Joni Page

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  • Love your Beach

    Love your Beach

    I’ve written about how lovely it is to use the beach, why we should take care of the beach, how… more

  • Beach, how do I love thee?

    Beach, how do I love thee?

    The beach is great, isn’t it? In the water you can paddle, wade, swim, throw a ball around, and float… more

  • 5 things to know about algal blooms

    5 things to know about algal blooms

    1. An algal bloom is an excessive growth of algae in a body of water. 2. The biggest problems of… more

  • The importance of reefs

    The importance of reefs

    The South Australian coast is gorgeous. It stretches up and down into urban and rural nooks and crannies. It opens… more

  • Why World Reef Day matters

    Why World Reef Day matters

    June 1 is World Reef Day. Why do we need a special day for reefs? That question is easily answered… more

  • Reef restoration donation

    Reef restoration donation

    The beach is important to Joni Page and the team at Potato and Leek. So the short story collection, Beach… more

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Book cover for 'Beach Shorts - a Sandthology'. A small white yacht sailing on a beautiful aquamarine sea. The beach in the foreground. The title appears in white script against the blue sky with the author's name Joni Page in blue script against the sand of the beach.
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A sweet suite of sunny stories to suit all seasons

Beach Shorts – a Sandthology serves you up a cocktail of stories about life.
 
Lost loves. Found loves. Second chances.
 
Friendship. Family. Careers. Aging.
Toss in a few gentle surprises and stir.

Short stories, long stories, sweet, savoury and funny stories, Beach Shorts – a Sandthology is an eclectic mix of diverse tales, peppered with the optimism of a refreshing trip to the beach.

Released May 2026

Cover image of Joni Page's debut novel - a bright pink background with a faint compass rose behind bears the title The Feminist EarthMother PartyGirl in maroon text. There is also a trail across the cover, starting at A, going across the page to a computer, around the words down to a bunch of tomatoes, around again to dancing shoes and across to a Z. Also includes author name (Joni Page) and the quote "Who the heck is Candice Kelly?" attributed to Candice Kelly
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Unforgettable characters and inescapable truths

Candice Kelly is a modern woman who no longer knows where she’s heading. Or what she wants from life. Or who she is.

After she believes she’s “failed” a simple personality test at a personal development day, there’s only one conclusion to make:
she’s misplaced herself somewhere along the way.

In looking for herself, Candice lets us in on her hilariously quirky world of friendship and family, of laughter and love, and of the tough decisions that face us all about our ambitions for life.

Join Candice as she travels her roller-coaster path of discovery to find out where she needs to be, and the person she truly is.

An exuberant and joyous romp about choosing your own destiny.

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