BOOKS BY AUDREY AUSTIN: The theme of this blog is creative writing. I've written many poems, short stories, novellas, novels, and more. I've recently entered the exciting world of books for children. I hope you will want to get to know me and, of course, I hope you will want to buy a book or two.
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Some Statistics
SOME STATISTICS:
I asked AI, through Google, this question; how many self-published authors are there in Canada? This is my response. " High Total Output: Over 2.6 million new self-published titles are released globally each year. A proportionate share of these originates in Canada via accessible, dominant platforms like Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, Kobo Writing Life, and Draft2Digital."
Wow! 2.6 million self-published titles in one year!
As a relatively unknown but prolific and dedicated author, I am very proud to say that, given all the odds against me, I do enjoy sales of my thirty paperbacks and many kindle short stories through Amazon.
Sometimes I think, wow! How absolutely amazing! From a selection of millions of books, someone has actually picked up a book that I've put my heart into and shared with the world.
I want to say thank you to everyone who has bought a book from me and a thanks to all who haven't yet but who plan to check out my books.
It's Canada Day 2026 and this proud Canadian author feels blessed and honoured to live in this most beautiful, caring, democratic, country. Canada strong and free!
Happy Canada Day! Happy reading! https://amazon.com/author/audreyaustin
Monday, June 29, 2026
ALMOST TIME TO LEAVE - Memoir
Thank you for these 5 star reviews of ALMOST TIME TO LEAVE and reviews of all my books. Your positive reviews mean the world to me. <3
Top reviews from Canada
Friday, June 26, 2026
THE OBSERVER: His Eye is on the Sparrow
THE OBSERVER: His Eye Is On The Sparrow
by Audrey Austin (Author) Format: Paperback
5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (2)
THE OBSERVER – His Eye is on the Sparrow is a story told by three generations of women; Karina, Anna, and Karen. I was privileged to meet these women throughout my NaNoWriMo writing experience in November of 2019. Three women, yet two souls, share their experiences. The story begins with Karina in Bangalore, India. She makes the challenging move to Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada and is overjoyed when her daughter, Anna is born. Time passes and sadly, Karina dies. Three days after Karina’s death, Anna’s daughter, Karen is born. Anna realizes that Karen is her grandmother all over again. Is this possible? Certainly, Karen believes that it is.These three women bless us with their understanding, knowledge, and experience of the Christian and the Hindu religions. Each woman lives her own separate life; has her own personal struggles; yet family patterns repeat. Karen’s search for authenticity enriches the story and, yes, a beautiful love story is woven throughout the pages.
Friday, June 19, 2026
FOLK ART - Colourful Explorations
FOLK ART - COLOURFUL EXPLORATIONS
by Audrey Austin (Author) Format: Hardcover
5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (1)
“Folk Art – Colourful Explorations” contains many paintings created by me over the past few years. I love to paint. I was in my mid-seventies when I began with my earliest paintings.
It was friends who gave me the title of ‘folk artist’. I accepted, and I continue to be a prolific painter into my eighties. I love colour.
In this publication are many of my paintings. I hope you will enjoy my folk art.
I am very happy that my work has been juried and accepted to participate in Arts on the Trail in September this year. I will have my table with my paintings set up at Elliot Lake Secondary School and this is an event I am very much looking forward to. I hope I will see you there. I'm really excited and hoping to experience some sales. 
My book, Colourful Explorations, is available in both paperback and hard cover formats on all Amazon sites.
If you have read my memoir, Almost Time to Leave, you will understand why I chose the rock face at Horne Lake for the cover of Folk Art, Colourful Explorations.
Thursday, June 18, 2026
ELLEN and THE HUMMINGTREE
ELLEN and THE HUMMINGTREE
by Audrey Austin (Author), Susan Ruby Krupp (Illustrator) Format: Paperback
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars
Ellen is a woman I came to know well during the writing of my third novel Ellen and The Hummingtree. She often puzzled me yet she also had the ability to make me laugh and cry. I grew to love her. And the more I came to know her I began to realize that she truly is a composite of the many caring spiritual women I have known throughout my life. Alzheimer is a dreadful disease and Ellen's victimization is a heartbreak. My writing of Ellen and The Hummingtree comes straight from the heart. I hope you will love her as I do.
Monday, June 15, 2026
FOLK ART - Colourful Explorations
“Folk Art – Colourful Explorations” contains many paintings created by me over the past few years. I began to paint for the very first time in an effort to encourage my partner who, in his elder years, was losing interest in his own creative endeavours. He was a very talented artist. His favourite pastime was oil painting but, in addition, he created lovely works with stained glass. He was also a highly skilled wood turner.
When I saw that he was losing interest, I had a large table set up in our basement family room with an easel at either end. Two painting stations – one for a very talented artist, the other for me, a woman who had never attempted to paint anything in her life.My partner produced some lovely work. I didn’t. But I did discover that I loved to paint. That was my beginning.
I began painting with oils. When I made a move and became an apartment dweller, I switched to painting with acrylics, simply because that made for easier clean-up.
I love to paint. I was in my mid-seventies when I began with my earliest paintings.
It was friends who gave me the title of ‘folk artist’. I accepted, and I continue to be a prolific painter into my eighties. I love colour.
In this publication are many of my paintings. I hope you will enjoy my folk art.
"FOLK ART - Colourful Explorations" is available in both paperback and hard cover formats.
