#LoveOzYA Podcast

Oct 31 2015 52 mins 10

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A monthly podcast for all things Australian YA, featuring interviews with authors, readers, publishing folk and booksellers, upcoming releases and events around the country, and much more!

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Episode 3 - Indigenous YA Stories with Joanna Werner, Jane Harrison & Jared Thomas

Oct 31 2015 44 mins

On Episode 3, Braiden Asciak is joined by Joanna Werner, the executive producer of Australia's first Indigenous teen drama, Ready For This, as well as Indigenous authors Jane Harrison (author of 'Becoming Kirrali Lewis' - available) and Jared Thomas (author of 'Calypso Summer' - available), to discuss Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories and further push the writing, readi

Episode 2 - Debut Authors Fleur Ferris, Trinity Doyle & Chris Currie and Vikki Wakefield

Sep 30 2015 52 mins

On Episode 2, Braiden Asciak is joined by 2015 debut Australian YA authors Fleur Ferris (author of 'Risk' - available), Trinity Doyle (author of 'Pieces of Sky' - available), and Christopher Currie (author of upcoming 'Clancy of the Undertow' - publishing December). Following that, Braiden reflects on his reading of Tim Winton's 'Island Home' (available now), before speaking to Vik

Episode 1 - Danielle Binks, David Burton & Fiona Wood

Aug 27 2015 62 mins

On the very first episode of the #LoveOzYA podcast, Braiden Asciak speaks to blogger and emerging YA writer Danielle Binks about the #LoveOzYA grassroots campaign, to David Burton about his 2014 Text Prize-winning memoir 'How To Be Happy', and to Fiona Wood about her third novel 'Cloudwish'.