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  • Veggie burgers

    Veggie burgers

    This recipe goes back so long I don’t even know where I originally got it from. It’s been a traditional… more

  • Stories tell it the best way

    Stories tell it the best way

    One minute read Central to the theme of all my stories are those interactions that send our lives rocketing down… more

  • Wobbly Wednesday #2

    Wobbly Wednesday #2

    Today is Week 2 of my #WobblyWednesday posts. Wednesday is known as Hump Day because it’s the middle day of… more

  • Giving Back

    Giving Back

    One minute read Last week I talked about getting little snippets of plants from other people’s gardens. It’s also important… more

  • A State of Mind

    A State of Mind

    One minute read The editorial of the New Scientist magazine dated 28/10/23, showcased the beautiful state in Australia where I… more

  • Welcome to 999 Island Dressing

    Welcome to 999 Island Dressing

    This is the start of my recipe blog, hooray! Once a week I’ll post one of the recipes from my… 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.

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

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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