S2E7-045 Being Present with Ian Hooper cover art

S2E7-045 Being Present with Ian Hooper

S2E7-045 Being Present with Ian Hooper

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

 Guest Bio Ian Hooper grew up in the coastal town of Larne, Northern Ireland. He joined the Royal Air Force at age eighteen and worked initially as an aircraft technician before being commissioned as an Intelligence Officer. After serving for two decades, he and his Australian wife relocated to the southwest of Western Australia. In 2014, writing under the pen name of Ian Andrew, his first novel, A Time to Every Purpose, was released to critical acclaim, and in 2018, the first of his ‘Wright and Tran’ crime series, Face Value, won the Publishers Weekly Booklife prize for fiction. In 2024, his poem, Just Enough won the Shore Lines writing for performance prize. He is now the executive director of independent publisher, Leschenault Press and its imprint, The Book Reality Experience, as well as being an author, editor and ghost-writer. In addition, he is the co-founder of the international series of independent author book fairs. A fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, he holds qualifications in management, training, and learning design as well as a master’s in creative writing. Living in rural Western Australia, surrounded by a resident mob of kangaroos, he is currently working on the next novel in the Wright & Tran series of detective stories. Links Contact Ian Website: https://bookreality.com/project/ian-andrew-3/ Website: www.indieauthorbookfair.com Things you can enter Starting a treasure chest Give-away this season (By 04/06/2025) Treasure Chest Giveaway: https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/treasure-chest Calling for Authors to write about otherworldly Emergence (Before 07/07/2025) Otherworldly emergence Novella: https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/emergence Contact the Team Finding Elara Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FindingElara Discord : https://discord.gg/Ap8EWpPn BCP Website: www.bcpcreative.com.au BCP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcp.creative/ BCP Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bcpcreative Contact Dianna Website: www.dlnix.com Facebook: (DL Nix) https://www.facebook.com/Faepatriantales Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findingelara/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@findingelarapodcast Sponsor Info Ask for ‘Your world reading’ for a listener discount https://www.facebook.com/awakinningality New Shadow Lair subscription, if you want exclusive and advanced content for the show. https://ko-fi.com/findingelara Show Notes Ian was the go to for farewell poems and short stories.Started writing first story on the trainChose self publishing thinking only a few people would want his book.Ran training courses for others to self PubStill provides assistance to other Authors through Book Publishing ExperienceStarted writing first as Ian Andrew (first and middle name)Chose to have female leads in his detective series.Mindfulness means to be presentRecommends App called ‘Balance’Reward to see Authors open their books for the first time.Reward self – Travel to EuropeEnd of day Decompress = Bourbon and Coke.A part of Indie Author Book fair series.Discussed alternate perspectives of Indie publishers internationally.Superpower = Rewind button

What listeners say about S2E7-045 Being Present with Ian Hooper

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.