2022 Standout Middle Grade Books (Australian Edition)
Check out the standout Australian middle grade fiction titles as chosen by emerging and early career creators (ie #LoveOzMG tragics!)
Tag: novel prescription
A Novel Prescription: Books About Consent
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.
Five Little Steps Toward Gratitude
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: Functional Neurological Conditions with Katerina Bryant
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.
A Novel Prescription: Eggshell Skull
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 …
A Novel Prescription – Winter warmers
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 …