Kate Forsyth's Blog, page 7

A week ago, I finished the final edit of The Crimson Thread, the book I’ve been working on for almost two-and-a-half years. It’s always a bittersweet […]

The post Crimson Thread appeared first on Kate Forsyth.

  It has been a long dark winter spent in lockdown here in Sydney! Luckily for me I live near the ocean in Manly, and so […]

The post October Newsletter – Spring is in the air! appeared first on Kate Forsyth.

A chilling police thriller set in a small coastal town on the Mornington Peninsula, where the discovery of human bones on an isolated beach has reawakened a twenty-year-old cold case…On the evening of September 22, 1998, three teenage girls venture out for a night of mischief [...]

The post BOOK REVIEW: The Girl Remains by Katherine Firkin appeared first on Kate Forsyth.

Lara had always wished she was a dog, and one day, just for a short time, she actually became one. This is how it happened. In a mulberry brick house on the harbour that Lara explores while her mother cleans, Lara meets Pierre, a boy about her age with a beautiful antique puppet [...]

The post BOOK REVIEW: Pierre’s Not There by Ursula Dubosarsky appeared first on Kate Forsyth.

In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis reworks the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche into an enduring piece of contemporary fiction. This is the story of Orual, Psyche's embittered and ugly older sister [...]

The post VINTAGE BOOK REVIEW: Til We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis appeared first on Kate Forsyth.

In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis reworks the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche into an enduring piece of contemporary fiction. This is the story of Orual, Psyche's embittered and ugly older sister [...]

The post VINTAGE BOOK REVIEW: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis appeared first on Kate Forsyth.

When Sheila Kohler was thirty-seven, she received the heart-stopping news that her sister Maxine, only two years older, was killed when her husband drove them off a deserted road in Johannesburg. Stunned by the news, she immediately flew back to the country [...]

The post BOOK REVIEW: Once We Were Sisters by Sheila Kohler appeared first on Kate Forsyth.

I am very excited to be able to announce I have begun a new novel! It's a retelling of the ancient myth of Psyche, a haunting tale of love and loss and redemption which follows a young woman’s journey to the underworld and back

The post My New Novel Announcement! appeared first on Kate Forsyth.

Elizabeth von Arnim is one of the early twentieth century’s most famous – and almost forgotten – authors. She was ahead of her time in her understanding of women and their often thwarted pursuit of happiness. Born in Sydney [...]

The post BOOK REVIEW: Only Happiness Here – In search of Elizabeth von Arnim by Gabrielle Carey appeared first on Kate Forsyth.

THE WILD GIRL was named the Most Memorable Love Story of 2013 by Australian readers, and earned a starred review by the American Library Association Booklist, who called it “a beautiful and often heartbreaking love story that is sure to move and captivate readers.’ [...]

The post The Wild Girl appeared first on Kate Forsyth.