More things to win!

Get the creative juices flowing and check out this excellent limerick competition from Inside a Dog - who knows, you might win a great prize!

Read This!

Do you love to read? Would you love to win great stuff?

Got a favourite book? Think everyone should read it? Here's your chance to convince them - and win! You might not only have them reading it but you could also share in $40,000 worth of prizes.


The Read This! 2012 Creative Reading Prize is an initiative of the National Year of Reading partnering with the State Library of Victoria (Centre for Youth Literature) and Good Reading Magazine (SpineOut.com.au). This project is a celebration of books for young adults and provides those aged between 12 and 18 years to share their love of books and reading with their peers in a creative way.


For more information, visit the website.

Sea Hearts... or Watered Silk by Margo Lanagan

Check out the book trailer for the new Margo Lanagan book - interestingly it appears to be confused about its title, but looks like an awesome read no matter what it is called... Reserve it here:

Great Holiday read - Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

If you are struggling to find a well-written, entertaining novel with original themes, consider picking up Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. This book has been one of the best Young Adult novels I have read recently, and it is a great title for adults too.

The story is set in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Karou is a talented artist, whose drawings of fantastical monsters and demons seem to be drawn from an overactive imagination. But Karou actually draws what she sees - a collection of chimera who are as close to her as family. Her beloved guardian brokers sinister deals in dark alleys - and Karou becomes entangled in a secret feud that could destroy the world as she knows it.

Highly recommended. Reserve a copy from the library today!