OzYaChat

Hi guys!

So you may know that Mands @ The Bookish Manicurist and I host a fortnightly Twitter chat about Aussie YA – called #OzYAChat – and that we do recaps of the chats afterwards. Here are the links to all the recaps for previous chats:

• OzYAChat 31: Best of 2015 (so far)
• OzYAChat 30: Character Battles (no recap)
• OzYAChat 29: QnA with Sabaa Tahir
• OzYAChat 28: QnA with Paula Weston
• OzYAChat 27: QnA with Daniel Herborn
• OzYAChat 26: Short Stories
• OzYAChat 25: QnA with Nicole Hayes
• OzYAChat 24: QnA with Australian publishers of YA
• OzYAChat 23: QnA with Gabrielle Williams
• OzYAChat 22: Books You Read in School
• OzYAChat 21: Book Recommendation Night (no recap!)
• OzYAChat 20: QnA with Francesca Haigh
• OzYAChat 19: New Adult Fiction
• OzYAChat 18: QnA with Gabrielle Tozer
• OzYAChat 17: Reading Goals for 2015
• OzYAChat 16: Upcoming in 2015
• OzYAChat 15: Bookish Gifts for the Holiday Season
• OzYAChat 14: QnA with Jessica Shirvington
• OzYAChat 13: Halloween Reads (no recap!)
• OzYAChat 12: Book Buying Habits
• OzYAChat 11: QnA with Rebecca James
• OzYAChat 10: QnA with Kylie Fornasier
• OzYAChat 9: YA Adaptations
• OzYAChat 8: Male perspectives and male authors
• OzYAChat 7: Book Characters
• OzYAChat 6: Sex in YA
• OzYAChat 5: Why You Read YA
• OzYAChat 4: Book Covers
• OzYAChat 3: Aussie SFF (Science Fiction and Fantasy)
• OzYAChat 2: Aussie YA contemporary novels
• OzYAChat 1: Why Aussie YA?

Here is a list of Aussie YA:

• The Lotus War series by Jay Kristoff – Fantasy
• The Rephaim series by Paula Weston – Paranormal
• The Lumatere Chronicles series by Melina Marchetta – Fantasy
• Obernewtyn series by Isobelle Carmody – Fantasy/Dystopian
• The Night Creatures series by Marianne de Pierres – Sci-Fi/Fantasy
• The Violet Eden Chronicles series by Jessica Shirvington – Paranormal
• Disruption series by Jessica Shirvington – Dystopian
• Enmity by E. J. Andrews – Dystopian (also 2014 debut)
• The Avena series by Marianne Curley – Paranormal
• The Sky So Heavy by Claire Zorn – Post Apocalyptic
• The Protected by Claire Zorn – Contemporary
• And All the Stars by Andrea K. Host – Sci Fi
• Eon and Eona by Alison Goodman – Fantasy
• Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near – Horror
• The Old Kingdom Chronicles series by Garth Nix – Fantasy
• The Last Girl and The Last Shot by Michael Adams – Post Apocalyptic
• Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan
• The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody
• Starbound series by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner – Science Fiction
• The Colours of Madeleine series by Jaclyn Moriarty – Magic Realism/Fantasy
• The Rosie Black Chronicles by Lara Morgan – Science Fiction
• Chasing the Valley series by Skye Melki-Wegner – Dystopian
• This is Shyness by Leanne Hall
• Queen of the Night by Leanne Hall
• Vulture’s Gate by Kirsty Murray – Dystopian
• The Tribe series by Ambelin Kwaymullina – Dystopian
• The Haunting of Lily Frost by Nova Weetman – Ghost story
• Preloved by Shirley Marr
• Pandora Jones series by Barry Jonsberg’s – Science Fiction / Post Apocalyptic
• Love Notes From Vinegar House by Karen Tayleur
• When We Wake series by Karen Healey – Dystopian
• Tomorrow When the War Began series by John Marsden – speculative theme (Australia is invaded by a foreign country), but mainly an action thriller.
• Every Breath and Every Word by Ellie Marney – Mystery Thrillers
• Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix – Fantasy
• The Bridge by Jane Higgins
• Monster Blood Tattoo series by D. M. Cornish
• Shadowfell series by Juliet Marillier
• Beautiful Malice, Sweet Damage, and Cooper Bartholomew is Dead by Rebecca James – Thriller

ALSO, check out Mands’ list here.