What a week it has been! I’m shocked – and, of course, thrilled – to reveal THE INTERN won the 2015 Gold Inky Award, which recognises high-quality young adult literature, with the longlist and shortlist selected by young adults, and the winners voted for online by the teen readers of InsideaDog.com.au. Winning the Gold Inky Award…
So, this happened and I came preeeeeeeetty close to wetting myself in excitement. Yep, my first book, THE INTERN, has been shortlisted for the Inside A Dog Gold Inky Award, which celebrates high-quality young adult literature (still not sure how I wriggled my way in, but I’m taking it!). Now, here’s where you come in: if you’re…
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Ahoy Sydney folks! On Wednesday night, April 22, the legendary Will Kostakis, brilliant Jessica Shirvington and I will be talking books, writing, YA, career and all things in between (hot chips, if I get a chance/super-hungry) at Customs House, Circular Quay. Tickets are free and this Kinokuniya Sydney event is open to all ages – so…
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My exciting news for the week: my debut YA novel THE INTERN has been longlisted for the Gold Inky in the Inky Awards. I am so, so, so honoured to be included in the top 10 Australian YA novels of 2014 – talk about a dream come true! Look at this incredible line-up. A little…
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I’ve been delighted to see that people have fallen in love with Josie Browning and her adorkable ways when The Intern was released earlier this year. To celebrate the release of the sequel Faking It, HarperCollins are doing a fun re-read of book one. Join in the fun! But first, a message from my good friends at HarperCollins… Here’s…
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Did you miss my exciting news this morning? I will be one of the authors on the HarperCollins YA #BTCYA panel in October, along with the marvellous Jessica Shirvington (author of Disruption and Corruption). It’s shaping up to be a brilliant night filled with goodies, pizza, book talk, signings, authors, book-friend-talk panels and you should…