Local Australian poet Murray Alfredson is off and racing with his second international review! It’s hard to hold a good poet down. “Certainly not for the faint-hearted, Gleaming Clouds by Murray Alfredson is the work of an unsparingly brave poet who looks at life, just as it is and hard in face. With impressive and […]
As Geoff Page wrote in The Australian this weekend (‘New and selected Australian poetry‘), the ‘New & Selected’ poetry collection always presents the interesting question of how to order the pieces – whether to order them chronologically (oldest to newest) or by topic, etc. Will the reader prefer to read the poet’s story from the […]
One of our Amazon readers posted this about Blood by Peter Kay: “This is truly a brilliant and amazingly well-written book. I found the story most intriguing, especially when it involved talking severed hands and heads, and a delightful love story thrown into the mix. I also felt that Peter Kay’s words flowed very well […]
Murray Alfredson’s poetry makes you stop and think. Popular UK reviewer Valerie Penny agrees: “When this anthology first came to my attention, I had no idea what to expect from it. Whatever it was the works far exceeded my expectations and I highly recommend this collection of poems to poetry lovers everywhere. I was excited […]
We’re delighted to see that The Sky Dreamer continues to be popular with education professionals. With its themes of learning to cope with difficult life circumstances, it’s a great story for any library, classroom, or child therapist’s office. This latest review comes from OZTL, the Australian Teacher Librarian Network. The Sky Dreamer is also available […]
As the country gears up for Australia Day and the long weekend, a new wonderful review has arrived for Christina’s Matilda by Edel Wignell and Elizabeth Botté. ‘With Australia Day almost upon us, what better opportunity to review this fascinating title by Edel Wignell focussing on the story behind the story of our unofficial anthem, […]
What do President Obama and Madonna Have To Do with Project Earth-mend? Margaret Warner of Buzzwords had this to say in praise of Tiger Takes the Big Apple: Tiger Takes the Big Apple is the fourth book in the Project Earth-mend Series by David Reiter. Once again the adventurous Crew consisting of native Australian animals […]
Yellowcake Summer, the sequel to Yellowcake Springs and the winner of IP Rolling Picks 2013 award for Best Fiction, has been reviewed as sharp writing with plenty of black humour. Yellowcake Summer by Guy Salvidge “Rated 4 of 5 stars. This is a very potent sequel. By nature, it’s very difficult for sequels to have […]
Granny Rags by Janet Reid “This junior family thriller that embodies a not-so-fearsome witch, bullyboys, petty crooks and a mystery to be solved, moves at an un-put-down-able pace. This is just the right sort of book to help establish the ‘reading bug’. Tim Trickett is a new boy at a small rural school and prey […]
For teachers and librarians looking for books to address the sustainability theme in the National Curriculum, The Smallest Carbon Footprint is a collection of stories that certainly fits the bill! A prince wants to marry the girl with the smallest carbon footprint in the land, and he has her diamond slipper to ensure he finds […]
