On John Marsden: Writers on Writers

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Alice Pung

I keep coming back to John Marsden. What makes him so fascinating to me is that he approaches writing for young adults with a whole philosophy of what it means...
Fiction, Young Adult
The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump

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Rob Sears

Who would ever have thought, Donald Trump and poetry on the same page! In this very interesting anthology the words of Donald Trump have been revisited, to form and present...
Fiction, Humour, Non Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult
David Astle’s Gargantuan Book of Words

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David Astle

Well, here we go again, leaping into the unknown, the challenging and the downright incredible word of words as you have never ever known them before, or in some cases,...
Humour, Non Fiction, Teen, Teen Fiction
Imagine

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John Lennon, Yoko Ono Lennon, Amnesty International illustrated by Jean Jullien

The beautiful words of Imagine, penned by John Lennon so many years ago, are just as relevant today, if not more so, in what would have been the year this...
Teen, Teen Fiction, Young Adult
The Explorer

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Katherine Rundell. Illustrations : Hannah Horn

Four children board a small plane leaving the Brazilian jungle, each with a different destination. Fred is in his school uniform, a young girl with long blond hair is looking...
Teen, Teen Fiction
My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen

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David Clawson

Sometimes these outrageous stories hit the marketplace at exactly the right time: in Australia the issue of sexuality and lifestyle is currently a red hot issue. Through the eyes of...
Fiction, Humour, Young Adult
Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to now

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John Birmingham

The incredible, delightfully funny John Birmingham is back, with a weird and whacky selection of short stories, most of which he claims to be amongst some the best he has...
Fiction, Humour, Young Adult
The Floating Theatre

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Martha Conway

Twenty years before the American Civil War began, there were slave catchers based along the Ohio River. This river was a natural border between North and South. It was common...
Fiction, Young Adult
Song of the Current

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Sarah Tolcser

We meet Caro and her father, as they travel down the river on their way to deliver a cargo of timber for the lumber yards. As their wherry, the Cormorant,...
Fiction, Young Adult
We That Are Left

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Lisa Bigelow

In this hauntingly beautiful story, Lisa Bigelow has managed to capture the very essence of the many young women who are left to wait, while the men they love and...
Fiction, Young Adult