Good Reading Magazine Articles

April 2026 –

March 2026 – The Flower Garden: A Changi Secret by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Lucia Masciullo

The Flower Garden Four white girls sewing flowers on a cream blanket above a prison. The sky is dark grey blue. The title looks like orange stitches and is The Flower Garden: A Changi Secret by Claire Saxby and Lucia Masciullo.

February 2026 – The Legend of Jessie Hickman by Mark Greenwood, illustrated by Frané Lessac

The Legend of Jessie Hickman A girl on a grey horse waving her hat. She is riding along a lake with mountains and a blue sky behind it. The mountains and ground are covered in trees and white and purple flowers.

February 2026 – The Colours of Nature: Discover the Beautiful Colours that Brighten Our World by Catherine Barr, illustrated by Chaaya Prabat

The Colours of Nature A white background with a border of animals, trees, fruit and flowers in different colours around rainbow text that says The Colours of Nature: Discover the beautiful colours that brighten our world. White text at the top says Catherine Barr and Chaaya Prabhat.

February 2026 – The Kid’s Guide to Speaking Your Mind Without Losing Your Cool by Matt Agnew

The Kids' Guide to Speaking Your Mind Without Losing Your Cool A red cover with cartoon images of two bits speaking about a chicken and an egg. One is in blue; the other is in green. The text is yellow and white and says The Kids' Guide to Speaking Your Mind Without Losing Your Cool by Dr Matt Agnew

January 2026 – Who Might You Be by R Henderson

Who Might You Be A white cover with colourful shapes and words. Some of the shapes make up a girl walking a dog, with R Henderson and A Tale in Tangrams in black.

December 2025/January 2026 – Mille Mak Makes Her Mark by Alice Pung

Millie Mak 3 A green and yellow cover with a young girl with red hair covered in material. She is surrounded by craft materials and projects with blue and orange text above her and white text below her. The text reads Millie Mak Makes her Mark by Alice Pung and Sher Rill Ng.

November 2025 – There’s A Prawn in Parliament House by Annabel Crabb

There’s a Prawn in Parliament House An illustrated cover with Parliament House, a dog, and photo of Annabel Crabb. Yellow and red text says There’s a Prawn in Parliament House: The Kid’s Guide to Australia’s Amazing Democracy by Annabel Crabb. A prawn is at the top of the book.

October 2025 – Flip by Rebecca Fraser

Flip A denim background with a compass and shadows, and a coin in yellow around white text that says Flip. There are dark blue houses and caravans, and yellow text says Rebecca Fraser.

September 2025 – Gloam by Jack MacKay

Gloam A blueish-green cover with an old willow tree that has a house in the middle under white and grey text. The text says Gloam and Jack MacKay. There is a young girl in neutral tones at the foot of the tree. The cover is mostly white, greys, browns and blueish green.

July 2025 – Earth Speak: Boodjar Wangkiny by Sean McCann and Jade Goodwin

Brown earth surrounded by green leaves with sticks and leaves making up the title Earth Speak. The rest of the text is in white.

May 2025 – Stories from Magic Beach by Alison Lester and Robert Connolly

A sea with lots of animals in it, with boats bobbing on top near a beach. White and red text is above the boat that says Stories from Magic Beach by Alison Lester and Robert Connolly.

April 2025 – Epically Good Greek Myths by R.A. Spratt Review

a book cover dragon under a tree being climbed by an ancient Greek reading for a cake with colourful writing that says Epically Good Greek Myths.

March 2025 – Caution! This Book Contains Deadly Reptiles by Corey Tutt Review

A book with an orange and yellow cover with reptiles and black and red text that is embossed and foil. I has an orange background with a yellow sun surrounded by colourful reptiles. The sun has read and black text that says Caution: The Book Contains Deadly Reptiles. The orange top covern has yellow and black text that says Corey Tutt. Art by Ben Williams.

February 2025 – The Worst, Perfect Moment by Shivaun Plozza Review

A green cover with neon pink and green text around two shadowy figures.

December 2024 – The Sweetness Between Us by Sarah Winifred Searle Review

A pink background with two people in shades of purple going to kiss. One is a vampire. The title and the author's name are in white text. The Sweetness Between Us by Sarah Winifred Searle

April 2012 – Tumbling Down Oxford’s Rabbit Hole

An article I wrote about my travels to Oxford that had a literary bent to it, and the exploration of key literary sites in Oxford.

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