The Joys of Binge Reading Jenny Wheeler

 Chris Draper is a Kiwi IT engineer with a passion for writing optimistic, techno-thrillers like Goodbye Woomera Belle the first in a series of five planned action-filled futurist thrillers suitable for young adults, as well as adult readers.







Hi, I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler, and in this week's Binge Reading episode, Chris talks about how he fell in love with the Australian Outback while working in Adelaide, South Australia, and decided it would be the perfect location for the fast paced, optimistic techno thriller he’d been dreaming of writing for years.







And so was born Goodbye Woomera Belle, a world changing story that unfolds in 116 hours.







And it couldn't be more topical, revolving as it does around artificial intelligence and inter-governmental tensions between friendly and not so friendly powers.







Erin Brightwell is a brilliant young mind whose research is critical to national security and lots of people want to get their hands on it.







This week's Giveaway - Woomera Belle







We'll get to our chat with Chris in a moment. But first this week's book giveaway; Chris has kindly offered 10 free copies of his book. Goodbye Woomera Belle to the first 10 readers who go online and claim it.







Links for the download can be found in the show notes for this episode on the website, thejoysofbingereading.com.







https://dl.bookfunnel.com/gjhqvpno2v









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Links to things mentioned in the show







Woomera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woomera,_South_Australia







Tom Clancy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy







Dan Brown: https://danbrown.com/







Dan Brown series Robert Langdon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Langdon_(book_series)#:







Maralinga:







https://www.indaily.com.au/opinion/2021/05/25/sas-nuclear-testing-legacy-still-unfolding-in-outback







https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nuclear_tests_at_Maralinga







Deep Space Station 41 and the Island Lagoon Base,







https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Lagoon_Tracking_Station







Spacecraft: Voyagers: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/







Pioneer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_10







The James Webb Space telescope: https://webb.nasa.gov/







Nevil Shute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevil_Shute







A Town Like Alice: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107301.A_Town_Like_Alice







On The Beach:  https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/38180







Trustee From The Toolroom: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107300.Trustee_from_the_Toolroom







P F Hamilton Space opera series: 







https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/peter-f-hamilton/1507

 Amy Harmon grew up in a remote Utah valley, very close to where the famed outlaw Butch Cassidy really lived. Quite a few years before her, of course. The folklore surrounding his Robin Hood reputation has always fascinated her.







She's far too young to have seen the famous movie starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford first time round, but she's excavated the history and shed a whole new light on the story and her latest book, The Outlaw Noble Salt.







Hi, I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler, and in this week's Binge Reading episode, Amy talks about the mystery surrounding Robert LeRoy Parker, better known as Butch Cassidy, the American outlaw, train robber and leader of a gang called The Wild Bunch. It's officially recorded that he died in a shootout with local authorities in Bolivia in 1908. But did he really? Amy's book is a fascinating and heart-touching re-imagining of the story.







Mystery and Thriller Giveaway







Our Giveaway this week - We always have free books to Giveaway -. is Mystery Thriller And Suspense Freebies.







MYSTERY, THRILLER & SUSPENSE FREEBIES















And the range is huge with something to suit every taste ,from historicals like Poisoned Legacy, Book One in my Of Gold& Blood Gold Rush romance series through to cozies and contemporary psychological thrillers.







Find the link to download these books in the show notes for the episode on the website. The Joys Of Binge Reading.com.









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Word of mouth is still the best recommendation and the way for others to find the show and discover great books they will love to read.







Links to items mentioned in the show







Movie: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/







Folklore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy







Eliot Ness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Ness







Gladys Knight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Knight







Books Amy has loved in the past or is reading now:







Louise L'Amour - Western classics: https://www.louislamour.com/







Lucy Maud Montgomery: https://lmmontgomery.ca/about/lmm/her-life







Anne of Green Gables: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Anne-of-Green-Gables







Baroness Orczy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel







Paullina Simons The Bronze Horseman: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47499.Paullina_Simons







Susanna Kearsley: susannakearsley.com







Poets:







William Butler Yeats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats







Emily Dickinson: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emily-Dickinson







Introducing author Amy Harmon







Amy Harmon: re-imagining the Burch Cassidy story







But now here’s Amy. Hello there, Amy, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.







Amy Harmon: I am so excited to talk to you, Jenny.







Jenny Wheeler: You've written more than 20 books and the most recent one is The Outlaw Noble Salt, and it retells the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance story, The Wild Bunch Story. If we are of a certain age, we saw the movie years ago,

Best-selling award-winning novelist Sarah Sundin, author of beloved World War II stories, never had an ambition to write. She trained as a pharmacist, she was perfectly happy as a pharmacist, and then she had a dream that wouldn’t let her go.







