It's National Reconciliation Week this week, and this year Reconciliation Australia is inviting all Australians to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories, to share that knowledge and help us grow as a nation. This year's celebrations focus on the telling of (and of course listening to) stories and ask us "Don't Keep History a Mystery". With a central theme of storytelling I...

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I spend so much of my reading time on new release books that the things I've had on my TBR shelf for a bit longer often get neglected. This week we have a long weekend in Canberra, and I thought it might be fun to dedicate my reading on these three days to some of the #loveozya books I've been meaning to get...

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April and May have been super busy here! Not only did we have Easter, my birthday, and Mother's Day, but I have been lucky enough to a whole bunch of fantastic book events as well. I'm planning to catch up on recording them here over the next few weeks =) First up, on 28 April, I headed to Melbourne for Speculate - the...

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I've raved here before about how much I love Lynette Noni's Medoran Chronicles (and about how lovely she was when we met her at last year's Sydney Writer's Festival), so it is probably no surprise that I was busting to read her newest novel, Whisper - and I was super excited when the people at Pantera Press sent me a copy. (I love...

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It has been a little while since I participated in the Bookish Bloggers Unite meme, but this week I'm hosting (and running a little late - I have no idea what happened to the few days!).  Bookish Bloggers Unite is a weekly meme we started as a place to talk about our favourite books, TBR piles, and to share the love about our...

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Ok, nobody panic - I havn't taken up reading the classics (though, honestly, I would love to read more classics, but I just seem to never get to them!). Rather, I've been thinking about the way we sometimes go into a book with particular expectations, and the impact this can have on our reading experiences. The thing that got me thinking about this...

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Last week I had the pleasure of seeing Kirsty Manning talk about her new book - The Jade Lily - at my local Harry Hartog store. I won copies of both of Kirsty's books (this one and The Midsummer Garden) in a giveaway, and when they arrived I was super excited - they both sounded totally in my wheelhouse! The Jade Lily follows...

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After spending a long time reading mostly YA fantasy, and thinking contemporary YA wasn't really for me, I've been LOVING some of the Australian contemporary YA I've read this year, and now want to read it ALL! In particular, contemporary #loveozya set in rural areas is really hitting the spot (I grew up in rural Victoria, so this should probably be no surprise...

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