Christine Wells’ World War II historical fictionbr /

celebrates strong, courageous women with story lines that faithfully reflectbr /

the true lives of real spies and resistance workers.br /

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Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and in today’s binge reading episode Christine talks about the remarkable boom happening at the moment in wartime fiction and her fascination with the heroic women who were sent behind enemy lines.  br /

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And we've got three E-book copies of Christine's latest spy thriller The Juliet Code to give away to three lucky readers. A woman spy dropped behind enemy lines. A mission that went critically wrong. Now the war is over but Juliet can't forget the people she left behind . . . ENTER DRAW now. Offer closes May 23.br /

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Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode:br /

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How Christine got her start in romanceHer 'behind enemy lines' fascinationWhy women readers love WWII fictionPopularising buried true life historyThe woman who inspired Bond's MoneypennyChristine's favourite spy series- soon to be on TVbr /

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Website:  https://christine-wells.com/ br /

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Facebook: @ChristineWellsAuthorbr /

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follows is a near as transcript of our conversation, not word forbr /

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Jenny Wheeler: But now, here’s Christine. Hello there Christine and welcome to the show.  It’s great to have you with us.br /

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Christine Wells: Hi Jenny. Thanks so muchbr /

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Jenny Wheeler:  We're living in extraordinary times ofbr /

pandemic. You're in Australia and I'm in New Zealand and we're both in somebr /

degree of social isolation, so give listeners a picture of where you are andbr /

how social distancing is affecting you. br /

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Christine Wells: I'm in Brisbane and as a writer who is a bit of an introvert, I have to say that I probably am coping with social distancing a lot better than most people.  Not a lot has changed from the perspective of work.  I do have two children and they're both at home doing their schoolwork via the internet, but I don't call it homeschooling because they're both in high school and very capable of organizing themselves.  br /

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I'd say that I am missing my friends. I think everybody's going to have a big party when all of this is over, but it's something we all have to do and I'm happy to abide by the rules.  I don't think that they're as strict as they are in some other places.  We can still go out and get coffee as long as it's takeaway and we keep social distancing and so forth.  I'm just looking forward to seeing my family again and my friends. br /

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Jenny Wheeler: Australia is doing prettybr /

well with their bubble and I've heard somebody suggesting – actually today isbr /

ANZAC Day, the day that our two countries celebrate, or honor should be thebr /

better word, war heroes – and I've heard somebody suggest that we should startbr /

an ANZAC bubble, that the first thing we should do is try and get the bordersbr /

between Australia and New Zealand open again so that we could each visit eachbr /

other.  I thought that sounded like abr /

great idea, to create an ANZAC bubble. br /

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Creating an Anzac Bubble?br /

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Christine Wells: I think that's an amazingbr /

idea because I can see that foreign travel is not going to occur for us forbr /

quite some time.