Contents

COVER : THE GIRL AND THE GHOST : FAMILY SECRETS The new bestseller from Jacqueline Harvey (More sercrets, more ghosts and even more adventures in France!)
CONTENTS THIS ISSUE : COMMENTS -- Buckingham Palace is Falling Down Jon Appleton Revisits the Work of Caroline McDonald -- Writing Historical Fiction : A Banner Bold by Nadia Wheatley -- What we Owe Young Readers : Remembering Steph Bowe by Karys McEwen -- Tania Ingram : Her Brilliant Career by Brenton Cullen -- The National Centre for Australian Children's Literature Joy Lawn Interviews Belle Alderman -- The Power of Literary Communities and How to Build One by Allison Tait -- From a Handshake and a Camellia to 80 Years of National Recognition by Kathryn Eyre -- WHERE TO BUY -- REVIEWS : Information Books -- Picture Books -- Independent Readers -- Extending Readers -- INDEX TO BOOKS REVIEWED -- NEW ZEALAND SUPPLEMENT : Tim Tipene : Turning Pain into Purpose by Maria Gill -- REVIEWS