Over the holidays, I read ‘Twilight’ for the second time; the last time I read ‘Twilight’ was last year. Now that I have read it for the second time, I see a completely different side of it.
When I read it this time, I noticed a lot of things that I missed the first time. I personally [...]

While we await the announcement of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards for 2009 in August, it is interesting to see several of the nominated titles inlcuded in other awards.
While the focus of the Australian Book Industry awards may also be on publishers, distributors and booksellers, awards are also given for Illustrated Book of the Year, Biography [...]

You wonder as you read ‘Butterfly’, if Sonya Hartnett is reliving some of the angst of her own teenage years.
Her characters are authentic, the self-judgement of Plum makes you squirm as you identify with it, and the desire to be accepted echoes that of most teens rather well. That she has placed the story at [...]

Older Readers Book of the Year 2008
Announced August 15
WINNER – THE GHOST’S CHILD – Sonya HARTNETT
HONOUR – MARTY’S SHADOW – John HEFFERNAN
HONOUR – BLACK WATER – David METZENTHEN
Other awards can be viewed at the Australian Children’s Book Council web site.