Award-winning author Jen Storer uses infectious humour, outlandish language and a distinctive narrative voice to lure readers through her picture books for young children and darker tales aimed at middle-grade readers. In this Q&A she reveals how healthy neglect can benefit a story, why reading aloud is important, and how farmer Clarrie and his quirky
Damage and despair haunt the pages of Josephine Rowe’s first novel like the phantom panther said to have stalked the area near Puckapunyal Army Base in central Victoria. This makes A Loving, Faithful Animal an eerie and unsettling book—and a difficult read. Persist, though, and you’ll be rewarded by Rowe’s precise and poetic use of
In April, I’m traveling in Japan so my 16 quotes from 16 poems are by Japanese poets. Enjoy! (How do I say that in Japanese?) 1. ‘Blossoms at night’ by Kobayashi Issa Blossoms at night, / and the faces of people / moved by music. Kobayashi Issa (1763–1828), also known as Kobayashi Yataro and Kobayashi
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