Hello everyone. We are super excited to bring you an #LoveOZYAbookclub interview with Lynette Noni author of The Prison Healer. Where did the inspiration for The Prison Healer come from? At the beginning of 2019 I met a young woman who had grown up in a war-torn impoverished country. When she was a teenager, her […]
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Hello to everyone! I hope everyone is doing well this year so far. I’m still not sure what month it is, but I think that is our new normal isn’t it! We are so happy to announce the April 2021 book for #LoveOzYAbookclub is THE PRISON HEALER by Lynette Noni. Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent
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Leanne Hall is a bit amazing, I reckon. She’s been working with books – as a writer, a reader, a bookseller – for a long time, and she is currently a children’s and YA specialist for Readings Books online. But it was through her writing that I first got to know her: when I read
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Helloooo again and welcome to our second book of the new year! This month of March, we’re going to be reading THE GAPS by amazing author Leanne Hall. I’ve been a huge fan of Leanne’s work from 2010, with the release of her debut THIS IS SHYNESS (if you haven’t checked out this surreal-specfic-adventure-romance set
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Hi and welcome to our author interview with Gary Lonesborough, author of this month’s title The Boy From The Mish. Where did the inspiration for “The Boy From The Mish” come from? I’d just finished reading ‘Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda’, by Becky Albertalli, when I realised, I hadn’t come across a book featuring
Hello to everyone, and welcome to the new year of #LoveOzYAbookclub!!! We are so excited to announce our February 2021 title will be THE BOY FROM THE MISH by Gary Lonesborough. A funny and heart-warming queer Indigenous YA novel, set in a rural Australian community, about seventeen-year-old Jackson finding the courage to explore who he
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Garth Nix is a bit of an Australian literary legend. I know this because when I mentioned I was conducting this interview, my kids – who read Garth’s Keys to the Kingdom series when they were young – all said, ‘OMG you’re interviewing Garth Nix?? He’s a total legend!’ And it’s true that Garth is
Ohmigawd, we made it to the end of 2020!! None too soon for most of us, I imagine – can we get a petition going for a generally nicer year in 2021? That would be really cool, and everyone would appreciate it, I’m sure. But to see out the year, we usually choose one book
Hello! Welcome to our Author Interview with RAWAH ARJA, author of this month’s title The F Team. Read on to find out all about the inspirations behind The F Team… Where did the inspiration for “The F Team” come from? I wrote The F Team for two reasons: reading in my community is often viewed
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Hello everyone! We are on the home stretch guys, it’s November! Good luck to everyone doing end of year exams at the moment. This has been a year like no other and exams after the interrupted schooling are stressful, but we know you guys will Rock It! A big shout out to all the teachers
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