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Christine Wells p1

READERSVOICE.COM aims to collect a few interesting reading tips. This issue features Christine Wells, the author of The Juliet Code, a romance and thriller about women working in the Special Operations Executive in WW2, operating wireless transmitters and spying behind enemy lines in occupied France. Other novels include The Wife's Tale and The Traitor's Girl. There is also a report on the Lifeline Bookfest, which is great opportunity to buy some interesting books, or if you want to declutter some of your own.

Christine Wells p2

Author of the wartime thriller and romance The Juliet Code, Christine Wells, mentions some favorite books...

Lifeline Bookfest

Norman Wallis reports on the decluttering he undertook for the Lifeline Bookfest. Many of the books he'd bought at the Bookfest wound up back there again...

Gold Coast Film Festival p1

READERSVOICE.COM aims to collect a few interesting reading tips. This issue features directors, actors, writers and others at the recent Gold Coast Film Festival...

Gold Coast Film Festival p2

Gold Coast Film Festival reading tips...

Gold Coast Film Festival p3

Some favorite books of film makers at the Gold Coast Film Festival...

Brendan Cleaves p1

READERSVOICE.COM aims to collect a few interesting reading tips. The premise for the seven and a half minute comedy film Roger, is tight and to the point. Stephen (played by comedian and actor Seann Walsh) arrives home after six months in Mongolia, to discover his best friend Roy (John Bradley) has replaced him with a ventriloquist's dummy called Roger. I asked Brendan Cleaves, director and co-writer with Stuart Foreman, about his comedy short film.

Brendan Cleaves p2

The director of short comedy film Roger, Brendan Cleaves, co-written with Stuart Foreman, mentions an interesting book on writing character arcs in stories...

Brendan Cleaves p3

The co-writer and director of short comedy film Roger, Brendan Cleaves, talks about a new script, Sam and Doug...

Tom Kouris and Hani Dombe p1

Hani Dombe and Tom Kouris create stop motion animation for short films, music videos and tv commercials in Tel Aviv. Their work has appeared at the Hiroshima Animation Festival, Stop Motion de Montreal, the Mosaic Film Festival in Michigan, and many other festivals around the world. Their 10-minute short film Lili features a woman who clings to her childhood and fights a sandstorm that threatens to take it away. The film features an amazingly realistic set of a house in a desert near the sea, with sand and wind, washing on the line, and other evocative details. This issue features an insight into the making of some of their short films, which is a very detailed process. They also mention some of their favourite books.