BOOKS TO BE PUBLISHED

Greendale writer Sandra Arnold's two latest books will be published this month, ‘Where the Wind Blows’ (Truth Serum Press, Australia) and ‘The Bones of the Story’ (Impspired, UK). Sandra is an award-winning writer whose other books include The Ash, the Well and the Bluebell, Soul Etchings, Sing no Sad Songs, Tomorrow’s Empire, A Distraction of Opposites. Her short fiction has been published and anthologised internationally and has received nominations for The Best Small Fictions, Best Microfictions and The Pushcart Prize (is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honours the best poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to submit up to six works they have featured). She has held writing residencies in The Robert Lord Cottage, Dunedin and the Seresin/Landfall/ University of Otago Press, Waterfall Bay. Sandra has a PhD in Creative Writing from Central Queensland University, Australia. Reviews:

Where the Wind Blows: “Hummingbirds in wild orchids in Brazil, a giant turtle laying her eggs by moonlight on an Omani beach, Sandra’s settings in Where the Wind Blows are at once exotic and deeply felt, but equally deeply felt are the inner landscapes of her protagonists as they seek understanding in the wake of loss,” commented James Norcliffe, author of Letter to Oumuamua, 2022 NZ Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement.

The Bones of the Story: “The Bones of the Story immediately draws the reader in with its premise concerning the mysterious death of a child. Readers are invited to discover how the event haunts those who witnessed what passed. The stories reveal the ugly underbelly of an apparently sweet Blytonesque world where children derive pleasure from gobstoppers and daring each other to take risks,” commented Nod Ghosh , author of The Crazed Wind, Filthy Sucre and Toy Train, Throw A Seven, Love, Lemons and Illicit Sex, The TwoTailed Snake and How to Bake a Book.

“Sandra Arnold has written a deft and gripping novella. Here, told in a variety of brilliantly penned

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“Sandra Arnold makes yet another splash in the literary world with her newest novella-in -flash The Bones of the Story. It is a page turner that I simply could not put it down. Told from multiple perspectives, The Bones of the Story is beautifully written, a gripping mystery, and among the best novellas I’ve ever read. She is deserving of a major award,” commented Niles Reddick , Pulitzer nominated author.