Author Chat :: Summer Reading :: Reece Carter

January 30, 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

You know I love any excuse to have writers here on the blog for a chat, and since I’ve been keeping an eye out for middlegrade reads to keep my newly 8 year old busy over summer I thought it would be fun to talk to a few fellow middlegrade readers about their summer reading […]

Friday Favourites :: 4 June

June 4, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Happy Friday bookish friends! Doesn’t the week fly when you start with a long weekend? It’s been a real whirlwind type of week here – I was super busy at work this week, out at painting class on Wednesday, and catching up on things at home today. I’m planning a bit of a furniture re-arrange […]

Christmassy :: Q&A :: Angela May George

December 24, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Hello friends and merry Christmas Eve! It’s just after 10pm here in Canberra, so very close to the big day, and I have one more Christmassy chat to share. I have really loved doing this, and am hoping to be able to keep bringing some behind the scenes chats with authors all through next year. […]

Kidlit :: The Threads of Magic :: Alison Croggon

March 1, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Something about the cover of Alison Croggon’s new middlegrade/upper primary fantasy novel – The Threads of Magic – caught my attention the very first time I saw it, so I jumped at the chance to get my hands on an early copy (kindly sent to me by the team at Walker books). Pip lives on […]