It's happened to all of us.



A friend says, 'Hey, have you read this?' and hands you a book. No, you haven't read it.



Or maybe you read some review in the paper and though, 'ooh, that sounds good'



So you get the book, happily take it home and start reading....



And you hate it. For whatever reason, the book just does not click with you. It could be the story, the characters, the plot, whatever. But you just can't read it.



Maybe you trudge… Continue

Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature



Di Bates- Crossing the Line - published by Ford St

Michelle Cooper- A Brief History of Montmaray - published by Random House

D M Cornish- Monster Blood Tattoo: Lamplighter - published by Omnibus

Alison Goodman- Two Pearls of Wisdom - published by HarperCollins

Nette Hilton- Sprite Newberry - published by HarperCollins

Joanne Horniman- My Candlelight Novel -… Continue

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During that time, lots of people have asked for book recommendations on specific topics - e.g. things like Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series,… Continue