The #NotQuiteWritePrize for Flash Fiction is back in July, and we want YOU to enter. Join a community of writers throwing caution to the wind, and pen your way to glory in just 500 words! Competition hosted in Australia. Open to writers worldwide! Sign up now at

New review for Ella at Eden: Paris Adventure by @laurasieveking @scholastic_au @loveozmg #LoveOzMG #loveozmg ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/01/par… ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/paris-advent…

New review for@text_publishing @loveozmg #LoveOzMG - Edie Tells a Lie by Ingrid Laguna ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/edie-tells-a… ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/01/edi…

Interesting article about Creative Australia and Writing Australia, and what it aims to do for Australian writing and authors, theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…

New review for @goodreadingmag - Earth Speak: Boodjar Wangkiny by Sean McCann and Jade Goodwin goodreadingmagazine.com.au/latest-reviews…

New review for @walkerbooksaus - Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue. The start of a Young Adult duology, with the second book out next year. ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/02/ski…

New review for HarperCollins Children's Books Australia - The Mushroom in the Sky by Jackie French @loveozmg #LoveOzMG ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/the-mushroom… ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/02/the…

New review for @walkerbooksaus - Quoll by Christopher Cheng, illustrated by Cindy Lane #PictureBookActivist ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/02/quo… ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/quoll-by-chr…

New review for @harperkidsau @loveozmg #LoveOzMG -Andromache in the Dark by Gabrielle Bergmoser ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/02/and… ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/andromache-i…

Writing tips and overview - for years 9&10 - ABC Radio National: Is writing a play different from writing a novel? abc.net.au/education/radi…

New review for @midnightsunpublishing - When Dark Waters Burn by Zena Shapter. @loveozya #LoveOzYA ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/02/whe… ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/when-dark-wa…

"Gabriel’s stunning follow-up to Andromache Between Worlds highlights the importance of friendship, loyalty, and not taking what you are told on face value."

My June 2025 Reading Round Up - I am slowly getting on top of all the reading yet to do and there are many more reviews to come - hope to be on top of a lot of it soon! ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/03/jun… ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/june-2025-re…

Look who just arrived! Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, co-written with Sharmini Kumar . The beautiful North American edition is out next week, thanks to HarperVia

TIME IS POWER. LOVE IS A REVOLUTION. This genre-blending sci-fi romantasy from bestselling author, Caroline O'Donoghue, is out now 🌙✨

Given that next week is NAIDOC week, maybe the kids in your life would enjoy a Torres Strait adventure with ‘Spirit of the Crocodile’, Early reviews have been super positive 🐊❤️ so help spread the word! readings.com.au/product/978174…

New review: Friday Barnes: In Plain Sight by R.A. Spratt @loveozmg @penguinbooksaus puffinbooksaus @friday_barnes #LoveOzMG ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/friday-barne… ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/06/fri…

Reads for wide-ranging interests! Owls, Haunted Pianos, Having the Moon for a Neighbor: Ten Children’s Books to Read in July lithub.com/owls-haunted-p… via Literary Hub

New review for Neeka and the Storm (Wilder Zoo #2) by Tina Strachan, illustrated by Max Hamilton @harperkidsau @loveozmg #LoveOzMG ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/06/nee… ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/neeka-and-th…

New review for @allenandunwin - Lady’s Knight by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner @loveozya #LoveOzYA #LoveOzYA ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/07/06/lad… ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/ladys-knight…