Brona's Books

  I had the pleasure of hearing Ceridwen Dovey talk about her latest book,  Life After Truth at a recent work event (the YouTube recording ...

When I was ten, I would have devoured this gem of a book, several times over!  The Secret Library of Hummingbird House  features a mysteriou...

I've been dragging my feet about writing (or finishing) off several reviews for books read a month ago. Part of the problem has been a...

Following on from my recent post featuring several fabulous Australian junior fiction titles, I thought it was time to venture further afie...

I've loved Japanese literature for many years now, but since visiting Japan earlier this year, my fascination and interest has exploded...

I delightful batch of dog stories have turned up at work this month. I loved all three for different reasons, but my favourite of the batch ...

Morris Gleitzman's Holocaust series for younger readers has already attracted much praise and many accolades. His stories carefully bala...

Part of the feeling of success and enjoyment that I had with this year's Readathon was mostly reading junior fiction, short stories and...

One of my recent #readathon reads was the delightfully eccentric  Yours Sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi Isawa. When my eyes started to get tir...

I started the Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson as part of my #readathon session. I had a lovely 15th anniversary edition of this mo...

The books that comprise The Lord of the Rings  are usually presented as a trilogy, but it was in fact designed by Tolkien to be one single ...

Louise Park is an amazingly prolific Australian children's author who writes under several pseudonyms, including H. I. Larry ( Zac Power...

Karen Foxlee has a way about her. Her words weave magic. She draws you in, she makes you believe, she makes you feel brave. A Most Magic...

I adore snail and turtle, their friendship is so delightful. They display kindness, generosity and tenderness towards each other and Rai...

Another Night in Mullet Town by Steven Herrick is a verse novel for teens set in a small coastal town with lots of fishing references. ...

I loved Wonder when I first read it almost five years ago. I devoured it in one night and knew that it was a winner straight away. Ev...

I think I can now safely say that my little trip down Trixie memory lane is done and dusted (for now!) The Gatehouse Mystery sees Trixie,...

One of my good friends has adored Inga Simpson's previous two books, Nest and Mr Wigg , so when Simpson's third book hit the stan...