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Winning QLA author Lisa Shanahan & judges
Chairing Graeme Simsion BWF
Lunch with James Patterson
PRH lunch with Jennifer Niven
My YA column in Weekend Australian 4/19
Presenters IBBY Athens 2018
Chairing Rajith Savanadasa BWF
YA column Weekend Australian
YA column Weekend Australian
Chairing SWF
Chairing SWF
YA column Weekend Oz
Chairing BWF
YA column Weekend Australian
After long-form interview with Patrick Ness
Interview with Patrick Ness, Magpies
Presenting ACLAR conference NZ
Judge Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

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Brightest Wild by Tania Crampton-Larking

Brightest Wild by Tania Crampton-Larking Published by Lothian Children’s Books, Hachette Australia “It’s so quiet here. Even though Art has a large yard, it feels better to be here in the bushland. Yellow, brown and green shades glow mysteriously. My heart skips a beat or three with overwhelming awe and wonder. This place is deeply […]

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Our Dreaming by Kirli Saunders & Dub Leffler

Our Dreaming by Kirli Saunders & Dub Leffler (A Scholastic Press book from Scholastic Australia) Book Review by Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords blog The inclusively titled picture book, Our Dreaming, is by the dream team of Gunai Woman Kirli Saunders and descendant from the Bigambul people of South-West Queensland, Dub Leffler. Their previous collaboration is the verse novel, […]

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Guwayu – For All Times: A Collection of First Nations Poems

Guwayu – For All Times: A Collection of First Nations Poems Commissioned by Red Room Poetry Edited by Jeanine Leane Published by Magabala Books Guwayu features poems by well-known and acclaimed poets such as Ellen van Neerven, Samuel Wagan Watson, Evelyn Araluen, Ali Cobby Eckermann and Bruce Pascoe as well as exciting new voices. Interview […]

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