Lisa Walker & Trouble is my Business Lisa Walker has carved a smart, refreshing niche in Australian YA literature with two highly engaging detective capers, The Girl with the Gold Bikini and Trouble is my Business (Wakefield Press). Olivia Grace, her protagonist in both books, seems an unlikely Private Investigator but she is very good […]
Read More Lisa Walker & Trouble is my BusinessIceberg by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft Inside the CBCA Shortlist Author & Illustrator Interview Inside the 2022 CBCA Shortlist Inside the 2022 CBCA Notable Books “In the pale morning an iceberg calves – shears from a glacier and plunges to the ocean in a haze of sparkle-frost. The iceberg is flat-topped, sharp and […]
Read More Iceberg by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Jess RacklyeftThe Bravest Word by Kate Foster Kate Foster follows Paws, her well-received novel for children with The Bravest Word (Walker Books). This book is about a boy who is finding life difficult and discovers that he depression. Kate writes engagingly and with authenticity to create empathy and understanding. Kate is a brave and talented author […]
Read More The Bravest Word by Kate FosterCranky Chicken: Party Animals by Katherine Battersby Author / Illustrator Interview Congratulations Katherine on Cranky Chicken, your graphic novel for children being so successful that there is now a sequel, Cranky Chicken: Party Animals (published by Lothian Children’s Books/Hachette Australia). Thank you for speaking to Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords. I have loved your picture […]
Read More Cranky Chicken: Party Animals by Katherine BattersbyHow to be Prime Minister and Survive Grade Five by Carla Fitzgerald An exciting and entertaining new voice, children’s author Carla Fitzgerald writes about her timely, funny and thoughtful debut novel How to be Prime Minister and Survive Grade Five (University of Queensland Press) for ‘Joy in Books’ at PaperbarkWords: How to be Prime Minister […]
Read More How to be Prime Minister and Survive Grade Five by Carla Fitzgeraldluwa tara luwa waypa: three kangaroos three Tasmanian men by Dave mangenner Gough, illustrated by Samantha Campbell Dave mangenner Gough is a proud trawlwoolway man – descended from Bungana (chief) manalargenna’s oldest daughter woretemoeteyenner of north-east Tasmania. Dave has strong personal connection to lutruwita Tasmania and its people. Dave is an artist, curator and cultural […]
Read More luwa tara luwa waypa: three kangaroos three Tasmanian men by Dave mangenner Gough, illustrated by Samantha CampbellAugust & Jones by Pip Harry Pip Harry is the much-loved and awarded author of ground-breaking YA (Because of You, Head of the River and I’ll Tell You Mine) and middle-fiction (The Little Wave and Are You There, Buddha?). Her books are original, thought-provoking and beautifully crafted. Her lovely new middle-fiction novel August and Jones […]
Read More August & Jones by Pip HarryOpen Your Heart to Country by Jasmine Seymour Jasmine Seymour has won her second Prime Minister’s Literary Award in the Children’s Literature category. Open Your Heart to Country has won the 2023 award. Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines (written by Jasmine Seymour, illustrated by Leanne Mungo Watson) won the 2020 award, as well […]
Read More Open Your Heart to Country by Jasmine SeymourA Feather on a Wing by Maria Speyer Danish artist, illustrator and author Maria Speyer’s debut picture book in English is A Feather on a Wing. It has an ethereal feel yet is grounded in a sister’s love, nurturing nature and access to a world constructed with care and warmth that is growing and inclusive. […]
Read More A Feather on a Wing by Maria SpeyerWords on the Waves Writers Festival 2022 The second Words on the Waves Writers Festival was held on Darkinjung Country on the NSW Central Coast during the first weekend in June 2022. The festival expanded over two venues, Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club and Umina SLSC (both at Umina Beach) and was marked by […]
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