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Marianne Curley is the Australian writer of Old Magic, The Guardians of Time - The Named, The Dark, The Key, and The Avena Series - Hidden, Broken and Fearless

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The Impossible Spell Book Trailer

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The Impossible Spell - Release Day

Hi everyone My new novel THE IMPOSSIBLE SPELL is released today the 15th of May 2025. You can purchase it as an e-book, a hardcover or a paperback from Amazon.com in your country. More locations and stores will become available soon. Emerald Island has its secrets.Some believe it is cursed.People have disappeared. Magic is outlawed. Friends, Charlotte and Tristan, are determined to find out…

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The Impossible Spell is due for release on the 15th of May 2025. Watch for updates. Available from online bookstores such as Amazon.com, Amazon.com.au and other Amazon stores around the world.

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THE IMPOSSIBLE SPELL

Emerald Island has its secrets.Some believe it is cursed.People have disappeared. Magic is outlawed. Friends, Charlotte and Tristan, are determined to find out why. The Impossible Spell is a young adult paranormal fantasy about trust, deceit and the courage to seek the truth at all costs. Even if family, love and loyalty are tested. Even if time must be travelled. In the Southern Ocean between…

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NEW BOOK COMING

Hi everyone It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog post to announce the arrival of a new book. Before you get excited thinking this must be Book 5 of the Guardians of Time Series, I need to tell you that Book 5 is still a way off. The storyline has developed into something amazing but complex. Some characters are returning, some are not. And some will appear from a long-time past to help…

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The Rock And A Bleeding Sky

MARIANNE CURLEY'S NEW BOOK - THE ROCK AND A BLEEDING SKY is out on Tuesday, 12th of December, 2023.

The world is in chaos. War approaches Australian shores. Oceans are rising, volcanoes erupting, violent storms intensifying. Fatalities from starvation; malnutrition and disease increase daily. But for most people, life continues as normal, the changes are not yet interfering with their daily lives and so they convince themselves that there is nothing to worry about. Nothing they have to do. As…

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A Reader's Thoughts on The Guardians of Time Series

A Reader's Email

The other day a reader named Kayley K wrote me an email with a couple of questions on my writing of The Guardians of Time Series. Kayley read the first three books, The Named, The Dark and The Key when she was 13. It wasn’t until more recently that she was able to read The Shadow. After answering her questions, I told Kayley I’d be happy to hear her thoughts on The Shadow, and she wrote back the…

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Artworks, Reviews and Quotes

Artworks, Reviews and Quotes

I love the artworks my readers do of the characters or events from my books. From our beloved blue-haired Arkarian in The Guardians of Time Series, Ethan and Rochelle from the same series to the angels Nathaneal, Gabriel and Michael in The Avena Series, and Kate and Jarrod from Old Magic. There’s no winner. It’s not a competition, but I decided to exhibit these drawings, artworks, and a few…

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Writing in Multiple Perspectives

Writing in Multiple Perspectives

I write my books in first person, multiple perspectives – in other words, through the eyes of different characters. Usually I will write alternating chapters through the perspectives of both the lead male and lead female characters, and on occasion there might be a third character, or even more. In my trilogy The Guardians of Time, the first book, The Named, was through the viewpoints of Isabel…

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REVIEWS - Do They Help, or Hinder?

REVIEWS – Do They Help, or Hinder?

Do reviews help or hinder a book’s chances of success?

The answer is not so simple as a yes or no. If I had to be succinct I would say reviews can both help and hinder. As a writer you hope that you have more positive reviews than negative. Muchmore. A negative review seems to sit a lot longer in a reader’s mind (and an author’s) than a positive one. The negative review has the capacity to…

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Maltese abroad: the best-selling author with roots in Gozo

Maltese abroad: the best-selling author with roots in Gozo

Source: Maltese abroad: the best-selling author with roots in Gozo

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The Guardians of Time New Covers and News

The Guardians of Time New Covers and News

The new editions of The Guardians of Time Series, Books I, II, III and IV, with their exciting new Young Adult Fantasy covers are all now available from online bookstores.

The Named, The Dark, The Key and The Shadow are available in Paperback or E-book from Amazon.com or in English wherever Amazon has a store, which include the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, Australia, Japan, and many other…

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The Named is out, The Dark is Coming Soon

The Named is out, The Dark is Coming Soon

The Guardians of Time SeriesThe Named in paperback and e-book are both now available from Amazon, with other stores to come on board in the days ahead. The next new edition from The Guardians of Time Series to be released will be The Dark. Watch for my notifications, because it will not be long.  So far the covers have received a lot of love. Thank you to everyone who let me know what they think…

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DON'T MISS OUT! TEN DAYS TO GO TO WIN A SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, HARDBACK COPY OF OLD MAGIC!

DON’T MISS OUT! TEN DAYS TO GO TO WIN A SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, HARDBACK COPY OF OLD MAGIC!

I am giving away ONE Signed, Hardback, First Edition copy of OLD MAGIC. This book is one of only 500 printed in hardback and sold in the United Kingdom and Australia in the year 2000. Old Magic had many different covers, sold in many different languages, but it is now out of print. No more English-speaking copies will be produced, which makes this giveaway that much more special.

 With only ten…

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WIN! WIN! WIN! A Signed, First Edition, Hardback Copy of Old Magic!!!

WIN! WIN! WIN! A Signed, First Edition, Hardback Copy of Old Magic!!!

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I am giving away ONE Signed, Hardback, First Edition copy of OLD MAGIC. This book is one of only 500 printed in hardback and sold in the United Kingdom and Australia in the year 2000, and it is in pristine, new condition.

Old Magic was first published in October, 2000, and since then has had 49 editions and more than 34 different covers.  In the eighteen years since Old Magic was…

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When You Get A Review Like This...

When You Get A Review Like This…

Review of The Shadow By Daphne, as found on Goodreads on 9th April, 2018 How poetic is it that a series about time travel made me travel back to my childhood. I was 8 when The Key was published in 2005, but I only discovered the trilogy when I was 10. I remember I found the first two books at my local bookstore, translated copies of my mother tongue language. I bought the first one, thinking it…

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THE SHADOW IS RELEASED THIS WEEKEND

The Guardians of Time Book IV, The Shadow, is released!

Hello everyone! Today, here in Australia it’s the 10th of March, 2018 and the official release day of The Guardians of Time Series, Book IV, THE SHADOW. Only… in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and many other countries the day is still Friday the 9th, the day before the official release day. So I decided to celebrate the end of the count down now, and tomorrow. Or, you could just say,…

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