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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker
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Award-winning Australian Author on Kaurna Land. 🪶SA Literary Fellow 2025 ✨️The Rebels of Mount Buffalo✨️Legend of The Lighthouse Moon✨️On Gallant Wings ✨️The Disappearing Circus 7/25 with Kate Gordon 🪶Nature, Magic & History www.helenedwardswrites.com
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 8
On Gallant Wings has arrived.
A sweeping WWII adventure about family, courage and knowing when to break the rules that shines a light on many little-known aspects of the war's impact on Australians at home.
Available in all good bookshops in your town and online.
It's time soar 🕊
#Authors #Books
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 12
#Canberra I'm coming to your gorgeous city in June for a DOUBLE book launch at The Book Cow! Tickets free but bookings essential below. I'll be launching On Gallant Wings and a special pre-release launch of The Disappearing Circus co-written with Kate Gordon.

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RESCHEDULED - Double Book Launch Author Event: On Gallant Wings by Helen Edwards AND The Disappearing Circus, co-written with Kate Gordon
Join author Helen Edwards for her latest book releases, On Gallant Wings and The Disappearing Circus
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 11
Looking forward to joining family & friends this afternoon at The Gums Tranmere to celebrate the launch of On Gallant Wings. Drop-in between 2-4pm. I'll be doing a reading & talk around 2.30 if you would like to hear that. Don't forget your chair, or picnic blanket. Books for sale! #Adelaide
Helen wears a black and white cardigan. She's smiling and looking at the camera as she signs a book. A soft toy pigeon watches her.
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 9
Thanks to Your Kid's Next Read & @altait.bsky.social for this fabulous interview about On Gallant Wings, the history behind it, how I juggle research with story, pigeon voices, character development & more!!
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Episode 197: 10 minutes with Helen Edwards - Your Kid's Next Read Podcast
Helen Edwards chats to Allison about her latest middle-grade historical fiction novel 'On Gallant Wings', plus Megan has library tips
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 9
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 9
Wonderful day across #Adelaide signing copies of On Gallant Wings at Dymocks Hyde Park, Mostly Books, Shakespeares bookshop & Matilda Bookshop. Bumped into gorgeous Sam Ellen Bound signing copies of her stunning new book in Mostly Books! Thank you booksellers 🙏 #Australianbooks #AustralianAuthors
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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · Dec 1
Here are signed copies of my book #Septopus in Abbey's bookshop in Sydney CBD. The story of a 7-legged octopus - waiting to be read by someone. 8-12 year olds will particularly love it but really - a story for everyone! family, friends, action, sports, fun!
Signed copy of Septopus by Rebecca Fung illustrated by Kathy Creamer on shelf in Abbey's bookshop, Sydney CBD
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 8
Congratulations!!
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 8
Come with me on my outing to sign copies of On Gallant Wings in two of my favourite local #Adelaide bookshops Dillons on The Parade & Dymocks Rundle Mall. Signed copies of both Legends of the Lighthouse Moon and On Gallant Wings now available at both shops.
#Australianbooks #AustralianAuthors
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 8
Thanks for the shelfie Rachel Jackson On Gallant Wings in the wild at Sydney airport! Hopefully they'll fly off the shelves 🤣

#AustralianAuthors #Australianbooks ##LoveozKidLit #OzKidLit #loveozmg #WW11 #WWIIAustralia
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 8
On Gallant Wings has arrived.
A sweeping WWII adventure about family, courage and knowing when to break the rules that shines a light on many little-known aspects of the war's impact on Australians at home.
Available in all good bookshops in your town and online.
It's time soar 🕊
#Authors #Books
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 8
Thank you 😊
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 8
Thank you 😊
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 8
Legend of the Lighthouse Moon has come in FIRST place in the Forevability awards Category two, with the amazing Tania Ingram and Kate Buffay Jr. in second and third places! What a list to be on. I am very grateful to everyone at Forevability for creating these awards to champion diverse books
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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · Apr 3
Legend of the Lighthouse Moon @drhelenedwards.bsky.social - is a middlegrade historical tale that blends mystery and magic, set at a lighthouse. I love the sea atmosphere and the warmth that pervades the book - a beautiful sense of family while exploring the magical environment.
Legend of the Lighthouse Moon by Dr Helen Edwards
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Apr 8
Thank you 😊
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Mar 11
So nice to discover Legend of the Lighthouse Moon is a book marked with a 'We Love' sticker on the Harry Hartog website this afternoon when planning my bookshop visits in Canberra 🙏❤️
#KangarooIsland #SealBay #CapeWilloughby #SeaLions #selkies #oceanconservation #type1diabetes
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Michael Barthel @mibawi.bsky.social · Mar 7
Tropical #Cyclone #Alfred - #Animals #AnimalRescue
#wildlife (koalas, marine life, gliders, birds)

If you find injured or orphaned wildlife, please call WIRES immediately at 1300 094 737 for assistance.

WIRES Emergency Wildlife Advice > www.wires.org.au/blog/tropica...

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred – Emergency Wildlife Advice - Wildlife Blog - WIRES
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · Mar 4
Expect more of this: Australian publisher Black Ink Books tries to rush authors into signing a contract addendum that allows generative AI to train on their works www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements
Authors were asked to allow Black Inc to use their work for ‘training, testing, validation and the deployment of a machine learning’
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Mar 6
Goodness... hoping all is well
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Mar 6
It's so weird that we've sort of forgotten this but there was like, maybe a 3-4 year period where climate deniers and 'lukewarmists' insisted that warming had 'paused', ended up just being flat-out and incredibly wrong about it, and then just go to move on

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a chart showing the warming 'pause'
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Dr Anita Heiss @dranitaheiss.bsky.social · Mar 6
Law Way®: Safeguarding Stories – Protecting Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Publishing Process

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Law Way®: Safeguarding Stories – Protecting ICIP in the Publishing Process
Get tickets on Humanitix - Law Way®: Safeguarding Stories – Protecting ICIP in the Publishing Process hosted by Terri Janke and Company. Online. Friday 30th May 2025. Find event information.
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Dr Anita Heiss @dranitaheiss.bsky.social · Mar 6
Black Inc. AI licensing – what authors need to know with thanks to the Australian Society of Authors

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Black Inc. AI licensing - what authors need to know - Australian Society of Authors
The ASA has heard from concerned writers about a sublicence arrangement that would allow Black Inc. to license their work for AI training.
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Mar 6
On Gallant Wings includes censored letters which show handwriting from the 1940's. Where deemed necessary sections of letters were blacked out or had pieces cut from them. I'm sharing the full letters over coming weeks. Here's the first two www.helenedwardswrites.com/on-gallant-w...
#Kidlit #WWII
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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · Mar 4
Two lovely-looking reads by @drhelenedwards.bsky.social arrived today! I look forward to exploring them both. On Gallant Wings and Legend of the Lighthouse Moon.
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Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social · Mar 6
Oh excellent!! Hope you like them!!
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