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Reading Matters

Interviews & book reviews with bestselling authors of children"s, youth & adult fiction from around the world.#Authors #Books #Fiction #Writers #Stories #Bestsellers

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00:12:54

Youth Radio - Jane Jolly 2016 CBCA Winner

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2016/10/15

#JaneJolly - Leah and Miani speak with Adelaide author Jane Jolly, winner of the 2016 CBCA Picture Book honour award for her children's book 'One Step at a Time'. Jane has three children’s picture books published by Limelight Press (Limpopo Lullaby illus. Dee Huxley 2004, Glass Tears illus. Di Wu 2005). Both of these books were listed as Notable Books by the CBCA. “Ali the Bold Heart” illustrated by Elise Hurst was released on June 1st 2006 . “Tea and Sugar Christmas” illustrated by Robert Ingpen

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00:15:35

Youth Radio - Rohan Cleave author of Phasmids

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2016/10/14

#RohanCleave - Leah and Miani chat with Rohan Cleave, author of Phasmid: Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect, which received the CBCA 2016 Eve Powell Honour Award for Information Books. Rohan is a zookeeper at Melbourne Zoo, where he’s been involved in the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect recovery breeding program since 2003. Rohan now manages the phasmid recovery program at Melbourne Zoo and also somehow managed to find time to write a book about it! 'Phasmid’ is the amazing true story of the

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00:16:16

Youth Radio - Aust Childrens Laureate Leigh Hobbs

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2016/06/28

#LeighHobbs - Miani, Reka and Zoe speak with 2015/16 Australian Children's Laureate, bestselling author/illustrator Leigh Hobbs. Leigh is perhaps best known for the children’s books that he writes and illustrates, featuring his characters ‘Old Tom’, ‘Horrible Harriet’, ‘Fiona the Pig’, ‘The FREAKS in 4F’, ‘Mr Chicken’ and most recently ‘Mr Badger’. However, children’s books are only one aspect of Leigh’s art work. He is also a painter, sculptor and has created ceramics and even animated

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00:22:16

Youth Radio - Michael Grant - Sydney Writers Festival

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2016/05/03

#MichaelGrant - Felix, Miani and Reka speak with Michael Grant bestselling author of the insanely popular young adult 'Gone' series, the Magnificent 12 and latest series 'Front Lines'. Michael will be a guest speaker that the 2016 Sydney Writers Festival. www.swf.org.auhttp://www.michaelgrantbooks.co.uk/http://themichaelgrant.com/Music cut: 'Let's Fly' by Shenay Ibrahim from the debut Music Matters IOA Charity Album. If you love our podcasts then you can support SBN's Youth Charity and several

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00:12:48

Youth Radio - Matt Stanton Art Director Harper...

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2016/05/03

#MattStanton - Felix, Miani and Reka speak with award winning designer Matt Stanton. By night, Matt Stanton is the illustrator of There is a Monster Under My Bed Who Farts and The Moose is Loose. By day he is the Head of Design at Harper Collins Australia. His unique illustration style combines hand-drawn images with digital colouring to create lively and humourous picture books for children.Music cut: Male Swimwear Model by Dave and The Plushies from the debut Music Matters IOA Charity Album. If

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00:09:05

Youth Radio - Sue McWinney and Eddie McTeddie

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2016/05/02

Felix, Miani and Reka speak with Sue McWinney, author of the Eddie McTeddie picture book series about the REAL Eddie who is the inspiration for Sue's engaging story books for young readers. https://www.facebook.com/theadventuresofeddiemcteddie/Tune into Primary Perspectives - radio created for kids by kids, drive-time every Monday 4-5pm (AEST / EDST Melbourne, Aust) via direct stream www.3wbc.org.au and from May 2016 streaming live Tuesdays 4-5pm www.3mdr.com

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00:14:45

Youth Radio - Jon Klassen SWF 2016

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2016/04/20

#JonKlassen - Kaylee, Felix and Miani chat with multi-award winning author/illustrator Jon Klassen. Jon lives in Los Angeles now, though he was born in Winnipeg in Canada and grew up in Niagara Falls and Toronto in Ontario. Jon’s book ‘I Want My Hat Back’ was named a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year, a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year, and the winner of the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award in the picture book

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00:15:57

Youth Radio - Claire Zorn SWF Special

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2016/04/20

#ClaireZorn - Kaylee, Felix and Miani chat with YA Australian author Claire Zorn, who is someone who knows how to channel challenging times into brilliant, award winning literature. Claire 's first young adult novel, The Sky So Heavy, received a 2014 CBCA Honour Book award for Older Readers. Her second novel, The Protected, won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction, the 2015 CBCA Best Book for Older Readers and has been long-listed for the Gold Inky Award. Claire will be

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00:12:07

Youth Radio - Sally Rippin SWF 2016

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2016/04/19

#SallyRippin - Kaylee, Felix and Miani chat with Australia’s highest-selling female author and one of the country’s best-loved children’s authors, Sally Rippin. Sally has been writing for almost 20 years, and in that time has penned over 50 books for children and young adults. Her mantelpiece is full of numerous awards for her writing and she is probably best known for her Billie B Brown and Hey Jack! series. Sally will be presenting at the 2016 Sydney Writers' Festival - check it out

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00:07:51

Youth Radio - SWF 2016 Jeanmarie Morisin

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2016/04/19

#SWF - Kaylee, Felix and Miani speak with Sydney Writers’ Festival Head of Children’s and Young Adult Program, Jeanmarie Morisin, to find out about the exciting program for 2016 and about the Glowtopia Precinct for the YA and Children's programs. www.swf.org.auIf you love our podcasts then you can support SBN's Youth Charity and several important youth initiatives by purchasing your copy of our fabulous debut Music Matters International Artists Charity Album - we'd really appreciate it, and we know

