I read fifteen books in May and completed the Autumn part of the Dymocks Reading Challenge. Most books were by Australian authors across a range of genres and audiences, like always. However, I didn’t get through as many books as I hoped this past month due to circumstances beyond my control so I am hoping… Continue reading May 2023 Reading Round Up
Category: Australian literature
Sunshine on Vinegar Street by Karen Comer
Title: Sunshine on Vinegar Street Author: Karen Comer Genre: Verse Novel Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 30th May 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: A sweet and emotional novel about friendship, family and accepting change from a fresh new voice. Freya's world is turned upside down when she and her mum move to… Continue reading Sunshine on Vinegar Street by Karen Comer
Etta and the Octopus by Zana Fraillon and Andrew Joyner
Title: Etta and the Octopus Author: Zana Fraillon, illustrated by Andrew Joyner Genre: Humour Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 26th April 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 110 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: A hilarious, fully illustrated tale about an unlikely friendship between a girl and an octopus that is perfect for newly independent readers, from one of Australia's most… Continue reading Etta and the Octopus by Zana Fraillon and Andrew Joyner
Blog Tour: Tulips for Breakfast by Catherine Bauer
Title: Tulips for Breakfast Author: Catherine Bauer Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Ford Street Publishing Published: 1st October 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 200 Price: $19.95 Synopsis: As Hitler’s reign tightens on Amsterdam, Lena feels the door to her life closing. There are officers swarming every corner, and they’re out for blood. As the days drag on… Continue reading Blog Tour: Tulips for Breakfast by Catherine Bauer
Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna
Title: Hedgewitch Author: Skye McKenna Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Published: 10th January 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 432 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: When Cassie runs away from her dreary boarding school, in search of her missing mother, she ends up in the magical village of Hedgely and discovers she comes from a family of witches -… Continue reading Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna
DANZ Children’s Book Award
DANZ Children’s Book Award As the DANZ website (Diversity in Australia and New Zealand) says, diversity is more than just a label - and in 2024, a new children’s book award enters its inaugural year, and to being with, this will be a biennial award. Autistic author, Kate Foster has created this award to promote… Continue reading DANZ Children’s Book Award
None Shall Sleep (Book #1 None Shall Sleep Sequence) by Ellie Marney
Title: None Shall Sleep (Book #1 None Shall Sleep Sequence) Author: Ellie Marney Genre: Historical Crime Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 1st September 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $34.99 Synopsis: A riveting New York Times bestselling YA thriller that will keep readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish. It's 1982, and… Continue reading None Shall Sleep (Book #1 None Shall Sleep Sequence) by Ellie Marney
Deadly Waters (Australia’s Second World War) by Helen Chapman
Title: Deadly Waters (Australia’s Second World War) Author: Helen Chapman Genre: Historical, Non-Fiction Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st May 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 208 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: ‘You could see the pilot as he came past, immobile, seconds to eternity.’ As a teenager, Cliff dreams that one day he will play cricket for Australia, but… Continue reading Deadly Waters (Australia’s Second World War) by Helen Chapman
NCACL Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resource
Before I start this post, I would like to let Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that the database and some parts of this post may contain names or mention deceased people in the text, and some of the books explored may contain views that were acceptable at the time the item was written or… Continue reading NCACL Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resource
The Fire and the Rose by Robyn Cadwallader
Title: The Fire and the Rose Author: Robyn Cadwallader Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: 4th Estate/HarperCollins Australia Published: 3rd May 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: rom Robyn Cadwallader, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of The Anchoress and Book of Colours, comes a vibrant, richly imagined and deeply moving novel set in the turbulent world of… Continue reading The Fire and the Rose by Robyn Cadwallader
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