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👩‍💻 Editor, luxury @karryontravelling
✍️ Crime writer. WHITE LIES out June 2027 @bloodhound.books @highspotlit
🎙️Podcast host
✈️ Travel writer

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Deep in edits and I can’t believe this was two months ago 😲! Hands down one of the best days of my life (besides, you know, getting married and having kids 😂).

So the message here is just do it, keep going, discipline and consistency are your key to success 🙌 and it’s NEVER too late.

I’d also love it if you followed my journey by signing up at https://www.kirstiebedford.com/.

#crimeauthor #debutcrew2027 #thriller #books #bookstagrammer taken in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by @kirstiewrites

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My author website is live 🙌.

If you love reading crime fiction, please go to https://www.kirstiebedford.com and sign up to the pop-up box (I promise not to spam you!).

I’ll be sending book updates, and insights into the journey of being traditionally published with a global commercial fiction publishing house 📚.

#debutcrew2027 #books #crimefiction #bloodhoundbooks #newbookstagram taken in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by @kirstiewrites

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I am so thrilled to share that I have signed a two-book deal with UK publisher Bloodhound Books, represented by my agent Catherine Wallace of High Spot Literary.

I have always loved to write. Old school reports stated how I excelled in storytelling (and talking), but creative writing wasn’t something I pursued seriously until much later in life, after focusing on my career, buying a house, moving countries, and having a family, so it comes as somewhat of a surreal moment to now be living out this long-held dream.

My first crime fiction, White Lies, will be published mid-2027 🙌 and I can’t wait for you to read it!

I am so grateful to those who helped me along the way. My husband David Bedford for the support, space and time to write, and my boys for always believing in me.

I first dabbled in creative writing a decade ago on an Australian Writers’ Centre creative writing course, where I met my first writing buddy Megan Bertram, who is still one of my dearest friends (and biggest supporters) today.

This book would not exist without the many, many writing sessions I did with Danielle Norton (eternally grateful to you, my friend), and later in our extended writing group with Carrie Hutchinson and Gwen Luscombe.

I have met many other wonderful writers on this journey, including the class of 2019 at the Faber Writing Academy (under the exceptional leadership of Toni Jordan and Paddy O’Reilly), and talented crime writer Andrea Barton during a Varuna residency, who has remained a firm friend.

My journey to publication would also not have happened without the exceptional manuscript assessment services of author of award-winning crime novel The Nancys (and multiple other works) Rob McDonald (the first person to read this manuscript), and from there, through the ASA literary speed dating, I met Catherine Wallace, and as they say, the rest is history.

I can not wait to share this journey with you. Author website coming soon!

#author #authorlife #crimefiction #bloodhoundbooks #debutcrew2027 by @kirstiewrites

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7 months ago

Adelaide McLuckie is a fourth-generation hotelier at Kim’s Beachside Retreat on the NSW Central Coast. Running for 140 years, it is the oldest continuously operating resort in Australia.

Tucked away on Toowoon Bay, Kim's has 36 beachside bungalows, a restaurant and cocktail bar at this adults-only escape just an hour north of Sydney. Adelaide tells us the region has exceptional whale watching, beautiful, secluded beaches and locals who are so laid back, even Albo, our prime minister, holidays here.

Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or via our website TheWorldAwaits.au

This episode is sponsored by Kim's Beachside Retreat, see kims.com.au taken in Toowoon Bay by @kirstiewrites

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Emirates has celebrated 30 years since its first flight in Australia in a glamorous event at the State Library Victoria.

Emirates began flying from Melbourne in 1996, and now has 70 weekly services across five cities.

Emirates Divisional Vice President Australasia Barry Brown says, “Melbourne is where our Australian story began, and it remains central to everything we do in this market.”

The airline employs more than 8,000 Australians, and has also invested more than AU$230 million in Australian sport, culture and community, including long-standing partnerships with the Australian Open and Collingwood Football Club, as well as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

#togetherintravel airline #travel #emirates taken in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by @kirstiewrites

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* Career Highlight *

How lucky was I to be asked to moderate the crime panel at the @dandyrangeslitfest with three of Australia’s most awarded crime authors Chris Hammer, Vikki Petraitis and Sarah Bailey 🙌.

As you can tell, it was entertaining, but also incredibly informative, with each author giving honest and thoughtful responses about life as a crime writer.

All three have written multiple books, with their latest set in Victoria, and they all have TV series either out now, or in Sarah’s case, about to be released, which gives you an indication of the calibre of their work.

Thank you to Dandenong Ranges Literary Festival for inviting me to be part of this leading literary event, and to the generosity of the authors for their time and insightful answers.

