In the below short video (3 minutes 12 seconds), Dr Belle Alderman of the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature talks about the NCACL’s rare …
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Secret Ministry of Frost by Nick Lake
A review by Nalini Haynes Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, ‘Frost at Midnight’, begins ‘The frost performs its secret ministry’. The Secret Ministry of Frost is heavily influenced by …
A guided tour of the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature
In part 1 of this series on the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature, Dr Belle Alderman gave us a brief history of the Centre. In the below …
Introducing the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature
In the below short video Dr Belle Alderman gives us the backstory for the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature. This is the first in a …
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) PG
A review by Nalini Haynes Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a family movie with a PG rating based on Wild Pork and Watercress, a book by Barry …
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Jake (Asa Butterfield) is at school when he’s called to help his grandfather, Abe Portman (Terrence Stamp) who Jake believes …
Valdur the Viking and the Ghostly Goths by Craig Cormick
A review by Nalini Haynes Valdur the Viking emerges from a pickle barrel after eating nearly all the pickles to discover all the Vikings on …
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell
A review by Nalini Haynes This is a new special edition of Odd and the Frost Giants. The first was released in 2010. This hardcover …
Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
A review by Nalini Haynes Twelve-year-old Aissa, whose name means dragonfly, must metamorpihize like the dragonfly to save herself and her island. Set at the …
Zana Fraillon
This interview can be accessed by the podcast (above), the video (below) or iTunes. Zana Fraillon grew up surrounded by books. Her love of literature, …
Toad Delight by Morris Gleitzman
A review by Nalini Haynes Limpy is a slightly squashed cane toad living in Queensland. For the past four books he’s been on a mission …
Wendy Orr
Wendy Orr talks to Nalini in the above podcast and the below video. Photo of Wendy Orr by Roger Gould. Wendy grew up in France, …
Countdown to Danger: Bullet Train Disaster by Jack Heath
A review by Nalini Haynes Last Tuesday I attended the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Celebrate Story Creators event, where I listened to an …
Conjuror by John and Carole E Barrowman
A review by Nalini Haynes Matt and Em Calder are twins facing an induction into a secret magical society. One is Animare the other a …
CBCA Celebrate Story Creators (Children’s and YA literature)
By Nalini Haynes It was a chilly Tuesday evening when I first ventured south of Lake Burley Griffin on my own-some, with the minion still …