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#LoveOzYA Q&A with Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
Carl Merrison is a Jaru and Kija man from Halls Creek. Carl works with young Indigenous boys through the Clontarf Academy focusing in improving engagement…
#LoveOzYA Q&A with Kate Murray for WE WHO HUNT THE HOLLOW
Stories have been a part of Kate Murray’s entire life. Most of her favourite story elements – science fiction, family – have made it into…
#LoveOzYA Crime and Mystery Reads
Fancy an edge-of-your-seat page turner, full of plot twists and intrigue? Look no further than #LoveOzYA’s Crime and Mystery Reads poster, which includes local YA…
#LoveOzYA Q&A with Carly Nugent for SUGAR
Carly Nugent’s first novel, The Peacock Detectives, won the Readings Children’s Book Prize, was a CBCA Younger Readers Honour Book, and was shortlisted for the…
Behind-the-scenes with the editors and writers of UNLIMITED FUTURES
UNLIMITED FUTURES (out 29 March) is an anthology filled with speculative fiction from emerging and established First Nations and Black writers, reflecting visionary pasts, hopeful…
#LoveOzYA celebrates charity status with a Pozible Party!
Seven years since its inception as a passionate, proactive, and much-loved grassroots movement, #LoveOzYA – a national organisation celebrating and promoting Australian youth literature –…
#LoveOzYA Emotional Reads
Sometimes it’s healthy to sit down, read a book, and have a good cry. With that in mind, #LoveOzYA’s Julia Faragher has designed a new…
#LoveOzYA Q&A with Astrid Scholte for LEAGUE OF LIARS
Astrid Scholte was raised on a diet of Spielberg, Lucas and Disney, and knew she wanted to be surrounded by all things fantastical from a…
#LoveOzYA Q&A with Zach Jones for GROWING UP IN FLAMES
Zach Jones has been an acrobat, a psychologist, and taught Shakespeare in prison. He completed his doctorate in Creative Writing at USC. Growing Up in…