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Mmmm coffee cake. I have just returned from Raeli’s Book Week parade. She dressed up as Rhapsody from the Fairies which isn’t overly literary (though she has several of their books!) but she came up with the idea herself, based on a trouble-free costume she already had, so who was ( Read more... )

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Over at Justine Larbalestier’s blog, she asks the question: What do you think of the frequently mounted defence of Twilight and some other popular YA titles that no matter what you think of the writing style or content it’s intended for teens so that’s okay. Or at least it gets ( Read more... )

In honour of Alice Hoffman, Maureen Johnson (@maureen johnson) sent out a plea for an author feud and is currently involved in hostilities with, among others, John Green (@realjohngreen), Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare), Justine Larbalestier (@JustineLavaworm), Sarah Rees Brennan (@sarahreesbrenna), Scott Westerfeld (@scottwesterfeld) and even, ( Read more... )

I participated in a round table review of teen sensation novel Twilight over at Asif, with a great bunch of women ( Read more... )