Review originally published on the Storylinks website From the last line of the first page of The Hand, the Eye and the Heart, “And so I heard the assassin speak,” I was hooked. From that first chapter, I knew I was in good hands with this talented and prolific young writer… …
I’m so happy to have interviewed Remy Lai, author and illustrator of Pie in the Sky, a hybrid middle grade novel in the style of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. We met over scrumptious pho at a Vietnamese diner and she gave me the lowdown on her road to publication. …
My review of Bri Lee’s memoir, Eggshell Skull, was published in the Autumn issue of GPSpeak. Anyone curious about the complexities of taking sexual assault cases to trial will love Eggshell Skull. It’s also a very timely read in the face of the controversy surrounding Cardinal George Pell’s trial. I’ve …
I am delighted to introduce our very first guest prescriber. Valerie Khoo is an author, journalist and CEO of the Australian Writers’ Centre. She is also a visual artist and you can find her original artwork and prints at ValerieKhoo.com. I’ve admired Valerie for a long time. She was editing my …
I saw on Twitter that Jaclyn Moriarty, the highly successful author of A Corner of White and The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (among others), was teasing her sister Liane, who is also an author. https://twitter.com/jaclynmoriarty/status/1040498583303118850 I laughed out loud at the fine balance between “hell no she’s …
Book suggestions for politicians – and the rest of us! For this month’s prescription I was inspired by the need for compassion in our politicians. Not so much compassion for them – although I know it’s not an easy job – but sometimes I look at what’s happening in our …
Byron Bibliotherapy was very excited to sponsor an author event with Oliver Phommavanh last month, hosted by the Brunswick Heads Girl Guides and Scouts. He was a hilarious speaker, keeping the children enthralled, and the adults had tears of laughter too. I honestly laughed the most I had for ages …
Short answer: No way! But you probably knew I was going to say that. We read for lots of reasons. Sometimes we want to be comforted or cheered up. We read to feel emotions or connect to an issue. We read to challenge ourselves and we read for the sheer …
As all of Australia officially tucks into bed with a winter cold, you can almost hear the sound of long abandoned books inching their way back on to the doonah, clutched in feverish hands by people who have exhausted every wretched show Netflix has to offer. You can …
What if librarians were really witches whose sole purpose was to magically put the right books into the right hands at the right time? That’s the premise of a great short story by American writer Alix Harrow. The story, A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A practical compendium of portal fantasies, …
