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January 22, 2024 42 mins

Celia appears to have it all and her life is running like clockwork - and so it should because she has it planned down to the very last minute - but then along comes a challenge that could be her undoing! Celia is thrust into a process equal parts amusing and heartbreaking as she shakily charts a new path.

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From falling for the boy next door to romancing a minotaur - occupational therapist turned  successful romance novelist Davina Stone talks us through the many forms that modern romance takes. The only proviso is, no matter how serious the story, the ending must be happy!

Guests

Emma Young, author of “The Disorganisation of Celia Stone”. Her debut novel was “The Last Bookshop”.

Davina Stone, author of ‘The Felix Factor’, the sixth novel in her series The Laws of Love . She also writes monster romance under the name Lilith Stone 

Other books that get a mention

Emma loves the diary format and she recalls the young adult books that first inspired her: The Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend, “So Much to Tell You” by John Marsden, “I Capture the Castle” by Dodie Smith and “Bridget Jones’ Diary” by Helen Fielding.

Emma is donating half her royalties to Beyond Zero Emissions (www.bze.org.au).

Michaela mentions “The Tao of Pooh” by Benjamin Hoff

Annie mentions “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and “it’s all small stuff” by Richard Carlson

Davina mentions Romance Writers of Australia, a community of over 700 aspiring, emerging, and established indie and traditionally published romance authors.

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