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Ask Alice: What are some of the less glamorous realities of being a YA author in Australia?

Ask Alice: What are some of the less glamorous realities of being a YA author in Australia?

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…

Q&A with the #LoveOzYA Book Club

Q&A with the #LoveOzYA Book Club

The #LoveOzYA Book Club has been a long-running community on Facebook and now Instagram. In this interview, we chatted to its hosts, Emmaly Gridley and…

Ask Alice: Are bad reviews actually bad?

Ask Alice: Are bad reviews actually bad?

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…

LoveOzYA Book Bingo

LoveOzYA Book Bingo

In October, we’re running our first-ever LoveOzYA Book Bingo! Can you read your way through enough Aussie YA to claim five squares in a row?…

Ask Alice: What actually is author voice?

Ask Alice: What actually is author voice?

If you’re particularly cool like me and have ever browsed the ‘what we’re looking for’ sections of agents or competition guidelines, you might have noticed…

#LoveOzYA Reading Prompts 2023

#LoveOzYA Reading Prompts 2023

The Australian Reading Hour is a national day to celebrate books, readings and stories together. It’s about taking some time out to unwind and escape…

Ask Alice: Why don’t fantasy and sci-fi get the respect they deserve?

Ask Alice: Why don’t fantasy and sci-fi get the respect they deserve?

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…

#LoveOzYA Reads We Can’t Wait for in 2023

#LoveOzYA Reads We Can’t Wait for in 2023

By Bianca Breen Do you hear that? If you think I’m about to say ‘That’s the sound of new #LoveOzYA releases in the air’, you’d…

Ask Alice: Do YA authors have to build a personal brand or can they just write books?

Ask Alice: Do YA authors have to build a personal brand or can they just write books?

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…