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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Caroline Magerl – Sunshine Coast Superstar

    Truly I am so very lucky to be able to count Caroline (and her lovely husband) as friends. She is not just a hugely talented creator of children’s books but an incredible artist. On her recent trip to London and beyond, as part of the Illustrators Exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery, she delighted all of Read more

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 25th Anniversary edition – J. K. Rowling

    January 2022 Bloomsbury ISBN 9781408855652 RRP: $16.99 It seems hardly any time at all since I reflected on 20 years of HP and yet, here we are, at the start of a huge year of silver anniversary celebrations for what is, to my mind at least, the most successful fiction series of all time. Many Read more

  • Dear Greta – Yvette Poshoglian

    Penguin Australia March 2022 ISBN: 9781761043789 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99 First of all, for their writing task, a collaborative project between library and classroom, Alice gets Greta Thunberg as her ‘significant person’ to whom she is meant to write fictional letters. Who wants to get a teen environmental activist to write to? Now a pop star, that would Read more

  • Hopping towards Easter (already!)

    It’s true that the start of this year has been fraught – not to put too fine a point on it. In my house: switch jobs on the last day of holidays, school is delayed by a week for The Kid, a week or so later The Kid is not well and after a couple Read more

  • The Little Wartime Library – Kate Thompson

    Hachette FEB 22, 2022 | 9781529395402 | RRP $32.99 So in essence, I should have known…I rarely request an adult title to review (and generally speaking, that’s a memoir/bio)… but the ‘library’ bit got me in. Really, I should have seen that, even though it’s based on real events, the sub-title was a give-away that it is more chick Read more

  • Happy Specky-versary!

    Following up on my review of Specky’s 20th anniversary edition – as the actual birthday is today – it was timely to kick off the 2022 footy season with not only a display to feature everyone’s favourite young AFL player, but the code itself. And of course, an opportunity to have a ‘win’ incentive to Read more

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