The Hambledown Dream Goes On Tour

This coming 23rd September - The Hambledown Dream goes on tour, courtesy of Saskia Book Services. Revisit the lyrical and moving love story of my debut novel during the entire week where I'll be featured at a number of specialist book websites and bloggers, talking about "The Hambledown Dream" and the writing life that my first novel created. 

The Hambledown Dream is my lyrical and moving 2010 debut for Central Avenue Publishing that explores the journey of a young man on both sides of his own mortality.

(2010 original release). 

(2011, digital release).

Australian Denny Banister had it all; a successful career, a passion for the guitar, and Sonya - the love of his life. Tragically, Denny is struck down with inoperable cancer. Andy DeVries has almost nothing; alienated from his family, moving through a dangerous Chicago underworld dealing in drugs, battling addiction while keeping a wavering hold on the only thing that matters to him: a place at a prestigious conservatory for classical guitar in Chicago. 

As Andy recovers from a near fatal overdose, he is plagued by dreams - memories of a love he has never felt, and a life he's never lived. Driven by the need for redemption and by the love for a woman he's never met, he begins a quest to find her, knowing her only by the memories of a stranger and the dreams of a place called Hambledown...

Join the Event Page at Facebook and also at Goodreads to track the list of contributing bloggers and also go into the draw to win signed copies of the novel in digital format.

WIN The Hambledown Dream in the week long sweepstakes a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Tales Of Australia - Great Southern Land Release Day Sweepstakes.

To celebrate the September 27th 2013 release of Tales of Australia - Great Southern Land featuring Dean Mayes - The Hambledown Dreamer, Hayley Coates, Lee Battersby, A. Finlay, Charmaine Clancy, Salwa Samra, David McDonald and Sean McMullen - Satalyte Publishing is offering multiple readers the opportunity to win a prize pack featuring signed copies of titles from the contributing authors.

I'll be contributing a signed print copy of my debut novel "The Hambledown Dream" to the prize pack. 

To enter - pre-order Tales of Australia - Great Southern Land today from Satalyte Publishing then navigate to the Satalyte Publishing Facebook Page to enter the Rafflecopter Sweepstakes.  

Journey into visions of the Great Southern Land by eight Australian authors.
The novelettes of this series will take you along arcane paths into fantastic Australias of the imagination.

Disciple of the Torrent by Lee Battersby
This Corner of the Earth by Dean Mayes
Acts of Chivalry by Sean McMullen
Bobby, Be Good  by H.M.C
Dreams Didgeridoo by Salwa Samra
After the Red Dust by Charmaine Clancy
Jaylin by A. Finlay
Set Your Face Toward the Darkness by David McDonald

 * Featuring Aurealis and Ditmar Award winning authors, along with some surprisingly fresh new writing.

Foreward by author of Savage Tides and Rotten Gods, Greg Barron.


“…These stories are compulsively readable…”

Tales of Australia - Great Southern Land releases internationally on September 27th, 2013.

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Dean Mayes To Feature In Landmark Australian Anthology.

I'm pleased to announce the news here that on September 27th, 2013, a landmark anthology of Australian Writers telling Australian stories will be released internationally by Satalyte Publishing. 

From the official release by co-editor Stephen Ormsby, 

"Journey into visions of the Great Southern Land by eight unique and exciting Australian authors.

Each novelette in this landmark anthology will take you along arcane paths into the fantastic Australias of the imagination"

Stories that will feature in the anthology include;

Disciple of the Torrent by *Lee Battersby

This Corner of the Earth by Dean Mayes

Acts of Chivalry by **Sean McMullen

Bobby, Be Good by H.M.C

Dreams Didgeridoo by Salwa Samra

After the Red Dust by Charmaine Clancy

Jaylin by A. Finlay

Set Your Face Toward the Darkness by ***David McDonald

*Aurealis and Ditmar Award Winning Author.

** Aurealis and Ditmar Award Winning Author.

*** Ditmar Award Winning Author.

Lee Battersby.

Sean McMullen

Dean Mayes / A. Finlay

Charmaine Clancy

Salwa Samra

David McDonald

HMC

With a foreword by Greg Barron (author of Savage Tides and Rotten Gods) and featuring Aurealis and Ditmar Award winning authors, along with some exciting new writing talent, Great Southern Land - Tales of Australia promises to showcase a unique and eclectic blend of imagination and fiction.  

Tales of Australia - Great Southern Land is available for pre-order now from Satalyte Publishing. 

“…These stories are compulsively readable…”