The
Africa Online Book Fair: Romance Authors & Books is a 2 day fair online
event started last year, aimed at showcasing romance authors from the
continent. This year it’s taking place on the 1st of June till the 3rd
of June 2018.
We’ve
searched far and wide for authors to take part, to bring some interesting and
entertaining books for you.
Here’s a short description of the
fair:
The
Africa Online Book Fair: Romance Authors & Readers is a 2 day Facebook
event that allows readers to shop discounted books, play games, enter to win
free books & Amazon gift cards, and engage with authors. Every author
taking part in the fair will have something up for grabs for the weekend, so if
you’re a bookworm and want to discover your new favorite romance author come
join us.
Here’s
a link to our even page: https://www.facebook.com/events/215209169033746/?ti=cl
Facebook Group Page:
https://tinyurl.com/ka3ucvl
Twitter:
@AfricaOnBookFr
Instagram:
@africaonlinebookfair
Here are three of our authors for
the weekend:
Amaka Azie
Author Bio
Amaka Azie writes romance fiction set in tropical
West Africa. She explores the beauty and intricacies of the continent in her
romance novels.
She was born and raised in Nigeria, West Africa. She developed a passion for reading at the age of twelve. Her interest in writing began in secondary school when she joined the press club and her active imagination has captured the interests of many.
She currently resides in England with her family, where she also works part time as a family doctor. Apart from reading and writing, she enjoys watching crime TV shows, painting and travelling.
She was born and raised in Nigeria, West Africa. She developed a passion for reading at the age of twelve. Her interest in writing began in secondary school when she joined the press club and her active imagination has captured the interests of many.
She currently resides in England with her family, where she also works part time as a family doctor. Apart from reading and writing, she enjoys watching crime TV shows, painting and travelling.
I will be offering 2 ten-dollar Amazon gift
cards to 2 winners
Author Bio
Born in Zimbabwe, T.M. Clark completed her primary
school years at boarding school in Bulawayo, but on weekends and holidays, her
time was spent exploring their family ranch in Nyamandhlovu, normally on the
back of her horse. After her father died, the family of 5 women moved to
Kokstad, a rural town at the foot of the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa,
where she lived in the boarding school hostel as her home.
She began writing fiction when she moved to the UK
while being a stay at home mum to her two sons. Now living on a small island
near Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, T.M. Clark combines her passion for
storytelling, different cultures and wildlife with her love for the wilder
places.
Her books include, My Brother-But-One (2013, Mira,
Harlequin) - nominated for a Queensland Literary
People’s Choice Award in 2014. Shooting Butterflies (2014), Tears of A
Cheetah (2015). Child of Africa (2017), and her children’s picture book,
Slowly! Slowly! (Wombat Books, 2017), is a 2018 CBCA Notable Book. It is also a
companion book to Child Of Africa.
Tina Marie also runs the CYA Conference in Brisbane,
helping others on their journey towards publication.
Readers
are welcome to find Tina on social media:
Twitter: @tmclark_author
TM Clark will be offering:
1.
For the weekend, I will make my e-book
(internationally available) at $0.00. (Usually $0.99)
2.
Will offer 1 x Rhino clock to someone who comments on
my threads and who lives in AUSTRALIA as a giveaway. (Worth $25.00)
Author Bio
Beverley Eikli is an Australian author who
grew up in the African mountain kingdom of Lesotho, married a Norwegian bush
pilot she met in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, and wrote historical romances to
amuse herself in the 12 countries she’s lived as a ‘trailing spouse’ (in between
working as an airborne geophysical survey operator, a teacher of English as a
Second Language, and writing for her former newspaper).
Her two most recent romances are set in
Colonial Lesotho and Botswana and feature an aviation hero, while under her
Beverley Oakley pseudonym she writes lush historical romances laced with
mystery, scandal and intrigue.
You can visit her at www.beverleyeikli.com and https://www.facebook.com/beverley.eikli/
I’d love to offer a free ebook of Okavango Angel
set in the beautiful Okavango Delta about the difficulties of a young couple
managing a luxury safari lodge in such a remote location.
I worked for three months as the manager of a lodge in
the Okavango and this story is an amalgamation of the everyday events, hopes
and dreams of many of the guests and transient and permanent workers I got to
know.
Alison Stuart
Author Bio
History, mystery, romance and ghosts... Born
in Kenya, Alison Stuart moved to Australia at the age of ten. After a long and varied career as a
lawyer, including the military and fire services,
Alison turned to her first passions, writing and history. Many of her stories have been
shortlisted for international awards and she is loved by her readers for her ability
to bring history to life. She is yet to write a
story set in her beloved Kenya but in August 2019 the first in a series of cosy mysteries (the
Harriet Gordon Mysteries) set in colonial Singapore
will be published by Berkley Publishing. Watch out for Singapore Sapphire!
To celebrate the Africa Book Online Fair,
Alison will be offering a limited number of digital copies of her multi-award
nominated, best seller GATHER THE BONES- a romantic historical mystery set in the 1920s.
Inge
Saunders is the founder
of the Africa Online Book Fair: Romance Authors & Books and also a member
of the Cape Town Chapter the Romance writers’ Organization of South Africa.
Currently she has three works published with Decadent Publishing, two
contemporary novels and a paranormal romance.
Twitter:
@saunders_inge
Blog: https://ingesaunders.wordpress.com/
Oh my, all authours from my homeland so I will be following up their links. Thanks for the visit to my blog. Keep well Diane
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea.
ReplyDeleteI love this event. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteHope this went well! Definitely a fantastic way to meet new and talented writers! Hugs...RO
ReplyDeleteThis is what I get for only being on the blogosphere once a month--missing fun stuff like this. I hope it was a smash hit!
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