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	<title>Fiona McArthur</title>
	<link>http://fionamcarthur.com</link>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s Fiona?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, that&#8217;s the question, isn&#8217;t it?
The first answer is beautiful BALI. I flew out with another midwife, my friend Vicki, at the end of May and came back in the first week of June. This is a photo of me outside the Bumi Sehat, at Ubud, Bali, of course we couldn&#8217;t miss out on a visit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/wheres-fiona/</link>
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		<title>The Midwife And The Millionaire</title>
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The Midwife and The Millionaire,
my second Kimberley&#8217;s of Western Australia book has hit the shelves.
Check the review.
In a two pack in England with the talented Judy Campbell, and as Medical book of the month in Australia in single format, and with another cover in North America. All have great covers and I thought I&#8217;d share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/womens-fiction/the-midwife-and-the-millionaire/</link>
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		<title>A Silent Retreat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but lately I&#8217;ve been rushing around so much I&#8217;m sure I resemble a headless chook.
When the opportunity came to try something to slow me down, typically,  I rushed into it, and luckily it was great. I&#8217;d like to share my experience of last weekend. At a women’s retreat.  My first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/a-silent-retreat/</link>
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		<title>30th August 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Had to share my news, I have a release date for The Don&#8217;t Panic Guide To Birth, from Penguin Australia. This book pregnancy has lasted exactly a year from when the simple birth guide idea first surfaced - to when I&#8217;ll see my book on the shelves. How cool is that.
I&#8217;ve had such amazing support from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/30th-august-2010/</link>
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		<title>Uluru and Kings Canyon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
I&#8217;m off to the middle of Australia on Friday. Alice Springs here I come andI can&#8217;t wait.
It&#8217;s ALSO time again, that&#8217;s Advanced Life Support Obstetrics, and I&#8217;ll be attending conference with other midwives and doctors for the weekend in Alice. ALSO is a great initiative for health care workers associated with birthing women to update skills [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/uluru-and-kings-canyon/</link>
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		<title>Fancy a room with a view?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a thing for views. Three nights in a Lighthouse keeper&#8217;s cottage with two like-minded souls at Smoky Cape passed in a blur of writing, beams of light, and perhaps a few glasses of wine. But what about the view?
There with my writing friends, from rt. Amy Andrews, HMB Medicals Romance; Kelly Hunter, Harlequin Modern [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/fancy-a-room-with-a-view/</link>
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		<title>The DON&#8217;T Panic Guide To Birth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 Coming August 3oth, 2010 from Penguin Australia,  to help those last minute nerves and questions.
Don&#8217;t you love the cover!
I&#8217;m very excited about my first Non-Fiction book, THE DON&#8217;T PANIC GUIDE TO BIRTH.
A midwife for twenty five years, I&#8217;ve always been passionate about sharing the insights I&#8217;ve gained about birth with women and their families.
When a mother-to-be walks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/non-fiction/the-last-minute-guide-to-birth/</link>
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		<title>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to share my news.
I received a lovely early Valentines Day pressy this morning, and it&#8217;s even red. My first lovely cataromance reviewers Award for The Midwife&#8217;s New-Found Family. The award goes to Misty and Ben&#8217;s story from my Lyrebird Lake series of books. Thank you so much to Cataromance for the honour.
And [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/happy-valentines-day-2/</link>
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		<title>Midwife in a Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
  5STAR  CATAROMANCE REVIEW &#8211; They said&#8230;
An engaging and thoroughly enthralling romance of overcoming tribulations, Midwife In A Million by Fiona McArthur will leave readers full of exhilaration. Ms McArthur has created characters that any reader could fall in love with, characters that struggle to find the happiness they deserve while also dealing with medical situations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/womens-fiction/midwife-in-a-million-2/</link>
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		<title>Midwife In A Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Latest book is out now.  Jan UK, Feb NA, March Aus and NZ and online.


This is my first Western Australia Book set in the Kimberley Ranges and holds a special place for me.



I had the best fun exploring the Kimberleys for research. My eldest and middle sons and I hired a four wheel drive vehicle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/midwife-in-a-million/</link>
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		<title>Joy To The World</title>
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On the Christmas Theme because I love it.
 
