#5Books: Book recs you should read
I’m beginning to become enamored of legal thrillers again, and I blame Alex Hammond’s Will Harris series. That’s why I have a legal thriller to rec…
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#5Books: book recommendations you need to read
This week, I have some Aussie YA, a frigging intense urban fantasy, an exploration of the truth behind a case of schizophrenia, which involves…
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#LoveOzLit: Sean Williams on taking chances
Throw what you know out the window, Sean Williams says, and take a chance. But like it’s been mentioned in an earlier series of…
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#5Books: book recommendations you need to see
This week in #5Books book recommendations, I found a book involving a therapist trying to help uncover the identity of a young girl who…
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#LoveOzLit: Pamela Hart on focusing on your story
When I first read this quote, I wasn’t sure I understood what author Pamela Hart meant — figuring out an age group last?…
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#LoveOzLit: Annah Faulkner on reading YA
The should Annah Faulkner mentions is in references to the question this is in answer to: Should authors keep their adult readers in mind when writing…
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#LoveOzLit: Ambelin Kwaymullina on YA & adult readers
The next time someone messes with you for reading YA or you feel guilty for reading YA, think of this quote and enjoy your…
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#LoveOzLit: Marianne de Pierres on YA & adult readers
Like AJ Betts, author Marianne de Pierres, above, believes in the power of YA characters which attract adult readers. If you could pick what…
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#LoveOzLit: AJ Betts on adult YA readers
Earlier this year, researchers found that 80 per cent of YA books are bought by adult readers. I’m still gobsmacked by that number: it…
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#LoveOzLit: Grown-ups & YA books
When I was a kid, I went to a library in the centre of Durban in South Africa. You walked through big doors and…
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