Tag: My Favourite Book

Writers Write: My Favourite Book 12

Kate Constable Kate is the author of  the much  loved ‘The Chanters of Tremaris’ series. There is a very particular thrill in discovering a book that seems to have been written just for you and nobody else in the world. When I first read Peter’s Room in my early...

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Justin D’Ath Justin  is the author of over 30 books for children and young adults, including the hugely popular Extreme Adventures series. I grew up in a house of books – well, three houses really, since the family moved twice as it grew larger; and the books went with...

Writers Write: My Favourite Book 10

Leanne Hall Whenever I’m in a second-hand bookshop, the first thing I always do is go to the children’s shelves and look for a copy of Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang by Mordecai Richler. But I’m not looking for just any copy; it has to have the original...

Writers Write: My Favourite Book 9

Ian Irvine Today’s Guest Blogger is Ian Irvine, one of our foremost fantasy writers and the author of the best-selling ‘Three Worlds’ sequence. We didn’t have TV until after I finished the HSC, in 1968, and my primary form of entertainment from the age of 4 was reading. I...

Writers Write: My Favourite Book 8

Penni Russon Today’s Guest Blogger is Penni Russon, one of this country’s most admired writers for young people, with works as varied as the lyrical ‘Undine’ trilogy and Girlfriend Fiction. I have just excised a 300-word introduction listing all the books I won’t be talking about – for to...

Writers Write: My Favourite Book 7

Holly Harper The first time I saw a Goosebumps book, I fell in love. I was eight, and the fact that the title was written in blood-like lettering and contained the words ‘Dead House’ meant that it was instantly the coolest thing I had ever laid eyes on. And...

Writers Write: My Favourite Book 6

Tristan Bancks I wolfed these Paul Jennings’ stories down when I was about nine years-old. Unreal was so different to anything that I had read before....

Writers Write: My Favourite Book 5

Scot Gardner Today’s Guest Blogger is Scot Gardner. Scot is a much loved and much lauded writer for young people. His many books since include ‘Burning Eddy’, which was short-listed for both the CBCA and NSW Premier’s Literary awards. As a kid, I read about the world. I memorised...

Writers Write: My Favourite Book 4

Hazel Edwards Today’s Guest Post has Hazel Edwards remembering a particular, and mysterious, form of narrative transport. Hazel is one of Australia’s best-loved writers. She thrives on writing for all ages and has published over 200 books across a range of subjects and genres. Aged 14, I lived in...

Writers Write: My Favourite Book 3

Richard Harland               Today’s Guest Post has Richard Harland reminiscing about his cherished book from childhood. Richard is one of Australia’s most popular YA Fantasy writers. The first books I truly loved when I was old enough to read for myself were two...