Publisher: Walker Books Australia

#LoveOzYA Anthologies: Kindred and Underdog

#LoveOzYA Anthologies: Kindred and Underdog

We have no shortage of amazing writers in Australia – after all, there’s an entire hashtag dedicated to it under #LoveOzYA! Two recent anthologies focus on stories from our amazing #LoveOzYA authors – Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories and Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories. Kindred obviously focuses on queer #ownvoices authors, while Underdog features stories from new authors that were […]

September 24, 2019 | 6 Comments
Thunderhead Review: Smart, Complex Dystopian with an A.I. Ruler

Thunderhead Review: Smart, Complex Dystopian with an A.I. Ruler

This review contains minor reviews for Scythe (the first book in the series). Check out my review for Scythe here, if you haven’t read it. I didn’t realise how much I had missed this world under I picked up Thunderhead, which definitely doesn’t disappoint as a sequel to Scythe, one of my favourite books of 2017. Thunderhead delves […]

May 31, 2018 | 6 Comments
The Hate U Give Review: Fighting Against Black Oppression

The Hate U Give Review: Fighting Against Black Oppression

Black kids getting shot. Murdered by police when unarmed without a reason. Working against a system that will never give them justice. Although Starr and Garden Heights is fictional, this is a story that is very real for many black families out there. When they’ve done absolutely nothing wrong, when they get themselves an education, work […]

March 24, 2017 | 35 Comments
Contemporary Reviews: Phantom Limbs & The Year We Fell Down

Contemporary Reviews: Phantom Limbs & The Year We Fell Down

I love a book that deals with grief and Phantom Limbs delivers a wonderful story about grief. What I really loved about it was that it wasn’t dark and heavy, but instead was relatively lighthearted and charming. Rather than solely focusing on grief as a theme, this book also explores friendship and first love and […]