The Endless Shelf

Can you believe our little podcast has been going for one whole year now?!We are completely chuffed at its beginnings, and it's got a very promising future ahead. In this special episode we listen to messages from our birthday hotline, with calls from listeners and past guests, and even a silly question or two!It's endless fun & now we're one!Send comments to Renata & Booky

Picture book magic is landing on the shelf again!Ruth McGurk is a picture book author living with her family and teaching in Victoria. She has two new picture books out in the world, The Dinosaur Did It & the book she and Renata discuss in this episode, The New Blue Scarf.Renata and Ruth talk kid's books, jumper collections, teaching inspiration, desserts, social media content,

The shelf has a new bright shiny treasure to show you!Liz Ledden is a kid's book author and host of the classic Aussie kidlit podcast One More Page. She lives on the east coast of Queensland making fantastic picture books including Tulip and Brutus, Walking Your Human, and today’s featured story, Everyone Wants an Octopus Book!Renata and Liz talk kids books, ducks, podcasting, th

We're back with another middle-grade book for the shelf!Victoria Carless has two middle-grade books, Gus & the Starlight, and the book we focus on in this episode, Lani & the Universe! Renata and Victoria talk kid's books, tigers, science, hot air balloons, pillow forts, space & the orange origin.The episode is squishy, squeaky, and colourfully tears our host away!LANI

It's a time to add another middle-grade book to our shelf!Leo has come to share his debut novel Tuckshop Terrors with our listeners! Leo and Renata talk kids books, animation, giant toothbrushes, felt, school, great authors, and fish scales.TUCKSHOP TERRORSAUTHOR: Leo BakerPUBLISHER: Australian Society of Authors*** The Endless Shelf does not guarantee the safety of visitors to the

Another beautiful picture book is on The Shelf! Sandhya Parappukkaran is a picture book author with titles including The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name, Amma's Sari, and the featured story, Stay For Dinner, which recently won the Multicultural NSW award from the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.There's a very special announcement waiting in this chat!! Renata and Sandhya talk kids b

Welcome to our very first Block Breakers episode! Block Breakers are writer's cut versions of previous interviews, with lots and lots of amazing writer content that we normally cut for our kid friendly episode format. Lian's interview is a perfect example of why we need this second format for the kidlit community.It's endless inspiration!Send comments to Renata & Booky:Support

Tune in 29 May 2024 for our first writer's cut of an interview!Our first Block Breaker's episode is an extended version of last week's episode with Lian Tanner.It's endless inspiration!Send comments to Renata & Booky:Support the showFollow us on instagram at endlessshelfpod! Booky keeps the fun in your feed.

Another great book is on the endless shelf!Lian Tanner is one of the greats in the Aussie kidlit world of today. With many series including The Keepers, The Rogues, The Hidden/Icebreaker, Feathered Crime Fighters, and picture book Ella and the Ocean, Lian has a new series to share with us, and we're focusing in on its second book. The middle-grade Dragons of Hollow Series began wit

You know the shelf always has space for more books, and it's time for another great picture book to join the greats on our list. This week's guest is Jess Galatola, sharing her debut picture book and some exciting news on an upcoming project!Renata and Jess talk kid's books, teaching drama, how to talk about hard things with kids, planets, toe strength, flowers, flours, and fish an