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Review :: The Glow by Sofie Laguna, illustrated by Marc McBride
What is The Glow about? Megan and her best friend Li must team up and draw on all their creativity and courage to defeat a strange monster that threatens their town. Megan is…
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Currently Reading :: Jane Doe and the Quill of All Tales by Jeremy Lachlan
I adore Jeremy Lachlan’s Jane Doe Chronicles series – they are such a great combo of adventure and fantasy and heart, with fabulous female characters and awesome Indiana Jones vibes. The third book,…
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Q&A with Aussie kids’ writer Bethany Loveridge
I know I’ve said it before, but one of my favourite things about social media is making new friends with people all over the country and world that have similar interests. Today I’m…
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Q&A with Aussie kids author Jeremy Lachlan
I’ve been reading more and more middlegrade/children’s fiction novels by Aussie authors over the past few years – as my daughter grows our reading tastes seem to be coming closer to each other…
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Review :: The Goodbye Year by Emily Gale
I really love books about those times when people – young people especially – are about to step into a new phase in their life, where they are just on the cusp of…
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Currently Reading :: The Wintrish Girl by Melanie La’Brooy
I know I keep talking about how obsessed I am with ‘middlegrade’ books at the moment, but honestly, spending any time in the “older readers” section of my local bookshop has me wanting…
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Review :: A Girl Called Corpse by Reece Carter
I’m so excited to finally be sharing my review of Reece Carter’s debut children’s fantasy novel, A Girl Called Corpse, which hits shelves today. I have been looking forward to this one from…
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Preview :: The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat by Kate Temple
I might have already said here that I really think middlegrade books (ie for readers 8 to 12, ish, sometimes called “older readers” in book shops) are having a moment right now. I…
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Author Chat :: Summer Reading :: Reece Carter
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…
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Friday Favourites :: 4 June
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,…
