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KYDYAC – Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

by Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , August 10, 2012 • 10 Comments

As the KYD YA Championship continues, YA expert Agnes Nieuwenhuizen argues her case for the influential teen text with heart, Melina Marchetta’s Looking for Alibrandi. One highlight of the upcoming 2012 Melbourne Writers Festival will be author Melina Marchetta introducing the movie of her novel Looking for … Read more »

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What does YA mean to you? A discussion about definition

by Kill Your Darlings , July 24, 2012 • 9 Comments

Image: Horia Varlan We’ve been doing quite a bit of thinking and talking about what constitutes Young Adult (YA) fiction lately. It’s quite a topical, contentious subject amongst writers, readers, publishers and sellers. So, in the lead up to the KYD YA Championship, without being purposefully reductive … Read more »