A review by Nalini Haynes Fading Fame is a shocking historical fiction collection of stories told in different media – short stories, poems, plays – …
Poetry
What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers
A review by Emma Streeton From acclaimed author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers comes the companion to the number 1 New York Times bestseller Here We Are! – What we’ll build. …
Great Realisation by Tomos Roberts
A review by Emma Streeton First performed in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Tomos Roberts’ inspiring poem ‘The Great Realisation’, with its message of hope …
Cyclone by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley
A review by Nalini Haynes Cyclone tells the story of the cyclone that destroyed Darwin in the 1970s in rhyming verse with evocative watercolour illustrations. …
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 …
Dreaming Tree by Jo Oliver
A review by Nalini Haynes The Dreaming Tree is a hardcover book of poetry written and illustrated Jo Oliver. The cover has an image of a …
International Day of Disability 2013: a letter to the Triantiwontigongolope
This year, to celebrate the International Day of Disability, I attended the Write Ability workshop, one of a series of workshops by people with disabilities …
Emperors of Dreams: Some Notes on Weird Poetry
a review by Steve Cameron P’Rea Press I’m an English teacher and I’ve been known to teach poetry, both writing and critiquing it. I can’t, however, …