25 May 2014

This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on Sunday 25th May at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.  Part 1 Kazoo Webfoot hopped...

25 May 2014

This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on Sunday the 25th May at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writer’s Festival.  Part 1 “Excuse me.”...

25 May 2014

 This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on Sunday 25th May, at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.  Part 1 ‘Do you have...

12 May 2014

For six months now, we have been working on Home, a community writing project about Redfern/Waterloo. This story was written during a Home workshop last term with students from Alexandria...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: Ivory RoseAuthor: Belinda Murrell Publisher: Random House Australia ISBN: 978-1-74275-071-2 Reviewed by: Lisa A girl called Jemma has excitedly gotten her first job as a babysitter, but her job is in...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset SistersAuthor: Lesley Blume Publisher: Random House ISBN: 978-0-440-42110-8 Reviewed by: Quinn This book is an amazing adventure/drama chapter book that will blow your...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: Black Beauty Author: Archie Oliver Publisher: Playmore, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-934911-13-6 Reviewed by: Una Black Beauty is a nice book that is both sad and happy. The reason why I decided to read the book...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: Calvin and HobbesAuthor: Bill Watterson Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC Reviewed by: Johan This comic book is about a 5 year old boy named Calvin and his best friend who’s...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad BeginningAuthor: Lemony Snicket Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 978-0064407663 Reviewed by: Marina This book talks about three unlucky orphans who are constantly pursued by Count Olaf, a...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: The Hunger GamesAuthor: Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic Press ISBN: 978-0439023528 Reviewed by: Sophie Katniss Everdeen’s father dies when she is 11 and she is forced to take responsibility of her...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: Adventure Time, VOL 1Author: Ryan North Publisher: Boom Entertainment ISBN: 9781608862801 Reviewed by: Kalaish When I found this book in the library, I was extremely happy. I had just become a big fan...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: DivergentAuthor: Veronica Roth Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 978-0-00-742042-1 Reviewed by: Ondine Divergent is a heart-stopping, action-packed book that has just been made into a movie. Beatrice, or Tris...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: The Fault in Our StarsAuthor: John Green Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 9780142424179 Reviewed by: Phoenix This book is an amazing romance/drama chapter book. I was reading it nonstop...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: LeviathanAuthor: Scott Westerfeld Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9781416971740 Reviewed by: Sacha Featuring flying whales and lots of action, Leviathan really can’t go wrong – or can it? The...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wrath of MulgarathAuthor: Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0-689-85940-6 Reviewed by: Arjan I’ve read other Spiderwick Chronicles books and they blew...