Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle by Melissa Garside

Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle by Melissa Garside Illustrated by Lauren Mullinder Published by Riveted Press Guest Author Post by Melissa Garside about Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle  Thank you for speaking to Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords blog about your debut junior novel Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle, Melissa.  In my review of the book […]

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Isobelle Carmody and Comes the Night

Isobelle Carmody & Comes the Night Published by Allen & Unwin Author interview with Isobelle Carmody ‘Will marvelled all over again that people would try to stop their government building domes. Didn’t they know how bad the air was, how dangerous the sunlight? Domes were designed to filter both, and to screen out damaging radiation. […]

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Leo and Ralph by Peter Carnavas

Leo and Ralph by Peter Carnavas (University of Queensland Press) Author/illustrator Interview at PaperbarkWords “Leo dropped the telescope and rolled over, laughing. Ralph always cracked him up like that. They had … dreamt of planets with funny names, imagined the creatures that lived there and the spaceships they might fly. If Mum didn’t call out to […]

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Thunderhead by Sophie Beer

Thunderhead by Sophie Beer Author Interview at PaperbarkWords “I know that what I’m going through right now is the rather unfortunate end result of a few troublesome cells. It isn’t the universe conspiring against me. It’s just bad luck, a random event in a meaningless mess. But I read somewhere that humans are programmed to […]

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The Serpent Rider by Yxavel Magno Dino

The Serpent Rider by Yxavel Magno Dino Bloomsbury Children’s Books With roots in Filipino folklore, The Serpent Rider by Yxavel Magno Dino is an original and intriguing middle-fiction fantasy. Yxavel is now based in Sydney and has written a discerning piece about her novel below. Please note that The Serpent Rider is published in Australia […]

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Taronga Presents by Kristin Darell

Taronga Presents by Kristin Darell, ill. Laura Wood Published by Penguin Random House Australia Kristin Darell is a treasure in the Australian children’s literature space. As well as being a relatively new author of two series: Taronga Presents (for readers aged 7 and up) and Football Fever, she is the Program Manager for the Australian […]

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Clementine’s Christmas by Annie White

Clementine’s Christmas by Annie White (New Frontier Publishing) Everyone I know loves celebrating Christmas and versatile author/illustrator Annie White adds to the festivities with her new Christmas picture book, Clementine’s Christmas. Clementine, Annie’s endearing canine character, experiences her own Christmas in this warm, funny story. Thank you for speaking to Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords blog, Annie. Guest author post […]

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