Missed this year? Follow @dandyrangeslitfest for news about next year’s event.

Thank you also to my incredibly supportive fellow writing friends for attending, and the photos!

📸: @mstephens_writer @georgie.foster_writer

#book #author #literature #event by @kirstiewrites

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AWC graduate Kirstie Bedford has signed a two-book deal with Bloodhound Books. Her debut psychological suspense novel, ‘White Lies’, comes out in July 2027, and her second crime novel, 'Murder She Heard', follows later that year.⁠
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Kirstie is a travel editor, and 'White Lies' was born at an airport. She was heading off on a hosted trip she hadn’t looked into too closely and thought, “gosh, things could so easily go so wrong here.” In the book, travel editor Lily Castillo and her husband take the work trip of a lifetime and are kidnapped on an isolated island in Indonesia.⁠
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Kirstie did our Creative Writing Stage 1 course and then Write Your Novel. “Before I did a course I didn’t even know what genre I was writing in, I knew nothing about structure or character development. Courses are like pressing the fast-forward button.”⁠
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For a long time she didn’t feel she was allowed to write crime. “When I did finally let that go, 'White Lies' was the result.”⁠
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Congratulations Kirstie! Follow her at @kirstiewrites.⁠
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Read Kirstie’s full story via the link in bio.⁠ by @kirstiewrites

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Former World Bank director Nigel Roberts hiked 724 kilometres across one of the most remote regions in Nepal after losing both his wife and daughter following their struggles with bipolar disorder and addiction.

On The World Awaits travel podcast this week, he talks to us about his challenge trying to process his grief on the two-month hike, and how it led to his memoir, The Leopard and the Moon.

Roberts is now back walking the full length of Nepal and says travellers should not cancel their travel plans to the region, despite the flood in August, saying what happened impacted one river valley, and the locals desperately need your tourism dollars.

Take a listen to his remarkable journey.

Link in bio or search The World Awaits podcast wherever you listen to your favourite pods.

#podcast #traveling #hike #nepal by @kirstiewrites

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Love Rome but feel like you’ve been there, done that?

Grab those headphones because this week on The World Awaits travel podcast we have THE best way to weekend in Rome.

It starts with a stay at Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Rome, a palace built over the ruins of an ancient Roman bathhouse. where there’s Michelin-starred dining and sprawling suites where celebrities have stayed.

Then head out on a food tour to the residential neighbourhood of Testaccio with Bonsy in Tour guide Manuela Valenti, who calls this region home and where all the locals are her friends. Italian pastry anyone?

Also this week, the new rules around credit card travel insurance changes, the knickers that are the newest travel hack you need to know about, and we give you the lowdown on Lonely Planet’s best travel destinations for 2027.

Link in bio or head on over to theworldawaits.au.

#podcastersofinstagram #travel #rome taken in Rome, Italy by @kirstiewrites

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Whenever I am at Phillip Island, like this weekend (thanks to the footy for a long weekend :)), I can picture the characters in my second crime fiction in this very playground - which plays a key part in the story :)

I am deep in edits now, and these characters are so real people to me, and I hope when the book comes out at the end of next year you feel the same way!

To follow my publication journey sign up to my newsletter at https://www.kirstiebedford.com/ and make sure you are following me here 🙌.

#phillipisland #author #bookstagram #writer taken in Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia by @kirstiewrites

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* Sound on*

“I’m often asked if I am following in the footsteps of Jane Harper and Chris Hammer, but I actually wrote this book when I was 22 years old,” says Michael Robotham.

Speaking at an event by Beaumaris Books to launch his first book based in Australia, ‘Tell Me Something True’ (his 20th novel), Robotham said this manuscript went to acquisition in the late 80s, but was rejected.

That sent him on a very different geographical path with subsequent novels, of which he’s now sold more than 8.5 million worldwide 🤯.

The evening was full of hilarious stories, like the Stephen King one (sound on), and he couldn’t have been in better hands than with Aidan Prewett, author of the highly successful, The Picasso Ransom.

Robotham says he does have an idea for another Australian-based novel too, so watch this space!

#writer #author #crimefiction taken in Beaumaris, Victoria by @kirstiewrites

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✍️ 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬

Welcome back to 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, our weekly feature celebrating the people doing the thing we love most — 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚!

This week, meet 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 @kirstiewrites ✍️

Kirstie’s debut novel, 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘴, a psychological suspense will be published by @bloodhound.books in June 2027. Her second novel is currently at 𝟲𝟱,000 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 👏

Swipe ➡️ to meet Kirstie, hear more about her writing journey and find out what she’s working on — and don’t forget to follow, share and leave her some love in the comments! 💛

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