Welcome to Episode 2 of my blog series:

YA Authors in conversation! 


I am so happy to be hosting Penni Russon today, an Australian YA author whose beautiful writing has utterly caught my imagination. 

I had a lot of fun asking Penni questions about her inspiration and writing journey and I hope you enjoy reading her answers as much as I did!

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Say Hello Wave Goodbye.
Soft Cell.



Take your hands off me,
I don't belong to you, you see,
And take a look in my face, for the last time,

I never knew you,
you never knew me.

Oh my gosh.
So this is an announcement I've been dreaming of making for a really long time. 

I'm so utterly happy and excited to say that I've signed a contract with Wakefield Press to publish my debut novel! 

I've mentioned before on this blog that my YA contemporary novel, Making Friends with Alice Dyson, was shortlisted in the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. I was approached at the festival and later was offered a contract!

After so many years of hard work and hoping, it is crazy to think that next year I will have an actual book out! 
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Wow!

Welcome to my first ever 'YA Authors in Conversation' post.

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I am so very pleased to host YA author, Karen Gregory on my blog, all the way from the UK.


Her debut novel, Countless, is a beautifully written and confronting tale of one girl's struggle to conquer her own mind, and the rather unusual source of love she finds along the way. 

Karen was kind enough to answer all my questions about her novel and writing process, and I think you'll find her answers both thought-provoking and interesting.
I know I did! 

Karen Gregory's YA contemporary debut, Countless, is available now, and her second novel, Skylarks, is out in May 2018.​

​I am very excited to announce a new series around here, which will cover a range of interviews with Young Adult authors from Australia and beyond, both traditionally and indie published.

I love hearing how people create stories from their ideas, so I decided to actually ask a few YA authors whom I really admire, and was so excited when the first person I approached said yes!

An absolutely huge thank you to the lovely YA authors who have given me their time towards this series so far, you have made me a very excited blogger! 

This new series will be beginning tomorrow, and will then continue onwards whenever I manage to get my hands on another interview. (Hopefully monthly if possible).

I hope you enjoy reading these interviews!!