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Today is the last official day of this Greylands launch microsite. (in fact it will not come down until Monday evening when Min gets home from work) See it and comment before it vanishes, or forever hold your peace! In due course, it will be archived by the Canberra Library – it will not be available for some time, but it will nevermore be interactive. A place holder will be...

Tomorrow, this Greylands Launch site in all its depth and complexity, will self-destruct. I know it is wonderful – so much more than I imagined when Min and I devised it in theory- and I am touched how many emails and posts asked that it be left up, but in general, beautiful things do not last forever- indeed it may be part of their beauty that they are destined to...

It has been an exciting, interactive month for everyone who has contributed and commented on the Great eBook Debate, and Heather, Isobelle and I would like to thank all of you for taking the time to share their thoughts and experiences in such a polite, intelligent and diplomatic way. As promised at the beginning of the website launch, Isobelle has provided some prize packs, consisting of stories in many of...

Check out the reviews page on the site and enjoy the responses of reviewers to Greylands when it first came out in print version way back when. We are only able to offer them to you courtesy of the Lu Rees Archive at the Canberra Library, which had copies of the reviews in their fabulous collection. I have donated many manuscripts to the Lu Res Archive over the years as...

The night before last, straddling midnight between yesterday and today (which is almost a metaphorical representation of what we are doing with the eVolution debate on this site), I finally managed to upload Greylands. This was my responsibility entirely, and I felt the weight of it because of all the work Min put into setting up this site and maintaining it. I didn’t want to let her down, let alone...

Today has been a HUGE day on the site! Aside from a guest post on our eVolution debate by the fabulous Judith Ridge, this evening you will learn the identity of our illustrious guest launcher and get the chance to read her launch speech. Today is also the day the eBook of Greylands goes live on Amazon, Booki.sh and Smashwords. You can read more about the dramatic midnight efforts last...

Having gathered from comments and discussions on the ever unfolding eVolution forum, that many people lack or have limited knowledge of Indie publishing houses, it occurred to us that it might be useful to invite people to help compile a list of recommendations and to invite comments from those who have experience with them, outlining how the process worked with each publisher. This will enable us to build up a...

All visitor posts to the Great E book Debate will be closely scrutinized by Min Dean and Heather Giles, who will be the daily arbiters-in-turn of the best daily visitor post, to be featured the following day on the homepage and on our facebook page. These posts will become the shortlist from which Min, Heather and Isobelle will choose the final three winners of the prizes at the end of...

This special site with all of its events and attractions, will be live for one month only, starting July 4th. You can tell how many days remain of the month from the counter on the homepage. “[Greylands] was always one of my personal favourites among the books I have written… but it was out of print,’ said the author of the book, Isobelle Carmody. ‘Books have always gone out of...

All you have to do is to read the daily guest posts and comment as often as you like as visitors, on whichever days you like. Then at the end of the month we will choose three winners whose comments add substantially to the forum. Prizes include a kindle ebook with a free download of Greylands, a signed copy of several print books by Isobelle, and an audio book or...