Sharon Kernot

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Sharon Kernot

@SharonKernot

Writer living on Peramangk land. Author of Birdy (2024), The Art of Taxidermy (2018), Underground Road (2013) and Nightswimming (2026). Rep'd by @shawliterary

South Australia Katılım Mayıs 2012

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Linda Weste@WesteLinda·25 Kas

Thank you @WaterstonesPicc London for listing #YA & #MG #versenovels by these Australians in your catalogue @SandyBigna @sherrylwriter @robbiecoburn @DeborahAbela @KComer_writer @ZanaFraillon @SharonKernot @sallymurphy @steven_herrick @SaundersKirli

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Linda Weste@WesteLinda·15 Ağu

Congratulations all CBCA awardees inc. Sharon Kernot whose #YA #VerseNovel BIRDY is a 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Older Readers Notable, as well as Winner of the Shadow Judging Book of the Year for Older Readers. @SharonKernot @text_publishing

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Sharon Kernot@SharonKernot·16 Ağu

@WesteLinda @text_publishing Thanks Linda! Such a lovely celebration for the CBCA’s 80th birthday. ❤️

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Amity College@AmityCollegeAU·22 Nis

Reading for just 30 minutes a day can boost brain connectivity and help keep your mind active during the holidays! Here are some of our favourite books to read this school break! 📖

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Linda Weste@WesteLinda·31 Mar

Great to see new release DiVERSE: Conversations with YA and Children’s #VerseNovelists available at AWP Conference in Los Angeles @Rhi1988 @GoodReading @ASAustLit @CBCBooks @AntipodesLit @AusPoetry @CBCAVic @Soc_of_Authors @joylawn @yabookscentral @NatCentAusChLit @PETAAConnect

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Linda Weste@WesteLinda·8 Oca

"Novels in verse are relevant for all kinds of readers" – @baronchrisbaron – contrib. to DiVERSE Conversations with YA and Chn's Verse Novelists – UK Hb Pb rel. 23 Jan. Heads up @The_UKLA @NaweWriters @IBBYUK @YALC_UK @YAIdentities @NATEfeed @BloomsburyLit @BloomsburyAcad

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Linda Weste@WesteLinda·6 Oca

Heads up #librarians your 'go-to' @NatCentAusChLit Verse Novel Resource for #YA & #MG Australian #VerseNovels Heads up @SLASA_SA @SLAVConnects @SLANSW @QldSLA @LibrarianAges @doucette515 @SCSD_MS_Lib @nypl @LAPublicLibrary @BPLBoston sway.cloud.microsoft/s/2SoONOemm8J4…

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Linda Weste@WesteLinda·6 Oca

Australian #YA #MG #VerseNovels by @SharonKernot @harry_pip @sherrylwriter @steven_herrick @DeborahAbela @ZanaFraillon @SaundersKirli @KComer_writer Sally Murphy Jeri Kroll @LorraineMarwood Heads up @LibrarianAges @doucette515 @SCSD_MS_Lib @nypl @LAPublicLibrary @BPLBoston

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Sharon Kernot@SharonKernot·6 Eki

@SandyBigna @DaniVeeBooks @danielle_binks @LarrikinH @HachetteKidsANZ @text_publishing @uwapublishing Thanks for reading Birdy! 🌷

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Sandy Bigna Author@SandyBigna·6 Eki

What we’ve been reading - a mix of JF, MG and YA. All are just brilliant! Have you read any of these? @DaniVeeBooks @danielle_binks @SharonKernot @LarrikinH @HachetteKidsANZ @text_publishing @uwapublishing

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Linda Weste@WesteLinda·6 Eki

A terrific Australian #YA #VerseNovel BIRDY by @SharonKernot featured here! Heads up enthusiasts inc @NatCentAusChLit @AdelaideLibrary @Welly_Library @LibrariesNZ @ReadinAustralia @mvlibraries @melblibrary

Sandy Bigna Author@SandyBigna

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Sharon Kernot@SharonKernot·6 Eki

@WesteLinda @NatCentAusChLit @AdelaideLibrary @Welly_Library @LibrariesNZ @ReadinAustralia @mvlibraries @melblibrary Thanks you! @WesteLinda 🌷

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National Centre ACL@NatCentAusChLit·7 Eyl

An unforgettable, touching read no one should miss - hurrah for Aussie verse novels!

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National Centre ACL@NatCentAusChLit·2 Eyl

Our congrats to winners—Young adult novel- 'Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer' (Amy Doak, Penguin) & Children’s novels 'The Wolves of Greycoat Hall' (Lucinda Gifford, Walker Books)

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Joy Lawn@joylawn1·22 Ağu

Grace Notes by Karen Comer paperbarkwords.blog/2024/08/16/gra… Winning author of #CBCABookoftheYearOlderReader #KarenComer talks about her exceptional #versenovel #GraceNotes at #paperbarkWords blog. @HachetteKidsANZ @CBCAVic @CBCANSW @NatCentAusChLit #InsidetheCBCAShortlist #BookWeek2024

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Reading Australia@ReadinAustralia·21 Ağu

Today is Australian School Library Day! A huge shout out to all the incredible school library staff who ensure their students are equipped with resources and literacy skills, as well as instilling in them a lifelong love of reading. #ASLD2024 @NeedSchoolLibs @ALIANational

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National Centre ACL@NatCentAusChLit·16 Ağu

Do so ❤️ this verse novel! now it's won the @TheCBCA Book of the Year : Older Readers - as it must!

Karen Comer@KComer_writer

My hope for the launch of Grace Notes, my debut YA verse novel with Hachette, was for everyone there to celebrate the creativity of art, music and words, as well as the creativity within us all. Well, we did! Look at that amazing window display - thank you Readings Kids! 1/5

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Sharon Kernot@SharonKernot·18 Ağu

@TheBookMuse1 @ReadingsBooks @sydneykhoo So lovely to be shortlisted alongside these wonderful writers 😍

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Ashleigh Meikle, Kid Lit and Disability Advocate@TheBookMuse1·17 Ağu

Announcement of the Readings Young Adult Prize @readingsbooks @awayhome_ya @sharonkernot @garylonesborough @sydneykhoo @_robyndennison_ ashleighmeikle.com.au/2024/08/17/the… ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/the-readings…

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Sharon Kernot@SharonKernot·16 Ağu

Absolutely thrilled that BIRDY has been shortlisted for the Readings Young Adult Fiction prize! Thank you @readingsbooks! And huge congrats to all the other shortlistees 👏🌷😍

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Sharon Kernot@SharonKernot·15 Ağu

@WesteLinda @LMillerLachmann @LibrarianAges @doucette515 @SCSD_MS_Lib @IBBYINT @NLNZ @melblibrary @nypl @LAPublicLibrary Beautiful cover 💙

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Linda Weste@WesteLinda·15 Ağu

Just arrived! EYES OPEN by @LmillerLachmann #YA historical #VerseNovel on loss of democracy in Portugal 1967. Heads up @LibrarianAges @doucette515 @SCSD_MS_Lib @IBBYINT @NLNZ @melblibrary @nypl @LAPublicLibrary

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@WaterstonesPicc @SandyBigna @sherrylwriter @robbiecoburn @DeborahAbela @KComer_writer @ZanaFraillon @SallyMurphy