Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Q&A with Belinda Murrell

    Q&A with Belinda Murrell

    Welcome to Just So Stories, Belinda! And how exciting to have you here at last (I have no idea why it’s taken so long really!). But with the debut of another brand-new series, it certainly is good timing. Let’s start off at the very beginning. Tell us about Belinda the little girl: family (of course,…

  • Q&A with Idan Ben-Barak

    Welcome to Just So Stories Idan, and thank you for your time – you are the first Q&A for 2024 and I am so glad I get to kick off the year’s interviews with someone who is both interesting AND quirky! Yaay! Thanks for having me! First of all, I think many of us would…

  • Meet the Author: Q&A with Wendy Orr

    If you were paying attention a week or so ago, you will have read my review of Wendy’s fabulous new MG novel, Honey and the Valley of the Horses. Now I have the great pleasure of introducing Wendy to you in this Q&A. Welcome to Just So Stories, Wendy, and what a privilege it is…

  • When This Bell Rings – Allison Rushby

    Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781760651947Imprint: Walker Books AustraliaRelease Date: September 2, 2020Australian RRP: $17.99New Zealand RRP: $19.99 I have many fans of Allison’s books – The Mulberry Tree, The Turnkey and The Seven Keys – who have already been pouncing on this latest of the author’s mysteries. Once again the narrative takes the reader into an almost recognisable parallel world…

  • Flights of Fancy: stories, pictures and inspiration from ten Children’s Laureates 😉

    Walker Books, April 2019, 80 pp., $27.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781403687858 Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, Anthony Browne, Julia Donaldson, Malorie Blackman, Chris Riddell, Lauren Child. Naturally we are not the only ones to celebrate our creators of extraordinary children’s books and this compilation is a real treat. The above authors,…

  • Be Frank With Me – Julia Claiborne Johnson

    Allen & Unwin Australia ISBN:9781782399179 Publisher:Atlantic Imprint:Corvus Pub Date:February 2016 RRP $27.99 As  you know, I don’t seem to get around to reading grown up books often but there was something about the blurb for this one that begged me to read and review it. Thank you thank you A&U for allowing me the unmitigated…

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