She started jotting down her dream story in pencil in a kiddies notebook and six months later she had 700 pages...







Hi I’m you host Jenny Wheeler and today on Binge Reading Sarah talks about her latest daring, dramatic and romantic story, Embers in The London Sky, exploring the war through the eyes of a mother who has lost her child, and a BBC journalist who knows reporting the truth will take him deep into the flames.







She tells all about that vivid dream that started it all, and recollects her own family connections with the war we just can’t seem to forget.







Our Giveaway - Romance















Our giveaway this week is Enemies To Lovers Clean and Wholesome romance. If you can’t resist a good Enemies to Lovers story this one is for you!  Details of where to find the links to these books are in the show notes for this episode, and in the newsletter I send out with each podcast. If you want to join that just go to our website, the joys of binge reading.com.









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Links To Things We Talked About







American war correspondent Edward R. Murrow:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow







Some of Murrow’s WWII broadcasts:







London: First Night of the Blitz









https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVXmJC6mPEk









From a London Rooftop during the Blitz  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za2Lus0CkRc







From Buchenwald: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlhQvPfYSXk







Lofoten Island Raid  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q60pIny5WSo







Lofoten Raid:  https://www.royalmarineshistory.com/post/operation-claymore#:







Lend-Lease Bill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease







Holly Varni, On Moonberry Lake;







https://www.hollyvarni.com/







On Moonberry Lake  https://www.hollyvarni.com/hollys-books/







German Abwher; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abwehr







Scottish selkie; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie







Introducing author Sarah Sundin







Sarah Sundin, inspirational World War II fiction author







Jenny Wheeler: But now here's Sarah. Hello there, Sarah, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with.







Sarah Sundin: Thank you, Jenny. It's great to be here.







Jenny Wheeler: Sarah, you've been writing these World War II dramas with lots of romance and adventure in them as well since about 2010.







But before that, you were a pharmacist. That's what your training was in. I wonder how you made that switch, and why you were interested in doing so.

For Easter 2024. Fiction set in Biblical Times. From New York Times bestselling author Angela Hunt comes a compelling new series set in the New Testament era.







Her latest book, Sisters of Corinth, is a captivating story of love, sacrifice, and the quest for power, set against the backdrop of ancient Greece.







Angela is a prolific author in a wide range of genres, from fiction set in Biblical times to historical fiction in other periods and contemporary romance







All About the Binge Reading Podcast







Welcome to the Joys of Binge Reading, the show for anyone who ever got to the end of a great book and wanted to read the next instalment. We interview successful series authors and recommend the best in mystery, suspense, historical and romance series, so you'll never be without a book you can't foot down.







You'll find this episode's show notes, a free ebook, and lots more information at The Joys of Binge Reading.com. And now here's our show.







Hi there I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading today we present Angela’s fresh take on the Easter story. Two sisters - daughters of a top ranking Corinth magistrate - take up very different ambitions and life paths.







In this episode she tells why readers can always “expect the unexpected” in her books  and talks about her latest series, featuring fledgling believers who came to faith through the teachings of the apostle Paul.







This week's Giveaway - March Madness







Our free books give away is Mad March Mysteries, and that includes cozies and thrillers, whatever level of mystery your tastes might dictate.  The offer is for a limited time as always, so get in now.















The offer includes Poisoned Legacy, Book #1 in the Of Gold & Blood mystery series









get free mysteries

















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Where to find items discussed in this episode







The Sisters of Corinth: (On pre-order) https://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Corinth-Emissaries-Book-Testament-ebook/dp/B0CTKQNM2S/







The Apostle's Sister: https://www.amazon.com/Apostles-Sister-Jerusalem-Road-Book-ebook/dp/B09LWNJK4L/







Unspoken: https://www.amazon.com/Unspoken-Angela-Hunt-ebook/dp/B08LTXRJ8D/







Koko The signing gorilla: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_(gorilla)#:







Koko’s trainer Francine “Penny” Patterson:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Patterson







The Bible Verse that inspired it: https://www.bible.com/bible/compare/JOB.12.7-12







The gladiator training arena: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludus_Magnus#:







What Angela is reading:







People Of The Book - by Geraldine Brooks, https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1379961







Where to find Angela Hunt online







Website: Angela Hunt books.com

Inspirational author Amanda Barrett's latest book, The Warsaw Sisters shines a light on an oft-forgotten corner of World War II Poland, and the true stories of ordinary individuals who fought to preserve freedom and humanity in the darkest of times.







Hi, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler, and today on Binge Reading, Amanda talks about how she excavates the forgotten fragments of history in her books and why she loves the enduring power of story.







