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Andy writes contemporary fiction, science-fiction and travel.
His book Both Feet in Paradise was shortlisted for the NZ Booklovers best adult fiction novel of 2022.
His new science fiction book Brightest Star will be available in August 2022.
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Both Feet in Paradise Now in Pacific Jewell Cafe Library
In the spirit of placing copies of my book in settings that feature in its story, a big thanks to avid reader and book ambassador Melissa for donating a copy of Both Feet In Paradise to the Pacific Jewell cafe in Apia, Samoa. This cafe and shop was Kate’s and my go-to when we lived…
Both Feet in Paradise now in Robert Louis Stevenson Museum Library
An awesome thanks to avid reader and friend, Melissa, for taking a copy of Both Feet in Paradise to the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, Vailima, Samoa for permanent display in the author’s study. The museum is where Robert Louis Stevenson lived for the last four years of his life. It was here he wrote South…
The Importance of Beta Readers
Here’s a big shout out to all Beta Readers, those test pilots of the literary world who read a new book ahead of everyone else. These are the people who trial run the book and its story, seeing how fast it goes, whether the wings waggle, and how does it land. Without them reading would…
New sci-fi title, Sun God, released on Friday 29th Feb
The second book in The Assumptors – the Voyage of Domina Penelope series is released on Friday 29 Feb. The title is Sun God and it continues where Brightest Star left off… After founding a colony on the remote moon of Freyja, the missionary order of Assumptors resumes searching for a new Earth. Yet its…
Both Feet in North America…
Thrilled to see Both Feet in Paradise published in North America and the rest of the English speaking world by Harlequin Worldwide Suspense on 25 July. Exciting, exciting! https://www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9781335453594_both-feet-in-paradise.html
New Novel Coming Out Soon
My new novel, a science fiction adventure, Brightest Star, will be published in New Zealand at the beginning of August. It’s about a missionary group who abandon a dying Earth and sail to the stars to find a replacement world on which to live… or so they think. “Stars don’t twinkle. They burn like a…
Better Off Read Interview
I was very pleased to be interviewed by Wellington writer Pip Adam on her Better Off Read podcast. Pip kindly arranged this interview with Bridget van der Zijpp and me to replace our cancelled session, Time, Love, Memory, at the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Listen to the interview here…
Sisyphus in Sāmoa: Review in Landfall
Really pleased to see my book Both Feet in Paradise reviewed in Landfall by Shana Chandra. There’s a good deal of thought and detail gone into this review – and I have to thank the reviewer, Shana Chandra, for reading my book so thoroughly and kindly. As a writer, it’s always slightly strange (like going…
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