In This Episode…
Can’t get any more bumper than this… We have three new release books for you this week and three interviews, including Penguin Random House Young Readers’ Publishing Director, Laura Harris!
Pamela chats with Will Kostakis
Will Kostakis is a writer of all things, from celebrity news stories that score cease and desist letters, to tweets for professional wrestlers. That said, he’s best known for his award-winning YA novels. His first novel, Loathing Lola, was released when he was just nineteen. His second, The First Third, won the 2014 Gold Inky Award. It was also shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year and Australian Prime Minister’s Literary awards, among others.
Julie chats with Kate Gordon
Kate lives in Hobart, in a mint-green cottage, with her husband, her very strange cat, Mephy Danger Gordon, and a wonderful little girl who goes by the name of Tiger. Kate dreams that one day she and her little family will live in another cottage, by the beach, with goats and chickens. In the meantime, she fills her house with books, perfects her gluten-free baking technique, has marvellous adventures with Tiger, and she writes.
Pamela reviews The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman
and Monuments and Rebel Gods by Will Kostakis
Julie reviews The Heartsong of Wonder Quin by Kate Gordon
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