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Elizabeth Mary Cummings brings an incredible depth of experience to her writing. A teacher, author and mental health advocate,...

Having collaborated with illustrator extraordinaire Dave Atze on the Max Booth Future Sleuth series since 2017, I've been wanting to pick...

I’m really excited to welcome Gary Lonesborough to Book Chat. Gary is a Yuin author who grew up in Bega on the south coast of New South...

It's long past time that I gave a shout-out to one of my favourite podcasts, Words and Nerds, produced and hosted by incredibly...

Sayaka Murata’s tenth novel, Convenience Store Woman, is another not-so-new title that dug its claws into my head and demanded to be...

I'm really excited to welcome my latest guest to Book Chat – Allison Paterson. Allison is a writer, publishing consultant, book reviewer...

It's a great pleasure to welcome my latest guest to Book Chat – the incredibly talented and prolific Teena Raffa-Mulligan. Teena has...

Aunty Fay Muir (Boon Wurrung Elder and senior linguist at the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages) and Sue Lawson (prolific...

It's a great pleasure to introduce my latest Book Chat guest: author and former primary school teacher, Sandra Bennett. Sandra has a...

I'm really honoured to welcome my second-ever guest to the page: extremely prolific and respected picture book author, Robert Vescio....

It's a great thrill to welcome our first guest to the page: the multi-talented Megan Higginson. Megan is an author, illustrator, and very...

Penny Macoun’s debut picture storybook, Gorkle, imagines what it would be like if Cyber Space were a real place, where gremlins can...

Really excited to be on the judging panel for RSPCA Victoria's Pawesome Stories writing competition, alongside the wonderful Sally Rippin...

Book one in John Barwick’s Nursery Crimes series is an hilarious twist on the fractured fairytales genre that will have huge appeal for...

August was a huge month for Max and Oscar, as some of Australia's finest bloggers and book people toured their new title, Chip Blip,...

Imagine, for a moment, how it would feel to know that your brother had attempted suicide, your sister had been jailed and your father had...

In recent years, Megan Higginson has garnered widespread respect as an author, illustrator, blogger and speaker. Her debut picture...

This is not a new book (published in 2017), but after finally getting around to reading it this week, I felt compelled to share a few...