Welcome Australian author Barbara Hannay to my blog.
“A former English teacher, Barbara Hannay is a city-bred girl with a yen for country life. Many of her forty-plus books are set in rural and outback Australia and have been enjoyed by readers around the world. She has won the RITA, awarded by Romance Writers of America, and has twice won the Romantic Book of the Year award in Australia. In her own version of life imitating art, Barbara and her husband currently live on a misty hillside in beautiful Far North Queensland where they keep heritage pigs and chickens and an untidy but productive garden.” https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/barbara-hannay
Earlier this week I asked Barbara to share with us a little bit about her life, her writing and her inspiration. I love this very personal and pictorial response, thank you Barbara.
Barbara at her desk.
Barb on horseback (16 yrs old), visiting her cousin’s farm, when her love of all things rural began.
The Burdekin River – Our many camping and canoeing holidays here inspired my rural settings.
Barbara Hannay’s Favourite Things:
Her husband.
Grandchildren
Barbara’s chickens.
Thank you for sharing with us today Barbara. I love these pictures – they say it all – words +love = happiness – smiles all round.
PS Barbara has a new book out – The Country Wedding: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-country-wedding-9780143783312
Reading, Writing and Riesling 
Also loving that the answers to your questions were in photographic form!
Did they make you smile as you read? They did me 😉 what heartfelt snapshots of a good life.