The Warsaw Sisters tells of two women fighting against the darkness engulfing their homeland, one by entering a daring network of women sheltering Jewish children, and the other by joining the ranks of Poland's Secret Army, the Polish version of the Resistance.







As Warsaw buckles under German oppression, they must rely on the courage of ordinary people - so-called ordinary people - to resist the power of the state.







Binge Reading Thriller Giveaway







Free Books - THRILLERS R US - Mystery and Thriller Lucky Dip















Our Giveaway this week is Thrillers R Us an opportunity to get free books from a wide -ranging selection of mysteries and thrillers from many authors, including my own book, Sadie’s Vow, a San Francisco Mystery set in the mid- 19th century.







 You'll find the links for downloads for these free books in the show notes for this episode on the website, www.thejoysofbinge reading.com.







Buy me a coffee and defray production costs















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And if you enjoy the show, don't forget, leave us the reviews so others will find us too. I make this plea every time I podcast. Word of mouth is still the best way for others to discover the show and great books they would love to read.







Events and books mentioned in this episode







The Warsaw Sisters Playlist:









https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWyLFWfMD6nXlZrylX1eMw-SbKHz7t05P









Irena Sendler – Polish humanitarian https://irenasendler.org/







Warsaw Uprising:  https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-warsaw-polish-uprising







Polish Resistance: https://polandatwartours.com/unsung-heroes-the-brave-men-and-women-of-the-polish-resistance-during-ww2/







Dietrich Bonhoffeur’s fiancée, Maria Von Wedemeyer/







https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_von_Wedemeyer_Weller







Treblinka: - the concentration camp where many Warsaw Jews died.







https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/treblinka







Sophie Scholl: ( From The White Rose Resists,) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57008360







Amanda's books mentioned in this show:







Within These Walls of Sorrow: https://amandabarratt.net/within-these-walls-of-sorrow/







The White Rose Resists; https://amandabarratt.net/the-white-rose-resists-a-novel-of-the-german-students-who-defied-hitler/







My Dearest Dietrich: https://amandabarratt.net/my-dearest-dietrich-a-novel-of-dietrich-bonhoeffers-lost-love/







Books Amanda is reading:







Kristen Hannah, The Women, https://kristinhannah.com/books/the-women/







Jennifer L. Wright, The Girl From The Papers, (A Bonnie and Clyde story - to be released in August.)







https://jennwrightwrites.

Rachel Hore is a UK Sunday Times bestselling author. whose latest book, The Hidden Years is the story of secrets, loss and betrayal set in Cornwall during World War ii, and then looking ahead closer to contemporary times, to the heady days of the 1960s.







Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler, and today on the Binge Reading Show, Rachel talks about families and their secrets, and the strange coincidences when life mirrors art in ways we can't possibly anticipate.







Our Free Books Giveaway















Our Free Books Giveaway this week is Sweet Snow Closed Door Romance, a selection of Valentine's Day love stories to round out the month, including Tangled Destiny, the prequel to my of Gold and Blood Historical Mystery series.







This offer closes February 29, so act right now. The links for where you can download those books can be found in the show notes for this episode on the website, the joys of binge reading.com.









FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY - ROMANCE









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Buy Me A Coffee















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Word of mouth is still the best recommendation for people to find the show and great books they will love to read.







Where to find links for this episode







Rose Tremain







https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/absolutely-and-forever-9781784745202







Ann Cleeves







The Shetland series:







https://anncleeves.com/shetland/index.html







The Vera series:







https://anncleeves.com/vera/index.html







Ann Patchett:







https://www.annpatchett.com/







Paul Harding







https://www.paulhardingauthor.com/







Where to find Rachel Hore Online







Website: https://rachelhore.co.uk/







Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RachelHoreAuthor/







Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachel.hore/







Introducing women's fiction author Rachel Hore







Rachel Hore - UK best selling author with over 1 million books sold







Jenny Wheeler: But now here's Rachel. Hello there Rachel, and welcome to the show.







It's great to have you with us.







Rachel Hore: Thank you, Jenny. It's really good to be here.







Jenny Wheeler: Look, Rachel, I understand that The Hidden Years is your 13th novel,. Is that correct?







Rachel Hore: Yes it is. Unlucky for some, but I'm cheerful about it.







Jenny Wheeler: That's great and it, they're all in very much the same vein. You haven't been one of those authors who's jumped genres. They're character, driven family stories of upheaval and secrets.







Sometimes cross-generational, sometimes not so much in the dual timeline. I wondered how you came to identify that as maybe the area that you were most interested in writing about in the beginning?







Love of family deep and long lasting







Rachel Hore: I think it came from quite deep inside. I've always been very interested in stories of my...