Missing voices: Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren on ‘Coming of Age’
Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren are the editors of Coming of Age (A&U, February), a YA anthology that examines what it’s like to grow up Muslim in Australia. They spoke...
Firing the imagination: Aleesah Darlison on ‘Ash Rover and the Keeper of the Phoenix’
Aleesah Darlison, author of the ‘Unicorn Riders’ series, has filled her new book with unicorns, fairies, griffins, dragons and goblins. She spoke to Thuy On. Read On’s review here. You’re well...
Keen for 2014: A preview of forthcoming junior titles
Publishers tell Brad Jefferies about their favourite forthcoming children’s and YA books. Allen & Unwin Redgum’s popular Vietnam War song I Was Only Nineteen (John Schumann, illus by Craig Smith)...
The Brain Sucker (Glenn Wood, Walker Books)
Callum is stoked with the fancy new wheelchair that his gran Rose has bought him for his birthday. He’s even more stoked when his best friend Sophie, who’s a bit...