Articles tagged “young adult”
Rebecca Stead’s Liar & Spy has won the Guardian children’s fiction prize.
Julia Eccleshare, Guardian children’s books editor and chair of the judging panel for the prize, called Liar & Spy ‘an incredibly sensitive book.
To write a novel in which an extraordinary reality is possible in conjunction with ordinary life, in which people can actually fly away or become invisible (and not just want to do those things metaphorically), was an enormous pleasure. Maile Meloy is interviewed over at Read more
David Levithan’s Two Boys Kissing is on the longlist for the 2013 National Book Awards in the Young People’s Literature category.
Congratulations to Romy Ash and Vikki Wakefield, both shortlisted in the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards!
Romy Ash is on the shortlist for fiction for her debut novel, Floundering. Vikki Wakefield has been shortlisted in the young adult fiction category for Read more
…Diana Sweeney, author of The Minnow (formerly Flood Damage), the story of a young girl struggling to find her way after a devastating flood claims the lives of her sisters and parents.
We recently republished Patricia Wrightson’s I Own the Racecourse! in the Text Classics series. Kate Constable’s new introduction to this charming tale is reproduced below.
We recently republished Joan Phipson’s The Watcher in the Garden in the Text Classics series. Margo Lanagan’s new introduction to this complex and gripping novel for young adults is reproduced below.
The Watcher in the Garden surprised me.
From a record 350 entries, four fantastic novels have made it on to the shortlist for the 2013 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing.
Competing for the AU$10,000 prize are the following shortlisted books—all by Australian women.
