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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
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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

Tag: middle grade

Elsewhere Girls by Emily Gale & Nova Weetman

Elsewhere Girls by Emily Gale & Nova Weetman “Here in the future I can swim every day if I want to. As much as I miss my family, things are easier for me here. There are more choices.” (Elsewhere Girls) Author Interview I am excited to hear from Emily Gale and Nova Weetman about their […]

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The Edge of Thirteen by Nova Weetman

I have closely followed Nova Weetman’s writing for children and young adults since her 2014 YA debut The Haunting of Lily Frost and was on the Aurealis judging panel when it was shortlisted. I reviewed Nova’s second YA novel Frankie and Joely for the Weekend Australian, as well as Everything Is Changed and her first […]

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Michelle Kadarusman and Girl of the Southern Sea

“I suppose it was told this way because people expect that a girl would choose her beauty over anything else. But maybe one day you will write your own version of the story about a girl who overcomes her hardships instead.” (Girl of the Southern Sea) Michelle Kadarusman has swept onto the Australian and international […]

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