Bronte Coates
Bronte Coates is the former digital content manager and Readings prize manager.
Blog post — 8 Nov 2017
The best picture books to gift at Christmas time
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be compiling a host of gift guides to help you with your Christmas shopping.
Here is a collection of our favourite picture books that…
Blog post — 19 Oct 2017
A Battle Royale: Villains in children's and YA books (Final round)
There are plenty of memorable villains in children’s and young adult books, the kinds that get their hooks into you when you’re young and then creep into your nightmares and…
Blog post — 18 Oct 2017
A Battle Royale: Villains in children's and YA books (Round 3)
There are plenty of memorable villains in children’s and young adult books, the kinds that get their hooks into you when you’re young and then creep into your nightmares and…
Blog post — 17 Oct 2017
A Battle Royale: Villains in children's and YA books (Round 2)
There are plenty of memorable villains in children’s and young adult books, the kinds that get their hooks into you when you’re young and then creep into your nightmares and…
Blog post — 16 Oct 2017
A Battle Royale: Villains in children's and YA books (Round 1)
There are plenty of memorable villains in children’s and young adult books, the kinds that get their hooks into you when you’re young and then creep into your nightmares and…
Review — 22 Oct 2017
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty
Jaclyn Moriarty is one of the most inventive and refreshing voices in contemporary young adult literature, from the authentic teen voices in her Ashbury Brookfield novels to the incredible world…
Review — 22 Oct 2017
Tracker by Alexis Wright
A fiercely intelligent and provocative writer, Alexis Wright is one of the most important voices in our literary landscape. Her singular books – whether a richly surreal imagining of the…
Review — 20 Aug 2017
Can You Tolerate This? by Ashleigh Young
Ashleigh Young is a voice to fall in love with. Her debut essay collection was recently named a winner of the prestigious Windham–Campbell Prize, and has just now become available…
Blog post — 28 Aug 2017
24 picture books that I've loved this year
It is ancient bookseller wisdom that you can never own too many picture books. So here are 24 awesome picture books released this year to add to your own collection.
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Review — 25 Jul 2016
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Early reviews have compared this much-hyped debut from 26-year-old Yaa Gyasi to Toni Morrison’s Beloved, and it’s easy to see why. Like Morrison, Gyasi sets out to reveal the…
