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#LoveOzYA – a cause for celebration

(Originally written for the CBCA Vic in 2015, but it seems to have “dropped off” the inter webs – so I give myself permission to republish it (and edit it) here!) At the 2015 Reading Matters conference, in a storm of twitter moments, there was a tiny moment that created a ripple. In the scheme […]

Top 1% of Reviewers on Goodreads

The Big HooHa

It started with this: Reintroducing myself Which generated this: In case you want to send me this email There were some pretty unhappy people on the interwebs, and Will was the crankiest. Stand up and be counted librarian and teachers!

the midnight garden: Fiona Wood on Girls, Sex, and Wildlife

via the midnight garden: Fiona Wood on Girls, Sex, and Wildlife.

25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction « terribleminds: chuck wendig

25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction « terribleminds: chuck wendig. Chuck Wendig is right on the money here – especially Number One!

Originally posted on BevsBookBlog:
Some of you may have noticed the publication in January this year of a Google Doodle honouring our very own May Gibbs! Celebrating what would have been her 136th birthday, it certainly was a nice surprise to open Google.com and see this Doodle made up of gum nuts and leaves! I…

Picture Books, Poetry and the first post-Potter publication – ABC Victoria – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Poetry and the first post-Potter publication – ABC Victoria – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

2012 AWW Challenge: Children’s Fiction

2012 AWW Challenge: Children’s Fiction. via 2012 AWW Challenge: Children's Fiction. Judith Ridge reviews the 2012 year in books for younger readers.

Australian Women Writers’ Challenge 2013 | Misrule

Australian Women Writers’ Challenge 2013 | Misrule. Judith is looking for reviews of Children’s Fiction by female authors published in 2013. Can you help? See her blog post for more info.