Jessica Au, Susan Johnson, Anne Casey-Hardy & Ianto Ware at BWF 2023 It was great to be moderating sessions at Brisbane Writers Festival in May 2023. I would like to highlight an amazing session held on Mother’s Day – ‘Mothers and Others’. After many years of chairing many, many panels at writers’ festivals ranging from […]
Read More Jessica Au, Susan Johnson, Anne Casey-Hardy & Ianto Ware at BWF 2023Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong Author Interview ‘I’ll tell you another secret … about Simta. Everyone in this city wears a mask. They pretend they’re someone braver, smarter, more cunning: whatever mask best suits them. Wear it well and no one will see you – not the real you. They’ll only see what you want […]
Read More Nightbirds by Kate J. ArmstrongBook award season has begun! IBBY Australia congratulates Allayne L Webster and Asphyxia whose respective books Sensitive and Future Girl have been selected for the 2023 IBBY international catalogue of outstanding books for young people with disabilities. These books were selected from the following Australian nominations. The ten titles nominated by IBBY Australia are: The […]
Read More Sensitive by Allayne L. Webster & IBBYTwo Can Play That Game by Leanne Yong (published by Allen & Unwin) Review and author interview “I want to create something that makes people gasp in revelation with each new level.” (Two Can Play That Game) ***** Book Review Review of Two Can Play That Game by Joy Lawn in Magpies magazine, March 2023 […]
Read More Two Can Play That Game by Leanne YongBERANI by Michelle Kadarusman (published by Allen & Unwin) Everything Michelle Kadarusman writes is thoughtful, original and important. Music for Tigers (I also reviewed for The Australian) Girl of the Southern Sea The Theory of Hummingbirds Michelle tells us more about her latest middle-fiction novel, Berani, at PaperbarkWords blog: Environment, conservation and how we interact […]
Read More BERANI by Michelle KadarusmanTHE SUN WALKS DOWN by Fiona McFarlane (Allen & Unwin) Literary fiction review I was privileged to write an advance review about The Sun Walks Down for Books + Publishing (content now unlocked). Here is my additional review for PaperbarkWords blog, with a focus on sun gods, colonisation and art. The Sun Walks Down by […]
Read More THE SUN WALKS DOWNRunt by Craig Silvey, illustrated by Sara Acton (published by Allen & Unwin) Author interview with Craig Silvey “’I just wanted to tell you that I don’t think Runt is afraid. In fact, he looks like a very brave dog indeed. For a long time he didn’t have anyone. And then you found each other, […]
Read More RUNT by Craig SilveyIceberg 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 RacklyeftWalking in Gagudju Country by Diane Lucas & Ben Tyler, illustrated by Emma Long Inside the CBCA Shortlist Inside the 2022 CBCA Shortlist Inside the 2022 CBCA Notable Books Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest Walking in Gagudju Country is an informed and warm invitation to walk into Gagadju (Kakadu). The authors, Diane […]
Read More Walking in Gagudju Country by Diane Lucas & Ben Tyler, illustrated by Emma LongWhen You’re Older Illustrator Interview Judy Watson is an exceptional illustrator. She won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award (Children’s Fiction) in 2012 for Good Night, Mice! (written by Frances Watts) and has excelled in other collaborations with Frances and also Lesley Gibbes, Lisa Shanahan and other notable Australian authors. Her new picture book, When You’re […]
Read More When You’re Older by Sofie Laguna, illustrated Judy Watson
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