Karys McEwen is a school librarian, children’s author, bookseller, vice president of the Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and education advisor for the Melbourne Writers Festival. She is passionate about the role libraries and books can play in the wellbeing of young people, and she is currently writing a Substack newsletter for educators and parents called I Read A Lot. Her debut middle grade novel, All the Little Tricky Things, was published by Text Publishing in 2022, and her second middle grade novel, The Paperbark Tree Committee, is coming out on 1 April, 2025.Emily Gale has worked in the children’s book industry for 25 years in various roles including in-house editor, consultant to a literary agent, children’s book buyer, reviewer, freelance manuscript assessor, and as a writer-in-residence in a high school library. Some of her books for various ages from YA to early readers include I Am Out With Lanterns, The Other Side of Summer and Aussie Stem Stars: Gisela Kaplan. Her latest novels are Elsewhere Girls and Outlaw Girls, with Nova Weetman, and The Goodbye Year.You can find Emily on Series 3 of Story Tools, creative writing videos to inspire and instruct children in the art of storytelling. And she has a Substack newsletter called Voracious.This episode includes a discussion of summer reading recommendations including:Some Shall Break by Ellie MarneyEleanor Jones is Not a Murderer by Amy DoakThis Camp is Doomed by Anna ZobelThe Midwatch by Judith RossellThe First Summer of Callie McGee by A L TaitThe Wedding Forecast by Nina Kenwood Thunderhead by Sophie BeerSandwich by Catherine Newman The Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyThe Land in Winter by Andrew MillerAlso discussed are: This year's Davitt AwardsGirl books and boy books (and how outdated that concept is)Illustrated novels for olders readersThe importance of adults reading what kids are reading

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