Gina's Blog: Adventures for the Housebound & Curious

Gina Wilkinson

Feb 20, 20230 min

Herald Sun Review, 30 January, 2021

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Gina Wilkinson

May 30, 20221 min

Join the Fun on Women's Fiction Day!

Discover your next great read! To celebrate Women's Fiction Day on June 8, authors across the world are joining together to offer...

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Gina Wilkinson

Oct 30, 20211 min

Great Group Reads 2021 Revealed!

The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) in the United States has named When the Apricots Bloom one of the top 20 Great Group Reads...

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Gina Wilkinson

Jul 11, 20211 min

Unlocking the Audio Vault!

Many moons ago, I was a foreign correspondent reporting from some of the world's most intriguing - and hair-raising - places. I...

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What do Star Wars & When the Apricots Bloom have in common?

Gina Wilkinson

Apr 19, 20214 min

What do Star Wars & When the Apricots Bloom have in common?

Talented actress and voice over artist, Raghad Chaar has taken on some diverse roles - including a resistance fighter in Star Wars: the...

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Who Tells the Stories of War? A new review of When the Apricots Bloom

Gina Wilkinson

Mar 14, 20213 min

Who Tells the Stories of War? A new review of When the Apricots Bloom

Novelist Jessie Tu, author of the 2020 hit A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, dives deep into the way women are portrayed in stories of...

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Online Book Event: Secrets, Spies & Friendship

Gina Wilkinson

Feb 14, 20211 min

Online Book Event: Secrets, Spies & Friendship

With COVID-19 limiting in-person visits, independent book shops are turning to online solutions to support their businesses and their...

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Buzzfeed: When the Apricots Bloom a Top Historical Fiction Novel for 2021

Gina Wilkinson

Jan 25, 20212 min

Buzzfeed: When the Apricots Bloom a Top Historical Fiction Novel for 2021

Thank you to Buzzfeed for rating When the Apricots Bloom as one of the best historical fiction novels to curl up with in 2021! It's an...

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Gina Wilkinson

Jan 15, 20211 min

A Bittersweet Moment...

Gotta say, I'm feeling a lot of mixed emotions right now...if you're not Australian you may not have heard of the Australian Women's...

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Gina Wilkinson

Jan 3, 20212 min

When the Apricots Bloom in the News

It’s been a busy start to 2021, with the Australian launch of When the Apricots Bloom – and the North American and UK release just around...

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Apricots Featured in Herald Sun's Most Anticipated Books of 2021

Gina Wilkinson

Dec 13, 20201 min

Apricots Featured in Herald Sun's Most Anticipated Books of 2021

I was very excited to spot When the Apricots Bloom on the Herald Sun's list of the most anticipated books for 2021. What an amazing...

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Gina Wilkinson

Dec 5, 20201 min

Goodreads Giveaway!

If you feel like throwing your hat in the ring for a free copy of When the Apricots Bloom, head over to Goodreads and enter a new...

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Hachette to publish When the Apricots Bloom Down Under!

Gina Wilkinson

Nov 14, 20201 min

Hachette to publish When the Apricots Bloom Down Under!

I'm very excited to announce that Hachette has acquired the publishing rights for When the Apricots Bloom for Australia and New Zealand....

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Valio! Horea! Hooray for Lithuania and the Netherlands!

Gina Wilkinson

Aug 27, 20201 min

Valio! Horea! Hooray for Lithuania and the Netherlands!

I'm celebrating the first foreign language sales of When the Apricots Bloom! Translations will be in bookstores in Amsterdam and Vilnius...

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Where Fact Meets Fiction: Inspiration for When the Apricots Bloom

Gina Wilkinson

Jul 22, 20201 min

Where Fact Meets Fiction: Inspiration for When the Apricots Bloom

I met these two little girls in 2002, not far from Baghdad’s Mutanabbi book market. The little girl at the front proudly showed me her...

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Gina Wilkinson

Jun 30, 20201 min

Goodreads Giveaway!

Goodreads and my publishers at Kensington Books have teamed up offer 100 readers a chance to win a copy of my upcoming novel

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When the Apricots Bloom named one of the 30 Great Reads of fall/winter 2020!

Gina Wilkinson

Jun 22, 20201 min

When the Apricots Bloom named one of the 30 Great Reads of fall/winter 2020!

Picture this: I wake up bleary eyed, check the online news - and almost spill my coffee in my lap. Why, you ask? I'd just spotted my name...

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Gina Wilkinson

Apr 27, 20201 min

French Flaps? Ooh la la!

When my editor messaged me recently to announce that When the Apricots Bloom was getting French flaps. I must admit, I had no idea what...

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Where Fact Meets Fiction: Mutanabbi Market

Gina Wilkinson

Apr 27, 20201 min

Where Fact Meets Fiction: Mutanabbi Market

There's a saying that Cairo writes, Beirut publishes, Baghdad reads. The proof is at Mutanabbi market, where I snapped this shot in 2003.

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