Emily Gale
Emily Gale is a former Readings bookseller and prize manager. She is the author of a number of children’s and young adult books.
Blog post — 26 Mar 2014
New release highlights for children & young adults
Review — 24 Mar 2014
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Take a pinch of Margo Lanagan and a dash of Jaclyn Moriarty to form an idea of what this debut author has to offer. Her generational saga, spanning 1904 to…
Blog post — 25 Mar 2014
On the problem of gender-specific books
Children’s & YA Specialist Emily Gale muses on the difficulties and debates surrounding gender-specific books, and asks just who is the villain here?
British newspaper, The Independent, recently published…
Review — 27 Feb 2014
The Firebird Mystery by Darrell Pitt
In his steam punk Sherlock Holmes mashup, Melbourne-based writer Darrell Pitt playfully manipulates reality and history to create a fast-paced mystery.
Teenage orphan Jack Mason keenly misses his circus performer…
Review — 2 Feb 2014
Quincy Jordan by Jen Storer
One of the things I recall about being an avid pre-teen reader was my love of Francine Pascal’s Sweet Valley High books, that widely criticised series – soap opera in…
Review — 2 Feb 2014
A Very Good Idea by Meredith Badger
Fresh material for those growing in confidence with their reading is always welcome, and I think this new series will be popular with parents as well as children.
The Tinkler…
Blog post — 4 Feb 2014
February highlights for children & young adults
For those of you who live and breathe books and consider many of them to be close personal friends, my first pick for February is going to make your hearts…
Blog post — 29 Jan 2014
A reading list for an ideal child (and one for the real deal)
Parents start out with certain ideals: I will never use bribes, I will never raise my voice, I will never use the television as a babysitter…
So, just for fun…
Review — 22 Apr 2014
The Bushranger’s Boys by Alison Lloyd
The Do You Dare? series is the new companion to the highly successful Our Australian Girl books. Judging by the first story, it’s going to be every bit as popular…
Blog post — 14 Jan 2014
Teaching my son to read
There’s a general perception that young boys today don’t enjoy reading as much as girls; that they find it more difficult to learn and are therefore reluctant to do it…