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00:13:49

Youth Radio - Cornelia Funke Inkheart

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2016/04/04

#CorneliaFunke - Leah and Miani welcome guest host Catriona for a Sydney Writers Festival special and the team speak with Cornelia Funke about her numerous bestselling titles including the Inkheart series. http://www.corneliafunke.com/Cornelia Funke Biography The German author, Cornelia Funke was born 1958 in Dorsten, in the German region of Westphalia. Following university, she worked for three years as a social worker in an educational project, working with children from difficult backgrounds

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00:13:53

Youth Radio - Adam Wallace The Vanilla Slice Kid

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2016/03/24

#AdamWallace - The team chat with best-selling children's author Adam Wallace, who has written over twenty five children's books (and counting), and has sold over half a million, about his book 'The Vanilla Slice Kid'.http://www.adam-wallace-books.com/index3newnew.htmIf you love our podcasts then you can support SBN's Youth Charity and several important youth initiatives by purchasing your copy of our fabulous debut Music Matters International Artists Charity Album - we'd really appreciate your

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00:11:24

Youth Radio - Jennifer Bradley Girl With Wings

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2016/03/11

The team chat with Jennifer Bradley, author of 'The Girl With Wings'. Girl with Wings is the story of Jessica Mackay, who lives on the family farm at Narromine, near Dubbo. The year is 1929, and her father, who was wounded during the famous charge of the Light Horse at Beersheba, thinks that his nine-year-old daughter has a perfectly sensible ambition. Slightly to her surprise, he takes her seriously, and makes a number of practical suggestions, not all of them welcome and some of them surprising

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00:11:13

Youth Radio - Kelly Alsop Run Tree Run

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2016/03/09

#KellyAlsop - Author Kelly Alsop wrote Run Tree Run to bring public awareness to the serious environmental impact issues of the proposed bauxite mine near the Steve Irwin Reserve on the Cape York Peninsula.In this Podcast, Kelly talks about her books, the effects of mining and her aims as an author.If you love our podcasts then you can support SBN's Youth Charity and several important youth initiatives by purchasing your copy of our fabulous debut Music Matters International Artists Charity Album -

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00:16:04

Youth Radio - NatGeo Kids editor Joan-Maree Hargreaves

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2016/02/08

#NatGeoKids - Felix, Kaylee and Miani speak with Joan-Maree Hargreaves, the editor for National Geographic KiDS Australia & New Zealand. http://ngkids.co.nz/#If you love our podcasts then you can support SBN's Youth Charity and several important youth initiatives by purchasing your copy of our fabulous debut Music Matters International Artists Charity Album - we'd really appreciate your support, and we know you'll love the 26 original and inspirational songs by young artists from across Australia,

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00:19:09

Youth Radio - Children's Author Sognia Vassello

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2016/02/08

#SogniaVassello - Sognia Vassello is a mother and a step mother to four teenagers. She has written and self published five rhyming picture books in the Busy Bugs series and has also put together some of her thoughts and photographs on nature in a book called Perpetual motions, available on Blurb.com.If you love our podcasts then you can support SBN's Youth Charity and several important youth initiatives by purchasing your copy of our fabulous debut Music Matters International Artists Charity Album -

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00:11:27

Youth Radio - Simon James House

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2016/02/08

#SimonJamesHouse - Simon is the creator and author of Andee the Aquanaut, an award-winning, thrilling adventure for kids aged 6 to 12, into the depths of the Great Seas!http://www.andeetheaquanaut.co.uk/If you love our podcasts then you can support SBN's Youth Charity and several important youth initiatives by purchasing your copy of our fabulous debut Music Matters International Artists Charity Album - we'd really appreciate your support, and we know you'll love the 26 original and inspirational

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00:13:18

Youth Radio - Longy Han

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2016/02/08

#LongyHan - Lawyer by day, children’s book writer by night, Longzhen Han is naturally curious and mildly adventurous. She has travelled independently across 7 continents, over 30 countries and 90 cities mostly on a shoestring budget. The team chat with Longy about her book Gusto and Gecko. If you love our podcasts then you can support SBN's Youth Charity and several important youth initiatives by purchasing your copy of our fabulous debut Music Matters International Artists Charity Album - we'd

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00:16:32

Youth Radio - Clare Atkins Nona and Me

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2016/02/08

#ClareAtkins - Kaylee, Leah & Miani chat with the author of 'Nona and Me', Clare Atkins. Clare is also a television scriptwriter and she has written for many successful Australian television dramas, including Wonderland, Winners & Losers, All Saints and Home & Away. Her debut novel, Nona and Me, was an Honour Book for the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers 2015 and was long-listed for the Gold Inky Award 2015, which is pretty impressive for a first novel!If you love our podcasts then you can

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00:09:19

Youth Radio - Tristan Bancks CBCA Awards 2015

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2016/02/03

#TristanBancks - Kaylee, Shehan and Leah chat with bestselling author of ‘My Life and Other Mistakes’ Tristan Bancks. Tristan is also a filmmaker and television presenter with a background as an actor, including a 2 year stint on the oh-so-popular Aussie classic, Home and Away! Tristan strives to tell inspiring, fast-moving stories for young people and he has written a number of books for kids and teens, including the Mac Slater, Coolhunter series, ‘It’s Yr Life’ and ‘Two Wolves’, which received

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