Tag Archives: young adult fiction
KYDYAC
KYDYAC: Space Demons by Gillian Rubinstein
To kick off the KYD YA Championship, Andrew McDonald looks back at the future with the seminal Australian YA science fiction book Space Demons and tells us why it should win. Every generation has its Space Demons. I speak not of actual demons from space (although some … Read more
KYDYAC
KYD YA Championship – contributors, titles and how to win
Image credit: Wonderlane Happy almost weekend everyone! Our usual Friday Amusement and distractions posts are on hiatus for the next few weeks because something special is going on here at Killings… Are you getting ready? Are you getting excited? Get your books out and your voting caps … Read more
KYDYAC
What does YA mean to you? A discussion about definition
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
KYDYAC
Announcing: KYD YA Championship!
Image: Shutterhacks We’re extremely excited to announce that between July 30 – August 17 we will be hosting the KYD YA Championship! At KYD we love YA fiction. Some of our favourite memories of our young reading lives involve characters from favourite YA books or curling up … Read more
Books
The Ampersand Project: Unearthing the secret lives of teenagers
Like most editors, my colleagues and I get people pitching us book ideas wherever we go. When a certain kind of someone discovers that you have the power to grant a book deal, it turns out they’ve written a story about their cat or have an unfinished … Read more
Issue Five
All that Glitters: Decoding the Edward Cullen Effect (Issue Five teaser)
Are you – or is someone you know – afflicted by Edward fever? Perhaps you’re puzzled by the success of Stephenie Meyer’s latest contribution to the vamp-romance genre, or a defender of the love affair between Bella Swan and her sparkly, everlasting lover? In Kill Your Darlings … Read more
Reviews
Revisiting Tomorrow When the War Began
Perhaps it’s wrong to compare a film to a choc-top, but I have a reason. I’m not talking about your simple vanilla choc-top – this was a tiramisu choc-top. Hovering indecisively at the snack counter, I found myself thinking: ‘How did I not know about this? And … Read more
