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Interview: Dub Leffler, illustrator of Bindi, by Lauren Pratt

January 10, 2021January 17, 2021 By Underground Team

Following on from her review of Bindi, Lauren interviewed illustrator Dub Leffler about what it was like to create the illustrations for this

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Interview: Kirli Saunders, author of Bindi, by Lauren Pratt

January 10, 2021January 17, 2021 By Underground Team

Author photo by Salty Dingo Media Kirli Saunders is a proud Gunai woman who has released a new children’s verse novel titled Bindi.

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Review: Bindi by Kirli Saunders, by Lauren Pratt

January 6, 2021January 17, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: BindiAuthor: Kirli SaundersIllustrator: Dub LefflerPublished: November 2020Publisher: Magabala Books To read and consume the verse novel Bindi is a gift—especially for children

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Opportunities for writers October 2020

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Image by Ag Ku from Pixabay Right Now Magazine: Human Rights in Australia – seeking submissions “We’re looking for pitches on human rights issues in Australia.

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Upcoming New Releases We’re Looking Forward To, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

August 26, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Here at Underground we’re always hearing about new and exciting books being released in Australia. There’s always a delightful and relevant combination of

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Interview: Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, illustrator of Bruce Pascoe’s ‘Found’, by Ebony Bryant

August 12, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Illustrator Charmaine Ledden-Lewis Charmaine Ledden-Lewis makes her debut into the illustration world, capturing the vivid beauty of the Australian Outback, in Bruce Pascoe’s

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Opportunities for Writers May 2020

May 4, 2020June 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover image from Pixabay free images The Bird Makers Project ‘Through the remnants of shared experience, each stitch becomes bigger than the self.

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Reviews: Baby Business, Little Bird’s Day, & Lucky and Spike by Jess Rae

March 8, 2020November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

I could say that I have three nieces and two nephews and so I have a familial interest in children’s books, but I

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Review: Two new Australian children’s titles, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

October 31, 2019October 29, 2019 By Underground Team

Editor Kate Lomas Glendenning reviews two recent children’s book releases from Fremantle Press and Magabala Books. Rodney by Kelly Canby Rodney is another

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Issue 26: Ashes

May 5, 2019August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover by Ari Moore Issue 26: Ashes is here for your reading pleasure. This month we bring you a tasting plate of short

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Review: Wraith by Shane and Alex Smithers, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

February 17, 2019February 17, 2019 By Underground Team

Title: Wraith Author: Shane & Alex Smithers Genre: YA Sci-fi Favourite Part: When they’re sneaking around a ship Wraith, by Shane and Alex

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Review: Blakwork by Alison Whittaker, by Jess Rae

November 28, 2018November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Blakwork Author: Alison Whittaker Genre: Poetry Look at that: the fantasy editor is reviewing poetry! Pigs really do fly after all. I

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Review: Clever Crow by Nina Lawrence & illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

November 6, 2018August 23, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 24’s Review Clever Crow (2018) by Nina Lawrence, illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft  Review by Kate Lomas Glendenning (this review can also be read

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Issue 24 has arrived!

November 5, 2018September 28, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 24 has arrived! The cover this issue was designed by WA-based artist Jonathan Park, whom you can find on Instagram at @fresh_kb Our

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Review: ‘Black Cockatoo’ by Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler, by Shelley Timms

October 17, 2018October 14, 2018 By Underground Team

Title: Black Cockatoo Authors: Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler Genre: Middle grade fiction Favourite part: The inclusion of words from the Jaru language

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Review: ‘Alfred’s War & ‘Benny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean-Up’

August 15, 2018August 13, 2018 By Underground Team

Editor Kate Lomas Glendenning reviews two recent children’s book releases from Magabala Books. Alfred’s War by Rachel Bin Salleh, illustrated by Samantha Fry

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Interview: Jo Hunt, book designer, by Shelley Timms

April 12, 2018December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

An interview with book designer Jo Hunt, by Shelley Timms We’re all guilty of purchasing books based on the pure beauty of their

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Review: Songs That Sound Like Blood by Jared Thomas, Jess Gately

March 9, 2018May 1, 2018 By Underground Team

Title: Songs That Sound Like Blood Genre: New Adult Fiction Themes: Coming of Age, Change, Coming Out, Racism Favourite quote: “[Dad] always said that

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Review: Grace Beside Me by Sue McPherson, review by Kate Lomas Glendenning

February 21, 2018May 1, 2018 By Underground Team

Caution: strong language quoted in this article – not recommended for readers under 16 years of age Title: Grace Beside Me Author: Sue McPherson

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#Jess Gately #Listicles #To Be Read lists

Jess G.’s TBR list – round 2

January 20, 2018January 19, 2019 By Underground Team

The great thing about the New Year is that I get a chance to re-evaluate my reading goals. In 2017 I had two

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