Author of The Reversible Mask
I am thrilled to share that Beyond the Bukubuk Tree is the 2024 Storytrade Book Award Winner for the LGBTQ Category. Congratulations too to the superb winners and finalists in other categories. Thankyou Storytrade. I am very grateful. Storytrade’s award supplements the novel’s earlier awards from The International Firebird Book Award for War Fiction in …
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Dear Readers, I couldn’t be happier with this dive into my novel. Thank you, reviewer/ editor/ author Diane Donovan. A recommendation to libraries is precious. “Beyond the Bukubuk Tree Loretta Goldberg Home MadeGlobal Publishing 9788412232585, $4.99 eBook World War II novels abound and quite often include love stories amidst battles – so what makes Beyond …
I had read, with fascination, that members of a Tolai tribe living on Matupit Island, which abuts Rabaul, had traditional privileges to dig up and sell at the market these rich eggs. The birds lay their eggs deep in warm volcanic soil at the foothills of Tavurvur, the active volcano I climbed. You can see …