I have a new podcast! The Your Kid's Next Read podcast, co-hosted with Megan Daley of Children's Books Daily, launched this week and, as with so many things I do, has quickly fallen into the 'why didn't I do this sooner?' category. Regular readers will know that Megan...
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This week, Valerie Khoo and I recorded the 400th episode of the So You Want To Be A Writer podcast and sent it out into the ether. It's a big milestone for a project that began a few years ago with the following exchange*: Val: 'Maybe we should make a podcast...
As the So You Want To Be A Writer podcast approaches its 400th episode, I've been thinking about all the golden writing tips I've heard over the years. I've shared many of them here on this blog (most recently here), but it seems that every episode throws up a new...
In case you missed it, verse novels for children are having a real moment in the sun. Last year's CBCA Book of the Year for younger readers was a verse novel by Pip Harry called The Little Wave. This year's shortlist contains two verse novels: Bindi by Kirli Saunders...
*CLOSED: Alice Sadler chosen as the winner Monday 29 March.* Oh but we love a good book giveaway in the Your Kid's Next Read Facebook community! This week, we're celebrating Easter with a big basket of books, thanks to Puffin. See all the details below – and...
So excited to reveal the cover of my next novel THE WOLF'S HOWL (A Maven & Reeve Mystery) by A. L. Tait! Isn't it fabulous! Here's the blurb: Bestselling author A. L. Tait is back with the next Maven and Reeve Mystery. A secret mission. A missing cook. A...
"My child hates writing – what can I do?" "How do I get my kid to love writing?" Getting kids to write – and to love writing – can be a battle for parents. We know this because these questions (and many more just like them) are posed to authors over and over again. So...
One of the surprising side-effects of becoming a published author is that you find yourself being interviewed. In fact, sometimes you find yourself being interviewed a lot. And yes, it's a surprise, even for someone who is used to being on the other side of questions...
In exciting news, last night the Children's Book Council of Australia announced its 2021 CBCA Notables list and The Fire Star (A Maven & Reeve Mystery) was named in the Younger Readers category! The Notables list serves as the longlist for the CBCA's Children's...
