YA for WA

Due to illness we have to cancel this tomorrow, so sorry friends ❤️

Join us on Saturday 24th for June’s Books and Brunch 😍✨ We’ll be discussing ETA DRACONIS by Brendan Ritchie before moving onto our own writing projects ☄️

On this Friday! 😍✨

Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell on why we need libraries – an essay in pictures theguardian.com/books/gallery/…

CONGRATULATIONS to the authors, illustrators and publishers shortlisted in the 2023 YABBA Awards - Fiction for Years 7-9

The Frank Moorhouse Fellowship for Young Writers has now opened for applications! It will support a writer aged 18-35 years to develop and write a new work of fiction, with a $10,000 grant! Apply here: buff.ly/3B5ys48

The Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction  Getting Dusty by Jared Thomas The Ultimate AGD by Kim Morrison A Queen’s Glory by Kristie Harris

Instagram Live with Lili Wilkinson 🥀🦋 Join us on Wednesday 24 at 6:30 pm AWST on Instagram as Bianca chats to Lili all about A HUNGER OF THORNS 🎉 A Hunger of Thorns is the hauntingly magical tale that we’ve been reading for book club this month!

The Rhiza Edge Short Story Competition for 2023 is now open! 🎉 Works submitted will be included in a short short collection called Diverging Worlds, and must be written in or feature a Dystopian or a Steampunk world. T's & C's can be found here: buff.ly/41VWBWC

The world's richest short story competition for published and unpublished writers is now open for submissions! This year, @thewestaustralian has increased the total prize pool to $75,000, and introduced two new categories! Further details can be found at bestaustralianyarn.com.au

This event has been enabled by Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund 💛🖤 @writingwa @uwapublishing @BrendanRitchie @bianca_breen @LoveOzYA

We are so excited to be celebrating Love to Read Local Week 2023 with Brendan Ritchie! 🎉✨ Brendan will be in conversation about his new release, ETA DRACONIS with Bianca Breen, then we'll be playing a bookish game 🙌 Free but please RSVP: bit.ly/3Lqbidv

Happy April! 🌺 As we move into Djeran and cooler weather, we’re so excited to announce SALTWATER BOY by Bradley Christmas as our April book club pick! ✨ Happy reading! We can’t wait to discuss this one with you later in the month 🥰📚

We're so excited to be taking a road trip down south this May for the Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival! 📚🎉 Host Bianca will be chatting to YA authors Holden Sheppard and Mark Smith 🙌 For more details, visit the festival website: mrrwfestival.com ✨

Are you an 18 to 35-year-old West Australian writer with an unpublished manuscript? The Fogarty Literary Award is worth $20,000 and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press. Entries close 18 April 2023. buff.ly/42e6uQa

Celebrate reading with @V8Sheppard, @bianca_breen and YA for WA next Tuesday 🤩📚

To enter the giveaway follow us on Twitter and share this post. Giveaway is open to WA residents only and ends on Wednesday 8th at 12 pm AWST. The winner will be chosen at random as long as they followed the guidelines and will be contacted privately ✨

Our book club is part of our new Books and Brunch: join us on Sunday 19 February at 10:30 am at Steam Haus, Maylands. We'll spend the first hour discussing the book before moving on to our writing meet-up 📝

Our book club is back on for 2023! 🥳✨ This month, join us in reading TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME by Leanne Yong and enter the giveaway to win a copy! 🤩📚 Details below 👇

@kirovkate Thanks for sharing, Kate! 🥰✨

If you love reading books set in WA the excellent folks at @YAforWA have some great suggestions via the link below that includes my YA fantasy novel, The Not So Chosen One.