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Annie Drum on Don’t Forget to Remember Me

Don't Forget to Remember Me by ANNIE DRUM is a heartfelt coming-of-age novel about first love, identity and the value of true friendship. Read on for a Q&A with the author.     ABOUT THE BOOK Thirteen-year-old Starling 'Star' Cooney lives with her grandfather, Roy, in Rocky Point. She has not made any friends that is, until new student Bronte arrives. Then Roy disappears, and Star must decide who to trust as she searches for her ...
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Features

Your Say – June 2019

Your Say – June 2019

If your letter is published this month, you have won a copy of The Nancys by R W R McDonald, valued at $29.99. If ...
Reader’s Block: Branching Out

Reader’s Block: Branching Out

After the success of books such as Peter Wohlleben’s Hidden Life of Trees, society’s rekindled fascination with ...
Meet Kesia Lupo

Meet Kesia Lupo

In a new and original YA fantasy, We are Blood and Thunder, KESIA LUPO introduces us to some compelling characters ...
Q&A with Joanna Glen

Q&A with Joanna Glen

Augusta Hope lives in Willow Crescent, Hedley Green, with her twin sister Julia and her parents. She is the ...
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Reviews

Hitch by Kathryn Hind

Hitch by Kathryn Hind

It’s tempting to read this novel in one sitting, as every chapter demands your undivided attention. This account ...
The Friend

The Friend

This account of grief is more complicated than most. It won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction in the US, ...
The Parade

The Parade

The protagonist and his sidekick in this imaginative, timeless novel call themselves Four and Nine for security ...
The White Girl

The White Girl

We meet Odette Brown as she’s preparing her Sunday indulgence: a thick slice of bread fried in dripping. A black ...
The Unreliable People

The Unreliable People

Antonina is a member of the Koryo-saram: a group of Russians of Korean descent that Stalin labelled the ...
Crossings

Crossings

This strange, sensational novel begins with a confession: ‘I didn’t write this book. I stole it.’ This confession ...
55

55

A hitchhiker, Gabriel, shows up at the outback police station of Wilbrook in torn clothing stained with sun-dried ...

Kingdom of the Blind

Louise Penny has released her 14th book in the Gamache mystery series. It’s a police procedural with heart. Myrna ...

Beautiful Bad

Growing up in small-town Kansas, Maddie always dreamed of life on a bigger stage. Now Maddie is an English teacher ...
The Gulf Between

The Gulf Between

In Queenstown, New Zealand, Julia receives a call. A driver has been taken to hospital with head injuries after a ...
Pan’s Labyrinth

Pan’s Labyrinth

I think Pan’s Labyrinth is one of the most extraordinary films ever made. No other story so effectively brings ...
Bright Swallow

Bright Swallow

When Vivian Bi was born her mother was overjoyed. She already had given birth to five boys and now Heaven had ...
The Moth

The Moth

Since 1997, The Moth, a creative not-for-profit outfit, has been helping people tell their stories. They provide ...

On Father

Grief is a profoundly personal emotion. No matter how many supportive friends and family are around, the grieving ...
My Friend Fred

My Friend Fred

This is Fred’s friend talking: My friend Fred eats dog food for breakfast. I think dog food is disgusting. My ...
Touch the Moon

Touch the Moon

Fifty years ago, on 21 July, two men walked on the moon. The first step was taken by Neil Armstrong and watched by ...
The Bug Collector

The Bug Collector

Every Sunday George goes on an adventure with Grandad. Today they’re going to the Museum of Wildlife where there ...
Imperfect

Imperfect

Hands up if you think your body is perfect. I’m guessing not too many hands shot into the air upon reading that ...
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