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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
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Judge Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

Tag: swimming

Like a Gannet by Kirsten Ealand illustrated by Deb Hudson

Like a Gannet by Kirsten Ealand illustrated by Deb Hudson Published by Windy Hollow Books Guest Author post about Like a Gannet by Kirsten Ealand for Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords blog My stories often start with an emotion – I think of a time when I felt like that, and I go from there. […]

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Fish Out Of Water by Kate Hendrick

I enjoyed Kate’s previous YA novels The Accident and The Finder and so was very keen to read her new book Fish Out of Water (published by Text). Kate speaks about it here at PaperbarkWords. Kate Hendrick on Fish Out of Water: At fifteen, Finn knows exactly who he is. He’s Finn the swimmer, who […]

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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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Pip Harry and Are You There Buddha?

“Everything is happening so fast, puberty is like a runaway train. Why can’t my body slow down for a second? So I can catch my breath?” (Are You There Buddha?) Pip Harry has a glowing backlist of YA novels – Because of You, Head of the River and I’ll Tell You Mine. She has followed […]

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Aboriginal Australians adventure Affirm Press Allen & Unwin animals art birds Bloomsbury book awards book review books Book Week bullying Bush CBCA climate change community conservation Country courage disability diversity dog dogs dystopia environment family fantasy fiction First Nations friends friendship grief Hachette Australia Hardie Grant Children's Publishing HarperCollins historical fiction history hope humour identity Imagination Inside the 2024 CBCA Shortlist Inside the 2025 CBCA Shortlist Inside the CBCA Shortlist kindness life light literary fiction Lothian Childrens Books love LoveOzMG LoveOzYA Magabala Books magic music mystery natural world nature Pan Macmillan Australia Penguin Random House Poetry Puffin racism reading refugees resilience respect romance Scholastic Australia Text Publishing UQP Walker Books Australia wonder writing
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