Angela Crocombe
Angela Crocombe is the Readings Prize and Readings Foundation coordinator and a senior buyer for Readings Kids. She is also the author of two books on sustainable living, A Lighter Footprint: A Practical Guide to Minimising your Impact on the Planet and Ethical Eating: How to Make Food Choices That Won’t Cost the Earth.
Review — 26 Aug 2024
Bravepaw and the Heartstone of Alluria (Bravepaw, Book 1) by L.M. Wilkinson & Lavanya Naidu (illus.)
I love a hero’s journey for young readers and this story is a thrilling addition to the genre. In the land of Alluria, Titch is a very ordinary mooseling who…
Review — 26 Aug 2024
Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark, Book 1) by Tigest Girma
This fantasy debut set on the grounds of an ancient university has a fascinating premise of vampires and humans being bound to one another through generations of clan houses. The…
Review — 29 Jul 2024
Patience: Discover How Good Things Take Time in This Antidote to an Instant World by Rachel Williams & Leonie Lord (illus.)
This is a fascinating look at time and various cycles in the natural world, such as the movement of the moon across the night sky or its monthly cycle around…
Review — 29 Jul 2024
Laughter is the Best Ending by Maryam Master & Astred Hicks (illus.)
The latest middle grade novel from last year’s winner of The Readings Children’s Prize is a delightful story about friendship, adventure and intergenerational friendship. It begins with 13-year-old Zee laughing…
Review — 24 Jun 2024
Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine
An abandoned summer camp called Camp Lost Lake is the setting for this spooky murder mystery. The teen camp was abandoned because 15 years prior to when this story begins…
Review — 24 Jun 2024
Maria Petranelli is Prepared for Anything (Except This) by Elisa Chenoweth
This year’s winner of the Ampersand Prize for unpublished manuscripts is a contemporary coming-of-age novel that focuses on family and discovering your own identity.
Maria is a deadpan misanthrope who…
Review — 19 May 2024
Parade by Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk’s Outline trilogy was so innovative and exciting that it transformed how many people think about fiction. Cusk’s new novel successfully continues her inventive style.
It starts with a…
Review — 19 May 2024
What’s Murder Between Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness
Set in a town so small it doesn’t even have a police station, this murder mystery is narrated by self-confessed drama nerd Hallie, with the main characters (and suspects) her…
Review — 19 May 2024
Liar’s Test by Ambelin Kwaymullina
The new novel by Ambelin Kwaymullina, the First Nations author of The Tribe trilogy and Catching Teller Crow, is an intricately plotted fantasy that features a gutsy, clever heroine…
Review — 22 Apr 2024
Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough
Amelia Westlake was a stand-out title when it was published in 2018, winning The Readings Young Adult Prize. It’s been a long wait for Erin Gough’s next novel, but the…
