“For two hundred years, only boys have been born into the Melchior family – that is, until Henrietta Madeline Melchior came into the world, followed by a trio of shrieks eleven years, eight months and nine and a half days ago.” – Ashleigh Meikle reviews Hapless Hero Henrie by Petra James

Are you keeping up with your reading resolutions for 2020? If you’re stuck for your next read, check out some of these great recommendations from the Writing NSW staff.

‘It gave form to an ache I felt. I grew up in the suburbs and my prospects were safe there: they housed my family and all of my friends. But I was desperate to spend my days in, and on, and near to, the ocean.’

There’s plenty happening around the state this March.

So you better get pencilling!

This week award-winning picture book author Davina Bell told us where she finds inspiration, why she loves picture books and more.

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