Sydney Writers’ Festival – Kids & YA

By now, I’m sure you’re all aware that the 2020 Sydney Writers’ Festival has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As you can imagine, this is a devastating blow to Australia’s vibrant writing and reading landscape, as well as to the wider arts industry as a whole.

In honour of the Festival’s stellar lineup, we’re putting out a few posts compiling interviews and guest posts on our blog from some of the authors who would have been appearing, as well as reviews from our staff of their books. (We’ll also be reposting some of this content on our social media platforms.)

It’s a lesser substitute for what would have been a truly outstanding festival, but you can have a taste of what could have been and maybe derive some comfort from the words of these incredible authors.

Today’s post is a kids & young adult roundup. Read on, enjoy and stay safe.

Top Stories & Fun Stuff

Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse books are set to become a Netflix series – see the cast here!

Matt Cosgrove reads Alpacas With Maracas for National Simultaneous Storytime 2019!

Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated – 6 upcoming queer YA novels for your TBR pile.

Erin Gough’s Amelia Westlake made the 2019 Gold Inky Award shortlist.

Podcasts

Mick Elliott, the Squidge Dibley series – listen here

Tim Flannery, Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing! – listen here

Will Kostakis, Monuments – listen here

Matt Stanton, the Funny Kid series – listen here

Yumi Stynes, Welcome to Your Period (with Dr Melissa Kang) – listen here

Guest Blogs & Q&As

Read a guest blog from Deborah Abela, author of Final Storm.

Sami Bayly, author of The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals, answers our Ten Terrifying Questions!

Read a Q&A with Lisa Fuller, author of Ghost Bird.

Read a guest blog from Will Kostakis, author of Monuments.

Jeremy Lachlan, author of the Jane Doe Chronicles, answers our Ten Terrifying Questions!

Read a Q&A with Bruce Pascoe, author of Young Dark Emu.

Read a Q&A with Astrid Scholte, author of The Vanishing Deep.

Thanks for your support of the Sydney Writers’ Festival 2020 program!

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