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By Amelia Mellor Affirm Kids 2026 Reviewed by Helen Gearing Multi award-winning children’s author Amelia Mellor (best known for her ‘Grandest Bookshop in the World’ series) delivers another high-action, immersive story in the third installment of Oceanforged. With echoes of […]

By Tesia Tsai Electric Monkey GB 2026 Reviewed by Alison McCaffrey Kang Siying is a ganshi priestess, reanimating and guiding the dead home to their families and their final resting place. Taught by her father, she has taken over since […]

By Clare Edge Bloomsbury YA 2026 Reviewed by Alison McCaffrey Back in 2024, there was a question posed to women that became a clip that turned into a trend that went viral. And it changed conversations around assault, women and […]

By Play School Illustrated by Beck Feiner ABC Books AU 2026 Reviewed by Mia Macrossan Humpty Dumpty had a big book, Of nursery rhymes come take a good look, All the great stories and all the fun times, It’s Humpty’s […]

By Karen Foxlee A & U Children 2026 Reviewed by Mia Macrossan I always drop everything when a new Karen Foxlee book lands on the review pile. She never disappoints, always writing something fresh and new. Yes, this fantasy contains […]

By Tim Saunders & Minky Stapleton A&U Children’s NZ 2026 Reviewed by Mia Macrossan Tim is a New Zealand writer of adult and children’s books including the very amusing The Sheep That Stole the Farmer’s Hat. Here he has teamed up […]

Written by Peter Bol and Jennifer Castles Illustrated by Louie Joyce A & U Children 2026 Reviewed by Sandhya Parappukkaran Nagmeldin Bol, aka Peter Bol, a Sudanese-Australian Olympian and silver medallist, has an inspiring life story to tell. Yalla! Let’s […]

By Fiona Harris A & U Children 2026 Review by Alison McCaffrey Fourteen-year-old Harry loves basketball. Watching games with his dad, playing with his best friend, training with them both. Everything has been building to making the Grover Secondary Under […]

Lightness and humour are what keep me going. In life and in my writing Dimity Powell talks to Maryam Masters about writing, books, and her latest novel My Tiny Universe. Why do you write for children? They’re the most important […]

By Mia Macrossan Samantha Wheeler talks in depth about her latest book The Lost Island, a book that provides plenty of ‘brain food’ for its readers. Animals and the outdoors are my safe space, my brain food – there’s so much […]

By Alison McCaffrey Suzy Zail talks in depth about writing her latest book A New Kind of Beautiful Suzy Zail is an award-winning Australian author, whose latest release, A New Kind of Beautiful, explores the sudden change in a teenager’s […]