Shortlisted Books – Older Readers
The End of the World is Bigger Than Love (Winner)
Author: Davina Bell
Publisher: Text with links to Interviews and Reviews plus first 33 pages | Teaching Notes
Reviews and Interviews: ABC radio interview | Paperbarkwords words
Videos: Davina Bell talks about the End of the World is Bigger Than Love 42 mins
The Lost Soul Atlas
Author: Zana Fraillon
Publisher: Lothian Hachette including sample pages | Teaching Notes
Reviews and Interviews: Kids Book Review | Better Reading | Dark Matter Zine
Videos: Zana talking about The Lost Soul Atlas 1 min. | Zana Fraillon on The Lost Soul Atlas YouTube 3:07mins | Zana talking about writing The Lost Soul Atlas YouTube 3mins | Zana’s magic map for The Lost Soul Atlas YouTube 1:53mins
When Rain Turns to Snow
Author: Jane Godwin
Publisher: Lothian Hachette including sample pages | Teaching Notes
Reviews and Interviews: Children’s Books Daily | Better Reading | Paperbarkwords
Videos: Better Reading Kids (Facebook video) 1 min
Metal Fish, Falling Snow (Honour Book)
Author: Cath Moore
Publisher: Text with links to Interviews and Reviews plus first 42 pages
Reviews and Interviews: The Stella Prize including links to other reviews and resources
Videos: Cath Moore reads and excerpt from the book | Cath Moore on Metal Fish, Falling Snow YouTube 1:05mins | part 2 – reading YouTube 2:22mins
Where we begin (Honour Book)
Author: Christie Nieman
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Reviews and Interviews: Wheeler Centre including an extract | ArtsHub | Happy Mag
Videos: Author Talk 1 hour | Christie Nieman on Where We Begin YouTube 1:40mins
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Author: Anna Whateley
Publisher: A&U includes Read an excerpt, Teachers’ Tips, Learn with Anna Whateley (video) and trailers. Teaching ideas
Reviews and Interviews: Just Kids Lit