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<p>In my unpublished book, Beersheba: the untold story of how three myths, two units, and one charge captured our imagination, I go into a lot more depth about the myths that continue to perpetuated about the Australia Light Horse charge at Beersheba, but the media coverage about today’s centenary of the charge is getting my<a class="more-link" href="https://ccturner.com.au/2017/10/31/3-myths-about-beersheba/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;3 myths a

<p>I really have been bad with this blog. Please know though that I&#8217;ve promised myself that once the Beersheba book is out, I will find a regular blogging rhythm. I’ve used a few things to try and motivate myself into focusing on finishing the adult non-fiction, Australian military history book I’ve begun about the Australia<a class="more-link" href="https://ccturner.com.au/2014/02/16/beershebajourneymap/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;The Jou

<p>Last week, the Aussie Women Writers group asked tweeps (Twitter users) for their Top 10 favourite Australian women writers across all genres. Of course, I couldn’t keep it to 10, so here are my Top 15 (note: in no particular order). Non-Fiction (mid­–20th century to now)  Leigh Sales — her book on David Hicks, Detainee 002<a class="more-link" href="https://ccturner.com.au/2012/09/21/15-fav-aussie-female-writers/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;My

<p>Why haven&#8217;t I been working on my Beersheba manuscript for the past several months? Well, I took on a freelance project, my second one under Ryter Publishing. The project has been to publish a high-quality, photographic coffee table book for a Defence client, titled — War in the Valleys : 7th Battalion Battle Group (MRTF–1),<a class="more-link" href="https://ccturner.com.au/2012/05/10/10-steps-in-publishing-a-book/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#