I once met a publisher who showed interest in publishing my first book, Our Home in Myanmar. However she suggested that I alternate chapters, with every second
Once your book is finished and out in the world, your job as an author is not over (spoiler alert: it’s like parenting – it
Our Home in Myanmar is available in Burmese as a free ebook. You can download the PDF by clicking here. My thanks to the two translators
“In the telling of her story, she holds a sure, steady pace. It is a beautifully crafted book, and the editing is first rate, all of which made it absorbing and unforgettable, especially at those times when I reluctantly had to put it down to attend to life matters and work.”
My grandfather Howard Mudditt was a publisher in the UK. My mum found this newspaper clipping in my dad’s folders and sent it to me
Synopsis When a couple is brutally murdered in their rural Australian home, Detective Sergeant Jarrod O’Connor is thrown into a chilling case that quickly spirals
Hembury Books is on a mission to get manuscripts out of drawers in Australian households and into the hands of readers.
Your book’s title is its first impression, a beacon in a sea of countless options. It’s the core promise that you make to your reader.
And it’s one of the most powerful tools in your book marketing toolkit.
If you are in a similar boat, I encourage you to – as soon as possible – reach out to other businesses and contacts that you feel might be interested in promoting and/or selling your book. They aren’t necessarily going to come to you. You have to make things happen.
To celebrate one year since Holly’s Hell – Seven Years in a Thai Prison by Holly Deane-Johns was published, I invited Holly back on the Hembury Books Podcast. I asked her how her life had changed since becoming an author.
