Book People
Book People: Claire Saxby I have long loved the work of Claire Saxby and her latest work is no exception – in fact it possibly my new favourite illustrated fiction book (this…
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Book People: Davina Bell I deliberately didn’t read this interview from Davina until I had written the review for her new book, ‘The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade’ as I didn’t want it influence…
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Book People: Samantha Turnbull Yesterday I shared a review and book trailer (here) for the new series, ‘The Anti-Princess Club’, which has become a favourite in my school library! Working at a girls…
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Beautiful Beth, you will be forever missed by so very many people. You have touched so many lives, including my own and I am so very blessed to have had you as…
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Book People: A.L. Tait I am always on the lookout for new series for middle-upper primary readers as if a series is great, young readers simply devour them – which is surely…
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Review of ‘Once a Creepy Crocodile’ Written by Peter Taylor. Illustrated by Nina Rycroft. Musical arrangement Rusty Berther. Publisher: Five Mile Press (book and CD set) Themes: Australian animals, Waltzing Matilda, poetry,…
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Book People: Jen Storer The children’s book industry in Australia is a beautiful place to inhabit. I have been incredibly fortunate to work and play in this industry over many, many years…
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Book People: Judith Rossell My husband, #backboy, has been in hospital for a week and ‘Withering-by-Sea’ by Judith Rossell has been the best, best thing to take me to another place. I…
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Book People: Allison Rushby I first came across Allison Rushby when I met her mother, Pamela Rushby, who I featured here some time back. I was chatting to Pamela at a literary function…
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Book People: Scott Prince Scott Prince, from the Kalkadoon People in Mt Isa, lives on the Gold Coast with his wife and two daughters. Scott has played for the Brisbane Broncos and…
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Book People: Dave Hartley Dave Hartley is a deputy principal in the city of Logan, south of Brisbane. Employed by Education Queensland for more than a decade, he has taught across many…
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Book People: Ananda Braxton-Smith I have read and very much enjoyed Ananda Braxton-Smiths young adult series, ‘The Secrets of Carrick’. I do so love it when an accomplished YA writers turns their…
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Book People: Samantha Wheeler ‘Smooch and Rose’ is one of my favourite middle primary chapter books of the last year, you can read my review here. So I was very excited about getting…
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Book People: David Mackintosh I have loved the work of David Mackintosh for the longest time and I am so excited to be featuring him here today – I rather loved what he…
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Book People: Jackie Hosking I absolutely loved reading Jackie’s ’10 Things’…and wholeheartedly agree that Winnie the Pooh is the epitome of kindness; that bear is wise. Jackie is the author of ‘The…
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I love adding each ‘Book People’ post; some people swoon over movie stars, I swoon over the talented creators of literature for young people. I have swooned over the work of Sally…
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Book People: James Moloney James Moloney was my husband’s teacher librarian at a Catholic boys school in Brisbane. When Dan told me this many years ago, I was over-excited (I know. Hard…
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This week I crossed something off my literary bucket list. Megan’s Literary Bucket List Visit Jackie French’s garden Go to 100 Acre Woods, alone and in the rain and get chased by…
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Five Reasons Children Should Read Humour (Notes from Andy Griffith’s session at CBCA Conference, Canberra, 2014) Books by Andy Griffiths are madness and brilliance personified and I’m yet to find a reader…
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Book People: Shona Innes I’m a big fan of books for children which deal with the big issues for young people such as grief, marriage breakdown, disability, illness, allergies, friendship issues and…
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