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Library Through the Lens: In conversation with Lisa Walker ‘The Girl with the Gold Bikini’

Library Through the Lens: In conversation with Lisa Walker ‘The Girl with the Gold Bikini’

Join us as author Lisa Walker chats to author Jo Case about her second YA novel, The Girl with the Gold Bikini. The Girl with…

#LoveOzYA Reading Recs with Lisa Walker

#LoveOzYA Reading Recs with Lisa Walker

There’s nothing I like more than reading a book which is set in a place I know. It brings a special sense of intimacy to…

#LoveOzYA Author Q&A With Poppy Nwosu

#LoveOzYA Author Q&A With Poppy Nwosu

Poppy Nwosu is an Australian YA author. Her debut novel, Making Friends with Alice Dyson, was shortlisted for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award,…

My Place for Younger Readers Teaching Notes

My Place for Younger Readers Teaching Notes

Sally Morgan’s multi-award-winning novel My Place has now been adapted for a new generation in My Place for Younger Readers. This autobiography details Sally’s journey…

The History of Mischief

The History of Mischief

Rebecca Higgie’s debut novel, The History of Mischief, winner of the 2019 Fogarty Literary Award, explores the many things we do to try to escape…

#LoveOzYA Author Q&A With Lisa Walker

#LoveOzYA Author Q&A With Lisa Walker

Lisa Walker writes novels for adults and young adults. She has also written an ABC Radio National play and been published in the Age, Griffith Review, Big Issue and the Review…

#LoveOzYA Reading Recs with Poppy Nwosu

#LoveOzYA Reading Recs with Poppy Nwosu

What are your top 5 favourite OzYA books – how did you come to them and why do you love them? I am a huge…

#LoveOzYA Author Q&A With Eliza Henry-Jones

#LoveOzYA Author Q&A With Eliza Henry-Jones

Eliza Henry-Jones is a novelist and freelance writer based on a little farm in the Yarra Valley of Victoria. Her debut novel In the Quiet…

Astrid Scholte Chapter One

Astrid Scholte Chapter One

Held by Dymocks, this virtual event will suck you in. Raised on a diet of Spielberg, Lucas and Disney, Astrid Scholte knew she wanted to…