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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?
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
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 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
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 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 Q&A with 2022 Ampersand Prize Winner Elisa Chenoweth
The Ampersand Prize is an annual competition run by Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing that seeks to celebrate an unpublished writer of middle-grade and young adult…
2022 National Young Writers Festival Wrap-Up
The National Young Writers Festival is an annual gathering of Australia’s young and talented artists. Held in Newcastle NSW as well as digitally, the festival…
Alice Asks: What have I learned from a year of answering your questions?
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…