Our lucky winner is… Louise Little, VIC Congratulations! You have won a copy of the middle grade novel combining mystery, adventure, and bird watching, Twitch by M G Leonard. Enjoy! Thank you to ALL who entered. August 16, 2021 at […]

It’s 1957 and a different world. Sarah, a 16-year-old girl has been living on her father’s farm for all her life. With World War 2 on the horizon and the launching of Russia’s satellite, Sarah’s life starts to slowly morph […]

‘On Saturday Billy’s mumtook him to the markets.He saw PUNKS!Big punks, LITTLE punks, FAT punks,SKINNY punks and he thought they were GREAT. ’ After seeing the punks, Billy decides to wear punk clothes to school instead of his school uniform. […]

Can a birdwatcher outwit an escaped convict? Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallows nesting in his bedroom and a passion for bird-spotting. Can Twitch use his talents for bird-spotting in the hunt for the dangerous prisoner, and find […]

Last Wednesday, the fabulous Meg McKinlay shared why and how she includes that special grandparent-grandchild relationship in her children’s book storylines.  Today we welcome Dr Jane Williams, co-author with Dr Tessa Grigg of the non-fiction book, Grandparenting Grandchildren: New Knowledge […]

Revolution. This word symbolizes the reason so many parents had to separate themselves from their children in 1961, Cuba.  90 Miles to Havana is a story of how Julian adjusts to the American lifestyle and completing his family again. Julian […]

Meg McKinlay’s favourite aspect of her chapter book Bella and the Wandering House is the relationship between Bella and her beloved grandad. And her greatest joy in writing the sequel, the recently published Bella and the Voyaging House, was the […]

Our lucky winner is… Liz Dorrington, WA Congratulations! You have won a copy of the historical page turning YA Novel, Echo In The Memory by Cameron Nunn. Enjoy! Thank you to ALL who entered. August 2, 2021 at 12:32AM DimbutNice

It is 1983 and 18 year old Susan Arkshaw has just been wrapped up in a surprising, frightening world. First, she discovers her mother’s friend, Uncle Frank Thringley, is a Sipper (some sort of Vampire).  Then she meets Merlin, a […]

Today we welcome, Ruth de Vos, illustrator of Shine, written by Danny Parker and how she embraced the ordinary, everyday moments when creating this divine work. Shineis a love song between a parent and a child. It combines fun rhymes […]