 
 

 
 
Have just sent off my twentieth book to my editor, and a big sigh as I drop my shoulders. The house is a mess, the Christmas shopping is looking pretty thin, and the wasps have built a heap of nests I’d love to shift before Christmas. But the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/joy-to-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Hello to Australian Woman&#8217;s Day Readers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My big smile for the month came from the publication of my short story, Little Boy Lost, the Australian magazine Woman&#8217;s Day (16th Nov Issue) and I&#8217;d like to welcome readers who&#8217;ve found their way to my website. I hope you enjoyed the story. It still brings a tear to my eyes so I guess [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/hello-to-australian-womans-day-readers/</link>
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		<title>Free e-book offer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great news. Download my free eBook today, The Midwife’s Little Miracle. I love this book. There’s another nine books from other authors to download if you have fun. And it’s all free for a year.
Mills and Boon’s eBook sales arm in the UK are celebrating their first birthday of eBooks. While for some they&#8217;ll never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/free-e-book-offer/</link>
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		<title>Mystical New Zealand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just returned from flying visit to fellow med author Alison Robert&#8217;s
(Hot shot Surgeon, Cinderella Bride, HMB Medical Aug 09) home country of New Zealand. Such a heartwrenchingly beautiful country &#8211; no wonder she writes such gorgeous books.
We drove down to Akaroa Harbour and I loved the little waterside township of Akaroa with all its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/mystical-new-zealand/</link>
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		<title>Spring is Here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Spring. The Liquid Amber tree outside my bedroom is budding up waiting to unfurl and greet the warmer weather. The branches  stark and bare for a month now, have stopped waving in the howling wind. Yesterday, the birds in the grevilleas opposite the veranda were singing to each other like performers at the opera and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/spring-is-here-2/</link>
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		<title>Pregnant Midwife: Father Needed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lyrebird Lake Maternity
Every day brings a miracle…
Release dates
UK &#8211; August 2009. Buy PREGNANT MIDWIFE: FATHER NEEDED on MillsandBoon.co.uk now
Australia &#8211; September 2009.
Single and pregnant –
she’s about to be rescued!
Rescue medic Angus Campbell never fails to meet difficult situations head on. But bonding with his
new-found son needs more than professional training – it needs his heart [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/womens-fiction/pregnant-midwife-father-needed/</link>
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		<title>Sitting at the Feet of Marion Lennox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And what a proud place to be. Marion Lennox has won the 2009 R*BY award for short category with her book and I&#8217;m very proud to be in the same finalist group.
RWA conference has been and gone but  it lived up to all expectations. Huge kudos have to go to the fab Amy Andrews and her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/award-night-approaches/</link>
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		<title>FREE eBOOK OFFER FROM HM&amp;B STARTS SOON</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had some exciting news. THE MIDWIFE&#8217;S LITTLE MIRACLE is to be offered as a free eBook download from the millsandboon.co.uk eharlequin site . My book will also be available for download from my webpage once its up. So watch for that.
I&#8217;m really thrilled because THE MIDWIFES LITTLE MIRACLE  is the first of my Lyrebird Lake [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/five-weeks-till-rwaus-conference/</link>
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		<title>Romantic Book Of The Year FINALIST 2009</title>
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I&#8217;m absolutely thrilled! THE MIDWIFE&#8217;S BABY has finalled in the Short Sweet category of the prestigious Romantic Book Of The Year,  R*BY, awards held at the Romance Writers of Australia Conference in Brisbane in August. This book  came out last year in Australia and was a lot of fun to write. I&#8217;ve been attending RWAustralia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/romantic-book-of-the-year-finalist-2009/</link>
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		<title>Where do I start?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where do I start? What a huge month since I’ve updated.
I’ve been awarded my first five star review from Sheryl at Cataromance, for my new Lyrebird Lake book, The Midwife’s New-Found Family which I have to quote here, &#60;G&#62; but I will give you the link. http://cataromance.com/?p=1983
A powerfully moving tale of human fallacy.

The Midwife’s New-Found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/where-do-i-start/</link>
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