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Bloodborn Commercial - Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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BLOOD BORN COMING SOON! - Thursday, May 21, 2009 BLOOD BORN, the latest Anya Crichton novel, will be available in Australia and NZ September 1st. US and UK will follow soon after.
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RT Magazine Cover - Wednesday, November 12, 2008Skin & Bone featured on the cover of Romantic Times Book Reviews, Special Thriller Issue- Scroll to cover or click here to read the article read more ...
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Free Download! - Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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New quiz - Friday, September 26, 2008 Due to popular demand, another quiz has been added. Just click on the quiz link and test your knowledge.
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BLOOD BORN release date - Monday, April 28, 2008 Blood Born is due for release in Australia and NZ early 2009. Check back regularly for updates.
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Brand new blog! - Tuesday, April 08, 2008 Remember to visit Kathryn's new blog and feel free to post comments. Check back regularly for updates.
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Brand new blog! - Tuesday, April 08, 2008 Remember to visit Kathryn's new blog and feel free to post comments. Check back regularly for updates.
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Heatseeker Chart - Saturday, March 15, 2008 After a week on sale in the UK, SKIN AND BONE became no. 3 on the Heatseeker Chart, where it has remained.
SKIN AND BONE is among the top 20 bestsellers for Amazon UK!
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SKIN AND BONE UK release - Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Skin and Bone will be released in the UK and South Africa in February 2008. Check out the fantastic cover!!
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SKIN AND BONE is the November title selected by THE BIG BOOK CLUB! - Monday, November 19, 2007 Skin and Bone is November's featured title for THE BIG BOOK CLUB, for SA, Qld and WA. Kathryn will be touring extensively, so please check the appearances page for details.
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Brand new forensic quiz! - Tuesday, October 02, 2007 Test your knowledge with brand new quiz questions. It's quick and stress-free, so give it a go.
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SKIN AND BONE release - Tuesday, September 04, 2007 Skin and Bone is available in Australia and NZ from 24th October!
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US release - Saturday, June 23, 2007 Without Consent released in US July. Kathryn will be attending Thrillerfest in NY July 12-15th.
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Without Consent hits #1 - Tuesday, May 08, 2007 Kathryn's latest novel has hit # 1 after 4 weeks on the UK Heatseekers chart.
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SKIN AND BONE release - Monday, April 09, 2007 SKIN AND BONE available in Australia and NZ in November 2007.
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View the TV ad - Friday, March 23, 2007Check out the TV ad for WITHOUT CONSENT that appeared in Australia.
View the add in SWF or MOV format
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Latest praise for WITHOUT CONSENT - Friday, March 23, 2007 Brilliant and breathtaking. WITHOUT CONSENT is a tour de force for rising star Kathryn Fox...Lock your doors and read this book."
Linda Fairstein NY Times Bestselling Author
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Latest release - Monday, March 19, 2007WITHOUT CONSENT is now available in the UK, Canada, South Africa and is
Coming to the US - July 2007
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Australian author, Dr Kathryn Fox aims to increase the life expectancy of Indigenous communities with one tool – a book. For every year you increase a teenage mother’s reading age, it is possible to increase the life expectancy of her child by up to four years.
“One person can make a real difference. We are facing extinction of the oldest continuous culture on our planet, for the cost of a book. Something had to be done” … Kathryn Fox
THE FACTS:
• Australian Indigenous people have a life expectancy 20 years less than other Australians.
• In remote communities, literacy rates are as low as 7%.
• These children are: 4 X more likely to die in the first year, have 1 in 2 chance of diabetes and are up to 24 times risk of being raped.
• Australia has the world’s highest death rate from acute rheumatic fever. A simple antibiotic is the treatment, but if a mother cannot read, she can’t follow simple instructions on the medicine bottle,
• Sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, substance abuse are endemic in indigenous communities, in which unemployment rates can be 100%
• Up to 80% of kids in these areas suffer from chronic ‘glue ear’, a complication of middle ear infection. Untreated, it can delay speech and development and cause permanent hearing loss.
THE SOLUTION:
Create a culture of books, and introduce a world of hope and opportunities
Kathryn started the “Read for Life” project as a way of introducing books and reading to young mothers and children in these communities where books are scarce or non-existent. Books are collected from schools in the cities and urban areas of Australia, donated by publishers and booksellers, and transported to the remote communities where they are distributed by a network of community health and education workers. Thousands of books have been put into children’s hands by giving them away to homes, pregnant women, mother’s groups, health clinics and even pubs (where children often wait for their parents). Experience shows that each book is read by up to 7 other people.
Illiterate mothers are now picking up books to “read” to their kids. They are learning with their children and a change in culture can begin. The program’s slogan is simply: “Look, Talk and turn”. Look at the pictures (and words), talk about what you see and then turn the page. Literacy and education can empower these girls and their children to help stop the endemic sexual violence and chronic health problems in these communities.
The next stage of the project will be to encourage children and their mothers to write their own books – to draw pictures and tell a story. These personal books give the child ownership of their own special, culturally relevant story. This is an incredibility effective and fun way to encourage reading.
This project is not only tackling literacy and health problems but is also building bridges between city and rural communities. Government agencies told her it was too difficult to do, but it only takes one person with a good idea to change lives for the better.
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