Title: Ava’s Big Move (Surf Rider’s Club #1) Author: Mary van Reyk Genre: Children’s Fiction Publisher: Hachette Children’s Books Australia Published: 12th September, 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 129 Price: $12.99 Synopsis: Join the girls as they take on the world, one wave at a time! Meet five very different girls with one thing in common:… Continue reading Ava’s Big Move by Mary van Reyk (Surf Rider’s Club #1)
Author: Ashleigh
An avid reader and writer, reviewer and author. I love to read just about anything. I enjoy writing about books, reading and writing as well and I dabble in many areas of writing from travel to crime fiction and fantasy. My blog is a way to get how I feel about reading, books and writing out there.
I currently receive books to review from various publishers in most genres, but typically don't review romance or horror, or erotica books as I these are genres I have difficulty in reviewing and in general they are not what I enjoy reading.
The Australian Reading Hour
It’s a simple idea, but one that has many benefits, and that can introduce children to something that they will hopefully develop a lifetime love for and continue to do for the rest of their lives. What is it? The Australian Reading Hour, this Thursday, the fourteenth of September, is the day we are all… Continue reading The Australian Reading Hour
The Strange Disppearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan (Baby Ganesha Agency #3)
Title: The Strange Disppearance of a Bollywood Star Author: Vaseem Khan Genre: Crime and Mystery Publisher: Mulholland Books/Hachette Australia Published: 16th May 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 360 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: In the third delightful Baby Ganesh Agency novel, Inspector Chopra investigates the darkly glittering underbelly of Bollywood when a film star vanishes into thin air...… Continue reading The Strange Disppearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan (Baby Ganesha Agency #3)
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
Title: Moonrise Author: Sarah Crossan Genre: YA Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 1st September 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The astonishing new novel from Carnegie Medal, CliPPA Poetry Award, YA Book Prize and CBI Book of the Year Award winning author Sarah Crossan. They think I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear? Cos… Continue reading Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
Every Word Is A Bird We Teach To Sing by Daniel Tammet
Title: Every Word Is A Bird We Teach To Sing Author: Daniel Tammet Genre: Essays. Non-Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 29th August, 2017 Format: Paperback Pages:275 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A mind-expanding, deeply humane tour of language(s) - and those who speak, study, and invent them - by the bestselling author of BORN ON A BLUE… Continue reading Every Word Is A Bird We Teach To Sing by Daniel Tammet
2017 Richell Prize for Emerging Writer’s Long List
Encouraging emerging writers in Australia to contribute to the growing literary landscape of Australian literature is the impetus behind prizes such as the Richell Prize, currently in its third year. The Richell Prize was established in 2014 by Hachette Australia in partnership with The Guardian and The Emerging Writer’s Festival to assist emerging writers take… Continue reading 2017 Richell Prize for Emerging Writer’s Long List
Terra Nullius by Claire G Coleman
Title: Terra Nullius Author: Claire G Coleman Genre: Speculative Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 29th August 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: In the near future Australia is about to experience colonisation once more. What have we learned from our past? A daring debut novel from the winner of the 2016 black&write! Writing… Continue reading Terra Nullius by Claire G Coleman
We That Are Left by Lisa Bigelow
Title: We That Are Left Author: Lisa Bigelow Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 23rd August 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A moving debut novel about love and war, and the terrifyingly thin line between happiness and tragedy, hope and despair. Melbourne, 1941. Headstrong young Mae meets and falls head… Continue reading We That Are Left by Lisa Bigelow
The Children of Willeseden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen
Title: The Children of Willesden Lane Author: Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 23rd August 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A true story of courage and survival during World War II, and a celebration of the power of music to lift the human spirit. Jewish musical… Continue reading The Children of Willeseden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen
The Cursed First Term of Zelda Stitch: Bad Teacher, Worse Witch by Nicki Greenberg
Title: The Cursed First Term of Zelda Stitch: Bad Teacher, Worse Witch Author: Nicki Greenberg Genre: Children’s Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 23rd August, 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Imagine if you read your teacher's diary... and discovered she was a witch! With courage, imagination and a certain amount of recklessness,… Continue reading The Cursed First Term of Zelda Stitch: Bad Teacher, Worse Witch by Nicki Greenberg
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