News & Updates

  • Best wishes for the festive season!

    I can’t believe it is almost the end of 2018. Where did the months go? I want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy and prosperous New Year. May 2019 be full of wonderful things for you and your family. And lots of reading! Best …[ read more ]

  • October in the Melanie Milburne Writing cave…er, dungeon…

    Dear Reader, There are times in a writer’s life when things don’t go according to plan. A story idea blooms in my head like the first gloriously fragrant rose of spring, but a few writing days later it wilts and those velvet petals fall and create a mess on my desk. Part of the art …[ read more ]

  • Last Month of Winter!

    Hello everyone, I am pleased to say I have now submitted my 80th book. I spent a few days on the East Coast of Tasmania on a writing retreat by myself with my three dogs. Oh, and with a humpback whale who visited a couple of times. It was one of the most amazing experiences …[ read more ]

  • Writing Number 80!

    Dear Readers, I am about to achieve another milestone -Book number 80… that is if I finally get some decent work time in. We are renovating our back garden, so working with a few extra people around is rather distracting. Not to mention having to let the dogs out instead of them using the pet …[ read more ]

  • Great news!

    I am so thrilled to announce I am a finalist in the HOLT Medallion again. The book is A Ring For The Greek’s Baby. I always find it funny how the books that final are not always the one I would have expected to final. But of course I am delighted either way. It is …[ read more ]