Monday, June 8, 2026
MOOSE ROAD - a Canadian Tragedy
Moose Road, a Canadian Tragedy
by Audrey Austin (Author), Susan Krupp (Illustrator) Format: Paperback
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars (30) 3.5 on Goodreads 22 ratings
Excerpt from:Moose Road, a Canadian Tragedyby Audrey AustinChapter One:SEVEN DWELL NEAR
“Tell me a story, tell me a story, tell me a story and remember what you said.” Ever since that terrible day of the tragic accident each of the residents who live by my side has a tale to tell. Yes, everyone has a story and each story teller speaks his own truth. What I do find curious is the fact that no two stories are alike. Each is unique in its own way. I am of the opinion that truth is multi-sided and speaks from many hearts. A very long time ago I heard someone repeat the words of Winston Churchill who is purported to have said, “The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.” Yes, indeed, there it is. Truth is multi-sided and it dares to speak from many hearts.
I have been around for a very long time. I existed in this very location even before man decided to give me a name. I guess that makes me old and, that being the case, I confess I am very old. I was here before any person chose this place to build a home. I have always thought I possessed a firm grasp on reality but since the day of the tragedy I am questioning for the first time the meaning and the impact of truth. I have more questions than answers. Is it possible that truth is, indeed, no more than one’s personal perception?Each individual’s truth, until shared, is locked in a sacred space in one’s memory.
Memory does have its share of weakness. It can be faulty. As weeks turn into months memory is often tested. “Tell me a story and remember what you said.”I find it very interesting that the residents of the seven farms impacted by the tragedy each retain a different personal memory of the accident and its aftermath. Although I am well aware that it would not occur to any ordinary human that an old long-travelled country road could possibly have the capacity to remember, I can assure you that I do. Yes, indeed, I do have a memory. Even though I am very old it remains a good one. I do remember well. Some thoughts give me reason to smile while other memories I would prefer to forget. I have learned that the more painful memories are the most stubborn; the least likely to be forgotten and the most likely to be remembered. Even when a human believes he has managed to bury a painful memory he has not. That remembrance will pop up like a jack-in-the-box. It will present itself at the most odd and unexpected of times and sometimes even in the form of a recurrent dream.
Of course, I am not a human. I can assure you that I am a no nonsense road; plain, practical and from my very first appearance on earth many generations ago I have made it my focused mission to do my duty and fulfill my purpose as I see fit. I have always taken great pride in my existence and to this very day I do my best to serve those who choose to travel upon my surface. Unlike humans who are, I have learned, sometimes very superficial creatures, I am not shallow. I don’t blame the travelers for being unable to see beneath my surface. But I assure you I am not just the visible thin layer of gravel you might observe at first glance. I do have substance.
Yes, I am old now. I have been here in this spot in northern Ontario, Canada for many interesting and enduring lifetimes. Although I am a road less travelled I am still in pretty good shape. I expect I’ll be here for a few more generations. I can see no good reason why I should not continue to be here. I have never existed anywhere else on this earth and this is my home.
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Saturday, June 6, 2026
THE OBSERVER - His Eye is on the Sparrow
THE OBSERVER: His Eye Is On The Sparrow
by Audrey Austin (Author) Format: Paperback
5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (2)
THE OBSERVER – His Eye is on the Sparrow is a story told by three generations of women; Karina, Anna, and Karen. I was privileged to meet these women throughout my NaNoWriMo writing experience in November of 2019. Three women, yet two souls, share their experiences. The story begins with Karina in Bangalore, India. She makes the challenging move to Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada and is overjoyed when her daughter, Anna is born. Time passes and sadly, Karina dies. Three days after Karina’s death, Anna’s daughter, Karen is born.
Anna realizes that Karen is her grandmother all over again. Is this possible? Certainly, Karen believes that it is.These three women bless us with their understanding, knowledge, and experience of the Christian and the Hindu religions. Each woman lives her own separate life; has her own personal struggles; yet family patterns repeat. Karen’s search for authenticity enriches the story and, yes, a beautiful love story is woven throughout the pages.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
FOLK ART - COLOURFUL EXPLORATIONS
“Folk Art – Colourful Explorations” contains many paintings created by me over the past few years. I began to paint for the very first time in an effort to encourage my partner who, in his elder years, was losing interest in his own creative endeavours. He was a very talented artist. His favourite pastime was oil painting but, in addition, he created lovely works with stained glass. He was also a highly skilled wood turner.
When I saw that he was losing interest, I had a large table set up in our basement family room with an easel at either end. Two painting stations – one for a very talented artist, the other for me, a woman who had never attempted to paint anything in her life.
My partner produced some lovely work. I didn’t. But I did discover that I loved to paint. That was my beginning.
I began painting with oils. When I made a move and became an apartment dweller, I switched to painting with acrylics, simply because that made for easier clean-up.
I love to paint. I was in my mid-seventies when I began with my earliest paintings.
It was friends who gave me the title of ‘folk artist’. I accepted, and I continue to be a prolific painter into my eighties. I love colour.
In this publication are many of my paintings. I hope you will enjoy my folk art.
Monday, June 1, 2026
BEYOND THE BLUE
Beyond The Blue: a coming-of-age novella Paperback – July 9 2014
by Audrey Austin (Author)
5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (1)
BEYOND THE BLUE is a coming of age novella. 12 year old Anthony Breckenheimer is a clever boy with blue eyes, red hair and like his father he is a little on the chubby side. He lives in the big City of Toronto with his mother, his little brother Ronald and his little sister Leona. His father died a year ago and Anthony misses him greatly especially when he is confronted by bullies on his way to and from school; the biggest and baddest one being Jerry Hasselbergen. One day while in his classroom Anthony discovers a magical window. What he sees through this window and beyond the blue changes his life forever.
Beyond the blue is available in kindle, paperback, and audiobook formats.
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