Holly Harper
Holly Harper is a former Readings Kids bookseller
Blog post — 5 Oct 2015
The best new books for kids in October
This month’s new releases are packed full of some of the biggest authors kidlit has to offer – Shaun Tan, Rick Riordan, Mem Fox to name a few – as…
Blog post — 5 Oct 2015
The best new books for teens in October
Stolen emeralds, superheroes and climate change – October is a huge month for young adult fiction, and we’re positive you’ll find your next big read in amongst this haul.
New…
Blog post — 16 Sep 2015
Exciting September reads for teens
I’ll admit it: I’m an eavesdropper. Whenever I work in the Carlton store, I eavesdrop on the books people are excited about, and in the last few weeks most of…
Blog post — 15 Sep 2015
Is Monsters by Emerald Fennell teen appropriate?
I was introduced to Emerald Fennell’s Monsters when my colleague Dani came in and asked me what I was doing later that night. Before I could answer, she told me…
Blog post — 14 Sep 2015
Meet Holly Harper, our new Online Children’s and YA Specialist
Meet Holly Harper, our new online children’s and YA specialist! She sells books at our Carlton shop and writes them too, under the name H.J. Harper. She loves zombies and…
Blog post — 16 Sep 2015
Exciting September reads for kids
Spring is here. I’m excited. Are you excited?
It is exciting. The sun is shining, the birds are singing…well, not right now. As I write this the rain is still…
Review — 5 Mar 2016
Mister Cassowary by Samantha Wheeler
After Flynn’s grandad passes away, he and his dad make the trek to the family banana farm so they prepare it for sale. But in the clean-up, Flynn discovers two…
Review — 27 May 2015
Zombiefied! by C.M. Gray
Ben and his best friend Sophie are slightly zombie-obsessed. Zombie video games, movies, comics – you name it. But now their obsession with the living dead is starting to spill…
Review — 5 Mar 2016
Samurai vs Ninja: The Battle for the Golden Egg by Nick Falk & Tony Flowers
Learning to read can be a hard task for 6 and ups – give them something boring and you’re in danger of losing their attention for good. That’s why Nick…
Review — 8 Oct 2015
Redwall by Brian Jacques
In the heart of the Mossflower Woods sits Redwall Abbey, home to the mice, rabbits, squirrels and other peaceful woodland creatures hoping to escape the attentions of the hostile rats…
