In This Episode…
We review hot new debut novel The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor, Fiona Hardy’s latest release and the conclusion to Cressida Cowell’s bestselling series The Wizard of Once. Plus we interview Amelia Mellor and Lian Tanner, author of A Clue for Clara.
Pamela chats with Amelia Mellor
Amelia Mellor decided at age three that she wanted to ‘work in a shop surrounded by books that I have written,’ and she has been relentlessly pursuing that dream ever since. The Grandest Bookshop in the World is her debut novel.
Julie chats with Lian Tanner
Lian Tanner is a children’s author and playwright. She has worked as a teacher in Australia and Papua New Guinea, a tourist bus driver, a freelance journalist, a juggler, a community arts worker, an editor and a professional actor. It took her a while to realise that all of these jobs were really just preparation for being a writer.
Pamela reviews The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor…
and Never and Forever (The Wizard of Once 4) by Cressida Cowell
Julie reviews How to Write the Soundtrack of Your Life by Fiona Hardy
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