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