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#LoveOzYA Titles to Read If You Liked These Overseas Titles
Looking for more after reading an international hit? We bet there’s a #LoveOzYA equivalent out there for it! This book list pairs some well-known overseas…
#LoveOzYA Q&A with Miranda Luby on SADIE STARR’S GUIDE TO STARTING OVER
Miranda Luby is an author, freelance journalist and copywriter living on Victoria’s Surf Coast. She was shortlisted for the Text Prize for her debut novel,…
#LoveOzYA Q&A with Mette Jakobsen for THE SNOW LAUNDRY
Mette Jakobsen is from Denmark but resides in Sydney. She is an adventurer, author and playwright. Her novels have been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book…
#LoveOzYA Short Story Collections and Anthologies Reads
Why have a single #LoveOzYA story when you can have a whole collection? Here, you’ll find just a few of our favourite anthologies and short…
Ask Alice: What can *you* do to support diverse and owned representation in Australian YA?
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 Kate Emery on THE NOT SO CHOSEN ONE
Kate Emery is a journalist and author based in Perth, Western Australia. Her debut YA novel, The Not So Chosen One, was shortlisted for Text…
#LoveOzYA Q&A with Jared Thomas about MY SPARE HEART
Dr Jared Thomas is a Nukunu person of the Southern Flinders Ranges and the Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and Material Cultural…
Breaking the Lore: Highlights from Sydney Writers Festival
How Australia’s YA authors are challenging – and evolving – fantasy tropes Tropes! Love them or hate them, they’re a huge part of YA literature….
What does it mean to write about ‘home’ in Australian young adult fiction? Notes from Sydney Writers Festival
What does it mean to write about ‘home’ in Australian young adult fiction? From cities to remote bushlands, where we grow up and live can…