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festivals galore 2023
Fringe, Adelaide Writers Festival and WOMAD 2023 How lucky are we in Adelaide to have so many diverse festivals! I love being in Adelaide...
samantha battams
Apr 21, 20235 min read
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Xmas presence
Christmas is a time I think a lot about my mother, who died on Christmas Eve 8 years ago, the year I came back from Geneva. She made sure...
samantha battams
Dec 15, 20227 min read
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coping with covid19
So much has happened since the last blog I wrote in November 2019. Writing for my latest book, #TheRhyniePoisoningCase, a sequel to...
samantha battams
May 1, 202014 min read
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Harry butler (the red devil) book launchED
What an amazing month! This month 'The Red Devil: The story of South Australian #Aviation #Pioneer' was launched at the #Minlaton Town...
samantha battams
Aug 30, 20192 min read
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July '19 update
Back on the 23rd May, the #Melbourne launch of #TheSecretArtofPoisoning was supported by #SistersinCrime Australia with #crimewriter ...
samantha battams
Jul 10, 20192 min read
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Melbourne Launch
The month of May has been busy! I've been doing a few radio interviews lately, speaking with Jules Schiller’s on his ABC Adelaide 891...
samantha battams
May 22, 20191 min read
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Martha Needle in the News
I had a good chat with Nathan Davies at the Sunday Mail about #TheSecretArtofPoisoning book and the tragic tale of #MarthaNeedle a couple...
samantha battams
Mar 5, 20191 min read
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Martha needle book now published
I have finally #published my #truecrime book #TheSecretArtofPoisoning The #MarthaNeedle book is available both as an ebook (see ...
samantha battams
Feb 18, 20191 min read
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The Rhynie tragedy
Welcome to my #newwebsite which I have established in the lead up to the publication of two non-fiction historical books I have been...
samantha battams
Oct 9, 20181 min read
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