Isobel Blackthorn

I’m thrilled to announce that The Unlikely Occultist has won the Honorable Mention Award in the Realistic Fiction category of the 2021 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards. Reviewed By Deborah Lloyd for Readers’ Favorite: Shortly after her loving Aunt Hilary’s funeral, Heather faced a challenge at her...

Book 3 of my Canary Islands Mysteries Series Wins Finalist Award in the 2021 International Book Awards I’m thrilled to announce this latest award for A Prison in the Sun! The novel has already won the Finalist Award in the 2020 Readers’ Favorite Awards. I...

Canary Islands, all I can do is give you a wave from afar! I live in Victoria, Australia. Covid 19 cases are few but we don’t want any. We take a very hard line. Australia has become a gilded cage and there’s no sign...

I’m delighted to be a part of The Ash Museum Book Tour! About The Ash Museum Through ten decades and across three continents, The Ash Museum is an intergenerational story of loss, migration and the search for somewhere to feel at home. 1944. The Battle of Kohima. James Ash...

I’m sitting at my desk all rugged up on a cold and sunny day. I’m a British-Australian living down under, and if you drove a spike through the centre of the earth from my place you would just about end up in the Canary...

The Legacy of Old Gran Parks book tour hosted by Blackthorn Book Tours has yielded a raft of praise from book critics. Here are the highlights. A warm thank you to all the reviewers who took part and to BBT for their amazing service....

Why is gender equality so hard to achieve? because it’s rigged! Ten thousand years ago as agriculture replaced hunting- gathering, women’s status took a nose-dive around the world. Since then, no country on earth has yet achieved full equality of the sexes. Laws have changed...

It’s always a thrill when a your latest release goes live. This one is especially special. The story is based on my own family history! About Emma’s Tapestry At the dawn of World War Two, German-born nurse Emma Taylor sits by the bedside of a Jewish...

LAS ANTIGUAS RUINAS DEL PARAÍSO DE UNA ISLA DEL DESIERTO Antiguas granjas salpican el paisaje de toda la isla, especialmente en los pueblos del interior y sus alrededores. Algunos han sido restaurados, y por supuesto a un gran costo, pero muchos han quedado en ruinas...

I’m delighted to share a bunch of highlights from the book tour of The Ghost of Villa Winter! ‘I appreciate the amount of work that went into the world-building in this book. Almost Dickensian in its detail, The Ghost of Villa Winter invites the...