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Ok, but how do books actually affect the worldview of young people?
Ask Alice is an online column produced by the #LoveOzYA team, and written by our Secretary, Alice Boer-Endacott, who has published several young adult fantasy…
Sporty #LoveOzYA Reads
FIFA Women’s World Cup withdrawal made the #LoveOzYA team go on the hunt for Aussie YA books where sport plays a leading role. You can…
#LoveOzYA Q&A with Gary Crew for IN THE SECRET PLACE
Gary Crew has published over 100 short stories, novels and illustrated books all over the world. His work has won four Children’s Book Council of…
#LoveOzYA Q&A with Mary Greenwood for MOONTIDE
Mary Greenwood won the 2022 Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize, which led to her debut novel, Moontide, being published in 2023. #LoveOzYA’s Dayna Smith caught up…
#LoveOzYA Q&A with Robyn Dennison about BLIND SPOT
Robyn Dennison is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, where she teaches creative writing. Her fiction has appeared in Australian literary journals…
Ask Alice: Should we be gatekeeping what young people read?
Ask Alice is an online column produced by the #LoveOzYA team, and written by our Secretary, Alice Boer-Endacott, who has published several young adult fantasy…
Ask Alice: Should YA be more present in writers’ festivals?
Ask Alice is an online column produced by the #LoveOzYA team, and written by our Secretary, Alice Boer-Endacott, who has published several young adult fantasy…
Solved Book Detective Cases
Our Book Detective is always hard at work pairing the perfect books to their readers. Here are some of the past cases we’ve solved! …
Telling Tales with Bec Kavanagh
The Wheeler Centre’s Telling Tales series is a program of events for YA booklovers. From coming-of-age to fantasy, romance to horror, the series explores topics with…