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#loveozya :: Underdog :#LoveOzYA Short Stories
Underdog #LoveOzYA Short Stories is collection of short pieces from previously unpublished writers – here’s the description from the website: #LoveOzYA celebrates the best of new Australian writing for teenagers. It has grown from a humble hashtag into a movement, reflecting the important role young-adult fiction plays in shaping our current generation of readers. This anthology collects, for the first time, some of the tremendous work from the #LoveOzYA community. Featuring a foreword by award-winning Australian novelist Fleur Ferris, Underdog celebrates the diverse, dynamic and ever-changing nature of our nation’s culture. From queer teen romance to dystopian comedy, hard-hitting realism to gritty allegory, this brilliant, engrossing and inspiring collection of short stories…
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Currently reading :: Our Country Christmas
We all know I love a sweet snowy Christmas romance, but there is special place in my heart for Christmas stories set in our Australian summer. I really enjoyed the festive collection of short Aussie romance stories Harlequin released last year (A Very Country Christmas – you can check out my review here), so I was thrilled to see they were releasing a new one this year. Our Country Christmas is a collection of five Australian Christmas stories – I haven’t read them all yet but have loved what I’ve read so far! Here’s the description from the website: A feel-good collection of Australian Christmas stories that will warm your…
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Review :: Meet Me at the Intersection
One of my reading goals this year has been to read more diverse Australian literature, so when I first heard about Meet Me at the Intersection – a brand new collection of short pieces by diverse writers for YA readers – it went straight to the top of my list of most anticipated book for the year. I was very excited when Fremantle Press sent me an advance copy, and I’ve enjoyed reading it a few stories at a time over the past few weeks. It is finally out, and I’m so happy to be able to share some of my thoughts on it with you! First, here’s what the…
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Short stories
One of the areas of my reading life I’m trying to do better at this year is reading more short form works. I have a bunch of short story collections, and anthologies of short stories, poetry, etc, but for some reason I rarely reach for them when I’m picking out my next read, almost always grabbing the next novel on my pile instead. It’s really weird, since (as you can see from the photo there) I have some really cool books that I’m really looking forward to reading, So to try and get into the habit of reading some of these shorter works I’m planning to read one or two…
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Review :: A Very Country Christmas
Most of the books I read specifically to review come through NetGalley and are ebooks. But when I saw Harlequin had a collection of Australian Christmas short stories coming out – and when I saw how gorgeous the cover is – I wrote to them to ask if I could have a paperback. And it is really as lovely in real life as I had hoped (I love a gold foil detailed cover!)! This is a collection of short festive romance stories from five Australian authors, all set around our summer christmas. While I love a bit of snow in a cosy christmas romance, there was a something a bit special…
