The Endless Shelf

Can you believe our little podcast has been going for one whole year now?!

We are completely chuffed at its beginnings, and it's got a very promising future ahead. In this special episode we listen to messages from our birthday hotline, with calls from listeners and past guests, and even a silly question or two!

It's endless fun & now we're one!

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Picture book magic is landing on the shelf again!

Ruth McGurk is a picture book author living with her family and teaching in Victoria. She has two new picture books out in the world, The Dinosaur Did It & the book she and Renata discuss in this episode, The New Blue Scarf.

Renata and Ruth talk kid's books, jumper collections, teaching inspiration, desserts, social media content, writing heroes, time constructs & manatees.

THE NEW BLUE SCARF
AUTHOR:               R M McGurk
ILLUSTRATOR:      Claudia Ranucci
PUBLISHER:          Five Mile Books

It's endless fun!

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The shelf has a new bright shiny treasure to show you!

Liz Ledden is a kid's book author and host of the classic Aussie kidlit podcast One More Page. She lives on the east coast of Queensland making fantastic picture books including Tulip and Brutus, Walking Your Human, and today’s featured story, Everyone Wants an Octopus Book!

Renata and Liz talk kids books, ducks, podcasting, the first potato eater, humpty dumpty, inclusion, friendship, and ghostly busy bodies.

EVERYONE WANTS AN OCTOPUS BOOK
AUTHOR:                 Liz Ledden
ILLUSTRATOR:        Makoto Koji
PUBLISHER:            Hardie Grant

It's endless fun!

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We're back with another middle-grade book for the shelf!

Victoria Carless has two middle-grade books, Gus & the Starlight, and the book we focus on in this episode, Lani & the Universe! Renata and Victoria talk kid's books, tigers, science, hot air balloons, pillow forts, space & the orange origin.

The episode is squishy, squeaky, and colourfully tears our host away!

LANI & THE UNIVERSE
AUTHOR:           Victoria Carless
PUBLISHERS:    HarperCollins Publishers Australia

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It's a time to add another middle-grade book to our shelf!

Leo has come to share his debut novel Tuckshop Terrors with our listeners! Leo and Renata talk kids books, animation, giant toothbrushes, felt, school, great authors, and fish scales.

TUCKSHOP TERRORS
AUTHOR:               Leo Baker
PUBLISHER:          Australian Society of Authors

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It's endless fun!

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Another beautiful picture book is on The Shelf! Sandhya Parappukkaran is a picture book author with titles including The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name, Amma's Sari, and the featured story, Stay For Dinner, which recently won the Multicultural NSW award from the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

There's a very special announcement waiting in this chat!! Renata and Sandhya talk kids books, canoes, triangles, the hokey pokey and criminal artwork.

STAY FOR DINNER
AUTHOR:                           Sandhya Parappukkaran
ILLUSTRATOR:               Michelle Pereira
PUBLISHER:                     Bright Light Books

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Welcome to our very first Block Breakers episode! Block Breakers are writer's cut versions of previous interviews, with lots and lots of amazing writer content that we normally cut for our kid friendly episode format. 

Lian's interview is a perfect example of why we need this second format for the kidlit community.

It's endless inspiration!

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Tune in 29 May 2024 for our first writer's cut of an interview!

Our first Block Breaker's episode is an extended version of last week's episode with Lian Tanner.

It's endless inspiration!

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Another great book is on the endless shelf!

Lian Tanner is one of the greats in the Aussie kidlit world of today. With many series including The Keepers, The Rogues, The Hidden/Icebreaker, Feathered Crime Fighters, and picture book Ella and the Ocean, Lian has a new series to share with us, and we're focusing in on its second book. The middle-grade Dragons of Hollow Series began with Spellhound, and now she's added Fledgewitch to this delightful fantasy series.

Lian and Renata talk kids books, her life as a juggler, roosters, bleach & lollipops.

Tune in next week for our first-ever special cut episode Block Breakers for our kidlit community.  Our chat with Lian was way bigger and better than this, and will get you pepped up and ready to make more great kidlit to add to the shelf!

DRAGONS OF HALLOW: FLEDGEWITCH
AUTHOR:                       Lian Tanner
ILLUSTRATOR:           Martina Heiduczek
PUBLISHER:                 Allen & Unwin

It's endless fun!

While you wait for our writer's cut of this interview, if you haven't listened already, go check out Lian's podcast with her critique group, 5 Writers 5 Minutes. 

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You know the shelf always has space for more books, and it's time for another great picture book to join the greats on our list. This week's guest is Jess Galatola, sharing her debut picture book and some exciting news on an upcoming project!

Renata and Jess talk kid's books, teaching drama, how to talk about hard things with kids, planets,  toe strength, flowers, flours, and fish and chip flavoured fairy floss!

It may be jolly difficult to hear this episode finish! 

SOME FAMILIES CHANGE
AUTHOR:                      Jess Galatola
ILLUSTRATOR:          Jenni Barrand
PUBLISHER:                EK Books

It's endless fun!

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