Are you ready for Adventure?
I really believe that the very best books work as well for adults as they do for younger readers. Fantasy that inspires, challenges and written with beautiful read-aloud prose always blows me away. But what books get my badge of honour as the Best Fantasy for All Ages? Does "The Hobbit make the grade? Or …
I'm excited to be revealing a gorgeous new Secret Story cover. Who doesn't love a Secret? One that nobody else could possibly know? This epic secret has been hidden by women who are used to staying in the shadows, but it's time their story came into the light. So, enjoy a little sneak peak of …
So, how do I even start to review this brilliant story? The horror? The exquisite prose poetry? The fox spirit of Chinese and Asian legend? The women of the story whose brutal lives drive the horror? Let’s go with the exquisite prose and see where it takes us... Reading this book, one line stood out, …
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Good bears, bad bears, focus bears, libertarian bears and teddy bears and yet another attempt to organise the chaos. With everything moving so fast these days it's hard to focus when there's always something new and exciting to see. Take bears for example. In the past the only stories you'd hear about bears are maybe …
Dear authors, have you not got enough to do what with researching, writing, editing, and more editing.... Are self-important agencies telling you how you can waste your time unproductively? That you can bag that elusive literary agent in 2024. Well, maybe you're one of the happy few who can talk the brass balls off a …
Congratulations to Lee Murray, Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Tusiata Avia for winning the 2023 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement in fiction, non-fiction and poetry, respectively. Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Lee Murray, and Tusiata Avia It was an honour to be at the Prime Minister's awards to see these three amazing women get local …
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