Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks & Quinton Winter Lifel1k3 (Lifelike) by Jay Kristoff It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton & Marla Frazee. Tarin of the Mammoths: The Exile by Jo Sandhu Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: Volume 2 by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo Lift-The-Flap First Question…

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Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks & Quinton Winter The Orchard Underground by Mat Larkin Tarin of the Mammoths: The Exile by Jo Sandhu Munmun by Jesse Andrews The Tarin of the Mammoths complete trilogy pack Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo Book 3) by Rick Riordan A Court of Frost and Starlight by …

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The young adult category proves its versatility this month. We have robot-driven sci-fi, contemporary realism, historical fiction, and fairytale adaptations on our bedside tables. Read on for our top recommendations. You can find some of our best kids reads of the month here. SIX YA BOOKS TO READ THIS MONTH Lifel1k3 (Lifelike) by Jay Kristoff

The much-anticipated new book by bestselling…

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Bonesland is an Australian YA debut that digs into the small-town agonies of adolescence. Author Brendan Lawley tells us why he wrote this book, and who he hopes will read it.

When people find out you wrote a book, you hear the same things:

‘Cool, where’s my free copy?
‘What’s it about?’
‘How long is it?’
‘How long did it take you to write?’
‘How much money will you make?’
‘Is it actually get…

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Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks & Quinton Winter A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas Stone Girl by Eleni Hale The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo Book 3) by Rick Riordan Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend Tarin of the Mammoths: The Exile by Jo Sandhu Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers Found in Melbourne b…

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Applications are now open for the 2018-2019 Readings Teen Advisory Board!

The Readings Teen Advisory Board is a volunteer group of teenagers that meets at Readings head office once a month to chat about recent and forthcoming young adult books, write blog posts and short reviews, learn about careers in the book industry, and provide feedback to Readings staff members on a range of subjects.

You…

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The Learning Curves of Vanessa Partridge by Clare Strahan The Tarin of the Mammoths complete trilogy pack Tarin of the Mammoths: The Exile by Jo Sandhu The Bad Guys Episode 7: Do-you-think-he-saurus?! by Aaron Blabey How to Win a Nobel Prize by Barry Marshall with Lorna Hendry Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: Volume 2 by …

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This month, we were fortunate to have a visit from Scot Gardner. Now a critically acclaimed author of several novels for young readers, Scot began his career writing for Earth Garden magazine and got his big break when he took the manuscript of his first novel to a John Marsden writing camp.

Scot travelled two hours by train to be with us. He showed us photos of his ‘office’ (a deserted bushwalk…

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Found in Melbourne by Joanne O'Callaghan & Kori Song Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo From Nerd to Ninja (Ninja Kid Book 1) by Anh Do Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: Volume 2 by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli The Long Class Goodnight by Sammy J Messy Weird! (WeirDo Book 10) by Anh Do & Jules Faber…

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The Australian Book Industry Awards Academy has announced the ABIA Book shortlists for 2018.

Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators, narrators, and publishers.

General fiction book of the year Force of Nature by Jane Harper The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham The Trip of a Life…

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