Featured Friday: Horse Country by Christine Meunier
Title: Horse Country: A World of Horses
Author: Christine Meunier
Book
blurb:
Christine Meunier has lived a life breathing, dreaming
and working with horses in the thoroughbred industry in Australia
Follow Lise and Wes as they work their way around
North East Victoria, Australia in the seasonal world of breeding
thoroughbreds. Horse Country follows the
seasons of the thoroughbred industry and what the day to day of working on a
stud could look like.
A few hours away, Maddie and Melanie are working hard
in their parent’s metropolitan riding school, teaching others about horse
riding and care of the horse. From the
nervous first time rider, to the child who wants to run fast and jump high, the
young women shape lessons to suit the individual.
Horses offer a great opportunity to study, learn, work
and develop an incredible career around the world. Set in Australia
Purchasing details:
http://www.horsecountrybook.com/
provides all the details necessary to purchase the book in hard copy and ebook
format.
http://www.facebook.com/HorseCountryBook
also provides excerpts, reviews, other marketing, etc
Author
Bio:
Christine Meunier considers herself introduced to the wonderful world of horses at the late age of 13 when her parents agreed to lease a horse for her. She started experiencing horses via books from a young age and continues to do so, but recognises that horses cannot be learnt solely from books.
Christine Meunier considers herself introduced to the wonderful world of horses at the late age of 13 when her parents agreed to lease a horse for her. She started experiencing horses via books from a young age and continues to do so, but recognises that horses cannot be learnt solely from books.
She
has been studying horses from age 16, starting with the Certificate II in Horse
Studies and is currently undertaking her Bachelor of Equine Science via
distance education.
Christine
has worked at numerous thoroughbred studs in
She
then gained experience in a couple of Melbourne based horse riding schools,
instructing at a basic level before heading off overseas again, this time to
South Africa to spend hours in the saddle of endurance and trail horses on the
Wild Coast.
Particularly
passionate about the world of breeding horses, she teaches equine studies
focused on breeding, at a TAFE, Victoria ,
Australia
She
also writes a blog about equine education which you can view at
http://equus-blog.com/
Q and A’s:
Do you have another job outside of writing?
Do you have another job outside of writing?
Absolutely! I
teach about horses at a tertiary level in Australia
Did
you have any say in your cover art? What do you think of it?
Yes. I was encouraged by my mother to get it done
professionally and filled in a questionnaire from the designer of what I
wanted. The cover photo is actually one
I took whilst working on a stud. I’m
rapt with what’s been designed.
Where do you live now?
In North East Victoria where a lot of thoroughbred
studs are found.
What would you like readers to know about you?
I’m incredibly passionate about education in the
equine field and love helping people learn about potential career paths with
horses.
What
made you want to write your novel, Horse Country? Was it to talk about the
equine industry in Australia
I
would often tell my parents about things that had occurred to me or friends at
work and had them laughing about some entertaining events. My mother kept on telling me I should write
these down and that’s how the story started.
Now
the main idea of releasing Horse Country is to invite others to discover how
much fun it can be to work in the horse industry – anywhere around the world –
and what great characters can be met, travel opportunities and career
opportunities.
Hi Jo!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for featuring my novel!
Christine