Its that time of year again folks, The Inky Shortlist has been announced and YOU wonderful people need to VOTE!! After having the lovely Adele Walsh visit my school and get all of my Year 9′s online with Inside A Dog, (as part of The Victorian Regional Arts Tour) I plan to follow this up [...]
I am always delighted when parents in our school community take the time to drop in to the library. Lately, I have had several dropping in to ask me what books they should buy their children and young adults for Christmas. I have also had several emails asking me the same thing. I decided to [...]
The task of choosing a suitable class novel is a daunting one. Trying to find the perfect balance in a text, one that will engage the students, provide rich material for class discussion and lend itself to a myriad of teaching opportunities, can mean that we spend hours researching and seeking a text that we [...]
HAPPY HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO LEANNE HALL!!!!! Finally, I get to post my review of Leanne’s unforgettable book, This is Shyness… If you’ve ever had one of those strange and seemingly endless nights where the impossible feels possible and the very darkness seems imbued with the promise of dangerous adventure, if you’ve ever met someone [...]
Hall Leanne 9781921656521 United Book Distributors 02 Aug 2010 NYP Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to read Leanne Hall’s much anticipated debut novel This Is Shyness. (Clicking on the cover illustration will take you to Leanne’s Blog) I will not be posting my full review at this time, rather I will wait until [...]
