this fall tune in for the premiere of TRL on 10/2!

Calling all lovers…

Emma Noble — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 04:57:12 +0000

…Of romance writing!

The second annual XO Romance Prize opens for entries on 31 August.

The prize is open to unpublished manuscripts by Australian writers aged 18 years and over. The winner will be chosen by acclaimed fiction editor Alexandra Nahlous and receives $5000 AUD and a publishing contract with XO Romance, a division of independent Australian publisher Xoum.

“We believe in publishing Aussie voices and telling Aussie stories — and romance is a vital and vibrant part of this,” said Xoum Publishing Director Rod Morrison. “After the success of last year’s prize, we can’t wait to read this year’s submissions.”

The XO Romance Prize gives Australian romance writers an opportunity to have their novel published by an independent publisher whose innovation and skill have seen them grow exponentially in the past five years.

Entries close at 5pm on 31 October 2017 and the winner will be announced in January 2018.

Ballarat-based debut author Jean Flynn won the inaugural prize and her novel Lovesick was published this month, garnering strong media interest and sales.

“Winning the inaugural XO Romance Prize not only gave my writing validation, it also meant getting the opportunity to work with a fantastic publisher and see Lovesick come to life,” Jean said. “It’s hard to believe that my manuscript is now an actual book, sitting on actual shelves, in actual bookshops. I’m so glad I entered.”

So get scribbling, romance-fanciers.

Putting illness anxiety under the microscope

Emma Noble — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 03:32:47 +0000

Like all authors, Jean Flynn puts heart and soul into her writing … but, for Jean, that’s not where it ends. Jean’s prize-winning novel Lovesick follows main character Beth’s search for love whilst managing her illness anxiety (sometimes called hypochondria), and it’s a condition that Jean is all too familiar with.

In this interview with Seven’s The Daily Edition, Jean shares the reality of living with this disorder.

Meanwhile, Lovesick continues to garner media attention for its funny and frank author. In Good Weekend magazine, Jean shared her love of love letters; in Huffington Post, her somewhat chequered bed linen history and her passion for Aldi; and in The Sydney Morning Herald, her anger at irrational hostility.

Stay tuned for more from this talented writer.