There must have been something in the air last month. Three picture books about freckles came out on the same day, 8 March 2023! All with a different take, they would make a great display for a classroom or library, as a conversation starter about feeling different. Freckles By Catherine …
Check out the standout Australian middle grade fiction titles as chosen by emerging and early career creators (ie #LoveOzMG tragics!)
On the launch of Charlotte Barkla’s picture book, FROM MY HEAD TO MY TOES, I SAY WHAT GOES (which I was delighted to emcee!), here is some background & books about consent.
As Lunar New Year celebrations come to a close, Nancy Tupper Ling, author of FOR EVERY LITTLE THING, joins us as a guest prescriber. She has five recommendations for books about gratitude. Thanks Nancy!
HYSTERIA came onto my radar in 2020 through a doctors’ group I’m a member of. Members recommended for health professionals and others interested in the lived experience of a person with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Serizures (PNES). I will also recommend it for patients and friends struggling with questions about illness we don’t yet have answers for.
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 …
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 …
