We still have disgraceful policies on asylum seekers and Aboriginal Australians continue to die in custody.

I give people If You Came Softly when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.

The acclaim for Razorhurst means even more to me than usual because, let's be honest, Razorhurst is weird.

Blogging, I love you no matter how out of fashion you are.

My experience with My Sister Rosa showed me, once again, that I have a much easier time of it if I sell my novels after I finish them, not before. I'm lucky that I'm in a position where I'm able to do that.

In Australia we have a government actively undoing what little progress had been made on climate change and stripping money from all the important institutions such as the ABC, CSIRO and SBS.

Iloved Ashley Hope Perez's heartbreaking Out of Darkness set in late the 1930s in a small town Texas. It should win all the YA awards.