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Patrick Ness is one of those writers whose darkly complex books for children and teenagers transcend their intended audience, winning him fans of all ages – and deservedly so.His Chaos Walking
Our fabulous double bills are back – bringing you three big nights of international writers, presented back-to-back.From genre-bending fiction bestsellers to young adult authors with cult…
Last year, Patrick Ness won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for the second time, for his YA novel A Monster Calls, a heartbreaking story about cancer and loss, told through the metaphor of a yew tree …
Simmone Howell spent her teen years writing love odes to eighties pop stars and English essays for her friends. Her novel Notes from the Teenage Underground was awarded the 2007 Victorian Premier’s…
Lili Wilkinson is a reader and writer of young adult literature; she has written five books for teenagers. The most recent is Love Shy (Allen & Unwin). Lili worked at the State Library of…
What’s the next big thing in YA fiction?According to tabloid UK publication The Daily Mail, it’s ‘sick-lit’ – ‘a raft of morbid novels, which all too often inadvertently glamorise shocking…
There was a suitably festive atmosphere at the Regent Ballroom for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards dinner last night, as writers swapped their standard work wear of tracksuit pants and…
We are delighted to be partnering with a sweep of wonderful festivals in Victoria’s regions this winter. What better excuse to get out into the countryside, than when you’re also promised fine…
Jodi Picoult has created her own genre. She writes edge-of-your-seat stories about everyday people facing extraordinary situations, inviting her readers to wonder: what would I do?Between the Lines, …
Between the Lines – Jodi Picoult’s first book for young readers, co-written with her daughter Samantha Van Leer – is for every girl who’s believed, however whimsically, that her one true soulmate…
On the back of the release of Inheritance – his fourth book – bestselling fantasy sensation Christopher Paolini joined us (in partnership with Melbourne Writers' Festival) for an hour of lively…
As a teenager, Christopher Paolini fell hard for fantasy. He read all he could find in his local library – and when that ran dry, he started to write his own stories. The tale of his first book…
The Hunger Games is the film – and the book series – of the moment.Everyone’s talking about it, from comparing how the screen version measures up to the beloved books (verdict: pretty well), to
Murakami pieFans and sceptics alike will enjoy this chuckle-worthy breakdown of a typical Murakami novel. there’s cats, classical music, bizarre dream sequences and jazz. It’s all there; the only…
As 2011 ends and 2012 begins, we’ve invited our resident organisations to consider the year gone by and to share their plans for the year to come.2011 was another exciting year for Express Media, as …
Join Nick Coyle (Pig Island, Me Pregnant!), Justin Heazlewood (aka the Bedroom Philosopher) and host Virginia Gay as our guests read excerpts from their own personal archives of angst and ecstasy –
This week has been a veritable hotbed of controversy. Here’s our wrap.Amina Arraf, a lesbian Syrian blogger, was abducted by Syrian authorities during the week, prompting howls of protest around the …
In her 2004 debut, How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff wrote about the impacts of war on children; about trauma and childhood sexuality, about resilience and suffering. Her extraordinary narrator…
In her 2004 debut, How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff wrote about the impacts of war on children; about trauma and childhood sexuality, about resilience and suffering. Her extraordinary narrator…
A new online publishing venture is helping aspiring writers, journalists and publishers under the age of 18 learn the ropes on the job. The Under Age is the initiative of The Age and Express Media…
And the books shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards YA Prize are: Raw Blue by Kirsty Eagar Swerve by Phillip Gwynne Beatle Meets Destiny by Gabrielle Williams Phew. I don’t have to …
