-
The Festival you have when you’re not having THE Festival
Unless you’ve been under a rock or locked up (some of you probably should be !) or had some other weird stuff happening in your life, you would know about the furore over the Adelaide Writers’ Festival. While there was a lot of ‘stuff’ in the media, there wasn’t much said about the kids lit…
-
We Know a Place – Maxine Beneba Clarke
Hachette AUG 30, 2023 | 9780734421579 | RRP $24.99 Imprint; Lothian Books To be fair, I probably should have reviewed this when it was Love Your Bookshop Day, but, of course, I have been hoarding picture books for this month. This is just a glorious expression of love for bookshops in general, and, specifically, Maxine’s own favourite bookshop. And,…
-
11 Words for Love – Randa Abdel-Fattah/Maxine Beneba Clarke
Hachette September 2022 Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books ISBN: 9780734421203 RRP: $24.99 In the Arabic language, there are over 50 words describing the degrees of love. That’s 50 stories, 50 life-worlds. This lyrical and heartwarming book takes you on a journey through 11 of these Arabic expressions for love While this deceptively simple text focuses on…
Just So Stories 
You must be logged in to post a comment.