Sarah Foster

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This podcast features Sarah Foster, an author, who has donated books and bling to raise money via #AuthorsForFireys for the fire fighting effort here in Australia. The full set of #AuthorsForFireys interviews will be here as soon as they are published.

Sara Foster is the bestselling author of six psychological suspense novels: You Don’t Know Me, The Hidden Hours, All That is Lost Between Us, Shallow Breath, Beneath the Shadows and Come Back to Me. You Don’t Know Me is coming to the US and the UK in 2020. CJZ optioned The Hidden Hours for television. Sara lives in Western Australia with her husband and two young daughters, and is a doctoral candidate at Curtin University. Find out more at www.sarafoster.com.au

During the podcast, Sarah mentions writing a blog about fires chasing her around Australia. Here it is.

Sarah’s offer

My item for the #AuthorsForFireys auction: choose any 3 of my books and I’ll sign and send copies to you AND 2 of your friends/family members (9 books total) and put ALL your names in my next book and you’ll each get the first proof copies available (later in yr) of that bk too pic.twitter.com/8HC7a9mhw4

— Sara Foster (@SaraJFoster) January 5, 2020

My item for the #AuthorsForFireys auction: choose any 3 of my books and I’ll sign and send copies to you AND 2 of your friends/family members (9 books total) and put ALL your names in my next book and you’ll each get the first proof copies available (later in yr) of that bk too.

To bid on Sarah’s offer, reply to the above tweet.

Update: new donation information.

As originally wanted by @EmilyGale and @NovaWeetman, this fundraiser is now officially for ALL fire services in Australia. The official Authors For Fireys Website will be updated accordingly. Winning bidders or auctioning authors can nominate funds to the fire service of their choice. #AuthorsForFireys.

Want to know if this is legit?

Yes, it is legit. The whole community — Australian and global — is rallying together to support Australian firefighters, wildlife recuse and bushfire victims. Here are some reports on this effort.

• SBS: Australian authors rally around to raise funds for bushfire relief effort
• SMH: Authors ask readers to dig deep for nation’s bushfire crisis
• Book Riot: AUTHORS SUPPORT AUSTRALIA FIRE SERVICES WITH #AUTHORSFORFIREYS
• Penguin Books: Authors For Fireys — Australian authors band together to support the Country Fire Authority
• Daily Nous: Philosophers Raising Funds for Firefighters in Australia
• ArtsHub: Six ways artists can take action on bushfires

Fundraiser information from Emily Gale

The #AuthorsForFireys auction will take place only on Twitter from Monday 6th January, ending at 11pm AEST on Saturday 11th January. Scores of authors, illustrators and book industry people will host their own individual auction under the hashtag #AuthorsForFireys and bids will take place on each tweet. At the end, the highest bidder donates the amount directly to the firefighters fund. Once you provide proof of donation, the author will dispatch goods/services.

Items up for auction include signed books, original illustrations, one-off fan-art and craft, unique gifts and manuscript critiques for writers.

There is a supporting site, explaining how it works, at this address: https://authorsforfireys.wixsite.com/website

Given the $18million fundraiser for the NSW RFS this week, proceeds from this auction are going to the CFA (Victoria).