# Zana Fraillon
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zana fraillon (born 1981) is an Australian writer of fiction for children and young adults based in Melbourne, Australia. Fraillon is known for allowing young readers to examine human rights abuses within fiction and in 2017 she won an Amnesty CILIP Honour for her book The Bone Sparrow which highlights the plight of the Rohingya people. The The Bone Sparrow has been translated to stage and is set to premier in the York Theatre Royal, York, UK, from 25 February 2022.
Next Reads: Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
Zoe, the Assistant Youth and Teen Librarian, is reading for Kayla this month.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
September 22-28 is Banned Books week. Celebrate the freedom to read and open access to information this month! Learn more about Banned Books week here: https://bannedbook…
Episode 128 Middle Grade Mavens
In this episode:We Won’t All Survive, by Kate Alice Marshall, published by @AffirmpressSong of a Thousand Seas by Zana Fraillon, published by @uqpbooksThis Season’s Draft by Jason Gent, published by @AllenandUnwinKev and Trev 2: Snot Scary Jungle Stories by Kylie Howarth, published by @affirmpressL…
Zana Fraillon reads ‘Song Of A Thousand Seas’
Zana Fraillon reads from her new verse novel ‘Song Of A Thousand Seas’
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Zana Fraillon and Elise Janes
Zana Fraillon’s verse novel ‘Song of a Thousand Seas’ has an octopus who knows her world looking at humans with intelligence and curiosity. Elise Janes is actually the psuedonym for Elise Wackett and Jane Abbott whose novel, 'The Canvas Killings', reveals the macabre world of a serial killer artist…
Episode 84: THE LOST SOUL ATLAS
Creator and host of The Folklore Podcast, Mark Norman, is joined by Carnegie shortlisted children's author Zana Fraillon, whose latest book 'The Lost Soul Atlas' deals with the folkloric trope of a passage through the afterlife. Zana also discusses her love of folklore generally and some of the Aus…
Little Bones
Host Mia Henderson and young reader Gabriella discuss Little Bones with author Sandy Bigna.
Little Bones is Shortlisted for the 2026 CBCA Book of the Year Awards for Younger Readers.
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A unique and lyrical verse novel for middle-grade readers that speaks to our childhood joy of collecting small, i…
Ep. 57 | The Appalachian Literary Arts Festival
In a special episode of Read Appalachia, Amy Le Ann Richardson and Andrew Preston give listeners a preview of the Appalachian Literary Arts Festival.
A special thank you to Gwenda Bond, Bernard Clay, Mandi Fugate Sheffel, and Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr for their selective readings. Another tha…
E255: HUDA F WOULD LOVE YOU? by Huda Fahmy
Happy Monday!
It’s going to be another busy week on the KidLit Love podcast and newsletter! I just cannot turn down an opportunity to talk with an author I admire and you get to reap the benefits. Here’s what’s coming your way:
* Today, I’m sharing a podcast episode with Huda Fahmy to celebrate her…
Episode 212: Octopuses, Poetry, and Possibility with Zana Fraillon: An Octopus Named Houdini
What if seeing the world through an octopus’s eyes could change the way we see our own?
When An Octopus Named Houdini landed on my desk, I devoured it in one sitting. I knew I wanted to meet the author behind this beautiful story of an octopus, a young girl, and a connection that reaches beyond wor…
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