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Stella Prize Longlist for 2024

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On Monday the fourth of March, the Stella Prize Longlist for 2024 was announced. The judging panel – Beejay Cox, Eleanor Jackson, Chery; Leavy, Bram Presser and Yves Rees whittled a longlist of twelve out of 227 entries for the year. The longlist includes novels, short fiction, memoir, essay and poetry, and the list is… Continue reading Stella Prize Longlist for 2024

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Twin Stars by Charlotte Clutterbuck

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Title: Twin Stars Author: Charlotte Clutterbuck Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Indie Mosh Published: 25th July 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 260 Price: $26.95 Synopsis: Thousands of years ago in Stone-age Scotland, humans lived in sheltered valleys, afraid of the bears, wolves and ghosts that roamed the forests. In this ancient world, twin brother and sister, Bhòid… Continue reading Twin Stars by Charlotte Clutterbuck

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11 Ruby Road 1900 by Charlotte Barkla

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Title: 11 Ruby Road 1900 Author: Charlotte Barkla Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Walker Books Published: 6th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Dorothy and her family have moved to the city, and life is very different to the rural one she has known. Ruby Road is bustling – full of families and… Continue reading 11 Ruby Road 1900 by Charlotte Barkla

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Mim and the Vicious Vendetta (The Travelling Bookshop #5) by Katrina Nannestad

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Title: Mim and the Vicious Vendetta (The Travelling Bookshop #5) Author: Katrina Nannestad Genre: Fantasy Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 6th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The right book might just change your life ... Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse… Continue reading Mim and the Vicious Vendetta (The Travelling Bookshop #5) by Katrina Nannestad

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Losing the Plot by Annaleise Byrd

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Title: Losing the Plot Author: Annaleise Byrd Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published: 6th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 144 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A tremendous whooshing noise started up. It sounded like a million pages being riffled at once. I caught a strong whiff of gingerbread. Then The Complete Fairytales of the Brothers Grimm flew open and a… Continue reading Losing the Plot by Annaleise Byrd

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Pearly and Pig and the Island of Secrets by Sue Whiting

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Title: Pearly and Pig and the Island of Secrets Author: Sue Whiting Genre: Adventure Publisher: Walker Books Published: 6th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 208 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Third instalment of the fast-paced middle-grade adventure series, following Adventurologist Pearly Woe!Pearly Woe is a worrier.On remote Mammút Island off the coast of Iceland, Pearly’s worrying is… Continue reading Pearly and Pig and the Island of Secrets by Sue Whiting

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Bluey: Trains

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Title: Bluey: Trains Author: Penguin Random House Genre: Junior Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 5th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 80 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Based on the hit ABC KIDS TV show! Join Bluey on an adventure in her first fiction novel! As the Heelers play a game of Trains, what could possibly go… Continue reading Bluey: Trains

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Square Me, Round World: Stories of Growing Up in a World not Built for You by Chelsea Luker

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Title: Square Me, Round World: Stories of Growing Up in a World not Built for You Author: Chelsea Luker, illustrated by Eliza Fricker. Genre: Short Stories Publisher: Connect Us Psychology Published: 1st March 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 100 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: ‘Square Me, Round World’ is a 100+ page hardcover book containing seven beautifully illustrated… Continue reading Square Me, Round World: Stories of Growing Up in a World not Built for You by Chelsea Luker

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What They Told Me by Hayley Lawrence

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Title: What They Told Me Author: Hayley Lawrence Genre: Fiction Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st February 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 360 Price: $18.99 Synopsis: We are the luckiest, Elliot’s dad told her. And Elliot, of course, believed him. Elliott and her family have lived in the house of a thousand storms by Crooked River all… Continue reading What They Told Me by Hayley Lawrence

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February 2024 Reading Round Up

Ashleigh

Stats: Reading Goal: 53/150   Dymocks: 8/8             Entrée: 8/8             Main:              Dessert: Stella Prize Summer Reading Challenge:  13/16 The Nerd Daily: 32/52 KT Book Bingo: 17/25 QBD: 16/24 #AussieYAChallenge: 2/15                                                                                                                                                                     Book Fair Australia: 3/6 Australian: 50 Australian Men: 16 Australian Women: 33 Indigenous: 2 LGTBQIA: 2 Non-Australian: 3 Men: Women: 3 Total Men:… Continue reading February 2024 Reading Round Up