Hazel Edwards



“Creativity is the fun of putting
together unexpected ideas”

Young Adult Fiction: General Store

Generl Store General Store (Finnish)  

Title: 'General Store'

ISBN:0340219173 

Author: Hazel Edwards

Publisher: originally published by Hodder& Stoughton (1977)

Finnish: Kauppiaan Josie (Karisto, Hameelinna) 

Alchemy links to Hazel's e books to buy online. 

E-book:  ' Untapped:Aust Literary Heritage Project'  Link & details

Print: Booktopia  BRIO

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NEWSFLASH:  

Untapped:Aust Literary Heritage Project' releases 'General Store' in digital and print format.

Print version  Booktopia /Brio

Gneral Store (Untapped Project) General Store (Brio) UnTapped project

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The Age's Jane Sullivan  reviews UnTapped Project

UnTapped project Age review

 'General Store' is part of UnTapped Project, partly because an early Finnish translation of Australian children's lit.

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Reading for Kids Gippsland






My First Published Book!

'General Store' (1977) was my first YA novel published by Hodder and Stoughton.

It wasn’t autobiographical apart from the 1960s setting of an Australian country store.

  Real General Store in 1960s.

 'General Store" was also my first translation, into Finnish.
"Since the hippo books turned 40 this year , in interviews I've been asked a few times about my first published book: YA novel 'General Store' (Hodder and Stoughton) 1977 and now out- of- print. I don't usually re-read earlier publications, but since my Scottish cousin Margaret took the trouble to locate an e-bay copy to share with her family, I re-read it. Surprisingly it hasn't dated since the friendship between two very different girls and country life in a struggling general store was authentic with footy teams, fires and family growing up. I'd forgotten so much of the 1960s country detail, and couldn't write that historic setting now without more research.It's 'historic' 'rather than 'dated' because no technology like mobiles needed updating. 'Tech' was not important then.I was 27 when my first book was published. And now I'd probably change the title as many think it is an army rank  *Kendal, Mim and Temporary Fred’ was my second published YA novel with Hodder and Stoughton. Also in Finnish.
Kendall Mim and Temporary Fred Kakkospesan Porukka (Kendall, Mim and Temporary Fred)
Untapped' Australian Literary Heritage Projectis including ‘General Store’ for their 2021 digitalisation project
Buzz Words ezine featured 'General Store'  in 'My First Book' section in  their June 21 , 2021 issue.

General Store today   After my memoir 'Not Just a Piece of Cake;Being an Author' was released,I was invited to speak to students where I had lived as a teenager.

Old school friends took me to the current general store.We had changed and so had it. Important for authors record the essence of a place , in fiction.

Resources: 

Diversity_In_New_Formats_.pdf Diversity_In_New_Formats_.pdf (6.36 MB) Explains why digitalisation of favourite out-of-print books

is culturally relevant.

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Events & Appearances 2023

Private online mentoring 'Complete Your Book in a Year' 

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2023

PROV 'Complete Your Book in a Year' starts on first Friday of each month from February, 10am-1pm. North Melb Archives.

Flexibility to go online.

2023

23rd - 28th   DARWIN

31st PROV ( substitute for April) 

APRIL
MAY

4th ACER Teachers' podcast 'Grief and Loss in  Schools'

5th PROV 

11th Thurs 5.30 pm OAM Association : Zoom 'Not Just a Piece of Cake: Being an Author' 

Free but   Book here. 

JUNE 

2nd  PROV

22nd  Author Lunch ( AMBA)

JULY

7th PROV

AUGUST

4th PROV

SEPTEMBER

1st PROV

OCTOBER

6th PROV

NOVEMBER

 3rd 

DECEMBER 

1st PROV Mini Launch


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