Following recent comments, widely covered in the media, from an Australian independent bookseller, we asked the Your Kid’s Next Read community to recommend their favourite Australian bookshops for children's literature. The places they go for a wide range of diverse...
As of today, I've been blogging for 14 years. That's right, my blog is not only a teenager but well and truly entering the 'difficult' years. Which fits. It's a lot surlier and harder to get started now than it was when I wrote my first post on 22 January 2010. It's...
It's that time of year when our thoughts turn to words like GOALS, CHANGE and DREAMS. If your dream is to write – 'write more', 'write that novel', 'write something', 'get serious about writing' or words to that effect – I've got the kickstart you need. Join my Write...
It’s that time of year, when we ask the Your Kid’s Next Read community to share their young readers’ favourite reads of the previous 12 months. This year, to make it easier to find what you’re looking for, we’ve broken our list up into categories share multiple lists...
It’s that time of year, when we ask the Your Kid’s Next Read community to share their young readers’ favourite reads of the previous 12 months. This year, to make it easier to find what you’re looking for, we’ve broken our list up into categories share multiple lists...
It's that time of year, when we ask the Your Kid’s Next Read community to share their young readers’ favourite reads of the previous 12 months. This year, to make it easier to find what you're looking for, we've broken our list up into categories share multiple lists...
Each year, we ask the Your Kid's Next Read community to share their young readers’ favourite reads of the previous 12 months. Last year, we came up with one epic 'Best Books of 2022' list (see it here), but this year the group has grown in size by thousands again, so...
The Your Kid's Next Read community is the size of a regional town these days – 31,000+ members. Each year, we ask the group to share their young readers' favourite reads of the previous 12 months. Some of these books were published in 2023, some were not. One of the...
How do readers grow into writers? It's a big question, with many parts, and it gnawed away at me for a while until I decided to do something about it. Over on the Your Kid's Next Read Substack today, you'll find an epic post I wrote for our paid subscribers that...
