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My 2012 round-up of Australian children’s books by women writers, at the Australian Women Writers Challenge website. Read it here. Thanks!
Read MoreAnd the Oscar goes to…
John Marsden! John takes out the Kill Your Darlings Great YA Championship for Tomorrow, When the War Began. And the KYD People’s Choice award? Victor Kelleher‘s classic Taronga. Both are great books, but just between you and me? Would’ve been nice to see the girls catch a break. *sigh*
Read MoreDo you trust me, too?
This is a bit of sightly old news, now, but even belatedly, I am pretty happy to share it with you. Sometime last year, I received an email from Paul Collins, from Ford St Publishing, asking me if I would be interested in writing an introduction to their new anthology, to be called Trust Me…
Read MoreMaurice Sendak on The Colbert Report Part 1
It’s taken me a couple of days to be able to see this video, but here it is, available outside the US at last! Part 1 here, Part 2 to come. What a joy to make this the first embedded video on the new WordPress Misrule! The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political…
Read MoreKnow the Author : Randa Abdel-Fattah
Published in Magpies Magazine, Vol. 26 No. 1, March 2011 Randa Abdel-Fattah has been one of Australia’s most well-known and successful writers for young people in Australia for more than twenty years. In more recent years, she has become known across the Australian community for her staunch advocacy for Palestine and the Palestinian people. Randa’s…
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