Review: Ballad for a Mad Girl by Vikki Wakefield
In the small Australian town of Swanston lives a girl called Grace Foley. Her mother was knocked over and killed by a car a couple […]
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YA: In The Skin of a Monster by Kathryn Barker
Three years ago, Alice’s identical twin sister took a gun to school and shot seven people, including her boyfriend. Since then, the small outback town […]
Children’s Books: The Last of the Spirits by Chris Priestley
You remember that scene in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol where Scrooge asks about two children, a boy and a girl, huddling under the robes of […]
Young Adult Fiction: The Caller by Juliet Marillier
Summer Gathering, when the rebels of Shadowfell are planning to challenge the evil King Keldec, is approaching rapidly. Caller Neryn, with whom we have made […]
Young Adult Fiction: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Cath Avery has just started university, living on campus. Her twin sister, Wren, has decided that after a lifetime of doing everything together, they will […]
The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston
In The Creature Department (Razorbill). Elliot von Doppler lives with his restaurant critic parents in the small town of Bickleburgh. They can’t cook themselves but […]
Two Trickster Tales From Russia: The Audiobook
This is the audiobook version of the gorgeous children’s picture book published last year by Christmas Press, a new Australian small press launched by Sophie […]
Children’s Books: Two Trickster Tales From Russia by Sophie Masson, illustrated by David Allan
Some time ago, I was invited to join a crowd funding venture. Sophie Masson, author of some gorgeous young adult novels based on folk tales, […]
Children’s Books: Monster School: City of Monsters, Book 1 by D.C. Green. Melbourne
In Monster School (Ford Street), we meet Thomas, the Prince of Monstro City, heir to the throne since his father and brother were carried off […]
Young Adult Fiction: All Our Yesterdays By Cristin Terrill
Em is in a cell next to Finn, a boy she cares about, but hasn’t seen since they were locked up. The Doctor has been […]
