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Book-sell blurb: Grace and Fury
It’s deadly to be a woman in this world, especially one who likes to think for herself. Would you survive? Two sisters. One heir. A twist of fate. Imprisonment or marriage? How will they save themselves? Serina was born for… Continue reading
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Book-sell blurb: Red Queen
Imagine living in a world where the colour of your blood decides how much power you’re allowed to have, until one day, you realise that your Red blood is just as powerful, if not more so than that of the… Continue reading
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Book-sell blurb: The Extraordinaries
Ever wondered what it would be like to live in a world with real-life superheroes? Would you ever want to meet them or maybe even write stories about them? Nick not only idealises Shadow Star, but he also writes fanfic… Continue reading
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Book-sell blurbs for YA
I have recently been trying to think of ways I can help overworked, time-poor, teacher librarians (TLs), particularly those with smaller teams or working by themselves. In a conversation with one of my TL colleagues, she got me thinking about… Continue reading
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Reflecting on giving feedback
Once upon a time, there was a senior geography teacher and she had a year 11 class filled with 10, bright and diligent students. One day, the teacher gave the students their marked assessments back. To her surprise, despite the generally high quality and… Continue reading
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Identifying reading identities
Ever wondered how I’ve been identifying reading identities in young people? In this blog post, I step you through my process and the tool I used! Continue reading
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Book review: See you on Venus
I visited my old workplace recently and I got to talking with my lovely library ladies about new books that had come in over the past year. I didn’t realise how much I missed buying for a school library collection!… Continue reading
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Brisbane Study Visit Wrap-up
Today we wrapped up our Brisbane Study Visit so I thought I’d share my 5 key takeaways! Continue reading
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Creating a hanging indent in WordPress
Ever wondered how to create a hanging indent for your references in WordPress? I wrote a blog post with steps for how to do this – let me know how you go! Continue reading
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Reading identities
One of the parts of my PhD research that gets me very excited is learning more about reading identities. I thought it would be a good idea to quickly share the four different types of identities I have come across… Continue reading
