The thing I find hard about being a writer is that, in between all the busy-ness of daily life, and day jobs, and parenting, and running a small business (which is effectively the kind of approach you have to take, if you want to have any kind of creative career), you just can’t stop thinking […]
Living with the dreary tenants Read More »
Good morning, and welcome to April! In our patch of the world, the leaves are turning gold and red, and the temperatures are cooling. We’re approaching that time of the year when it’s time to light the fire, and curl up on the couch with a hot mug of something, and a good book to
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It’s nearly upon us: that time when we add our thoughts and comments to the discussion thread about this month’s book. Usually I ask authors to either answer Five Messy Questions, or participate in a Facebook chat (which I’m still getting the hang of, you might have noticed). This month, with our book NOTES FROM
“Looking Back, Looking Forward”: Notes from the Teenage Underground and LoveOzYA Read More »
Rain! We had rain yesterday! Such excitement – Autumn, my favourite season, is finally here! So with the changing of the seasons, it’s time for a change of title… A giant thank you to our February author, Alison Goodman, who has selected this month’s title for bookclub: I hope you’ll join me in saying a big
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This month’s author in the hot seat is Alison Goodman, the author of Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club. Alison has been a wonderful guest at Monday’s debut FB Author Chat, and today I present her answers to five (slightly more weird) questions for your edification. Tomorrow I’ll be posting the discussion thread
#LoveOzYAbookclub – Author Q&A – Alison Goodman (Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club) Read More »
I found my literary community online on Twitter. It was 2012, or maybe 2013, I’m not exactly sure – basically it was such a short while after I’d signed my first publishing contract (with Allen & Unwin for Every Breath) that the ink of my signature was still wet on the page. This was about
Literary community: the golden thread Read More »
Can you hear the Christmas sleigh bells tinkling? No? Well, I hope this tinkles in your ear then – we have our second book for bookclub! This month’s book has been selected by the authors of last month’s title – as#LoveOzYAbookclub operates on a domino system for titles. So big thank yous to Amie Kaufman
#LoveOzYAbookclub: December 2015 book selection Read More »
To value-add to our book club experience, I’ve asked authors whose books we’re reading to either a) answer a short Q&A, or b) participate in an FB author chat, if they’re able. As authors can get very busy, I’ve tried to keep it light-hearted, with the emphasis on something fun and easy. The authors of
#LoveOzYAbookclub: Author Q&A – Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Illuminae) Read More »
