Victor Kelleher
Victor Kelleher remains one of Australia's most celebrated writers for both adults and children. Born in London, he lived in Africa for twenty years before moving to New Zealand, where he began to write, prompted by homesickness for Africa. He moved …
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Vertigo
Luke and Anna, thirty-something and restless, decide on a sea change. Worn down by city life and …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11, Year 12
Author:
Amanda Lohrey
Publisher:
Black Inc.
Published year:
2009
Teacher Resource
Velocity
Velocity tells the moving, painful but often hilarious story of Mandy Sayer's childhood and …
Author:
Mandy Sayer
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2005
Vanilla Ice Cream
Following some food, a curious young sparrow stows away in the back of a truck and takes an unusual …
Author:
Bob Graham
Publisher:
Candlewick Press, Walker Books Australia
Published year:
2014
Vampyre
I am Vampyre. Feared. Despised. I live in darkness. I long for light.
From the dark depths of his …
Year:
Secondary, Year 7
Author:
Margaret Wild
Illustrator:
Andrew Yeo
Publisher:
Walker Books Australia
Published year:
2011
Teacher Resource
Essay
Us Mob Walawurru
Central Australia, 1960s ... Ruby lives on a cattle station and goes to the ‘silver bullet' school…
Year:
Secondary, Year 8
Author:
Lisa Wilyuka, David Spillman
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Published year:
2006
Teacher Resource
Ursula Dubosarsky
Ursula Dubosarsky was born in Sydney and wanted to be a writer from the age of six. She is now the author of over 60 books and has won many national prizes for children's literature. She has been nominated internationally for the Hans Andersen and …
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Urban Myths: 210 Poems
Urban Myths: 210 Poems brings together the new and uncollected poems from John Tranter, considered …
Author:
John Tranter
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
2006
The Upwelling
A captivating young adult debut from a black&write! Writing Fellowship winner.
Three misfits…
Year:
Secondary
Author:
Lystra Rose
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Published year:
2022
Unreliable Memoirs
'I was born in 1939. The other big event of that year was the outbreak of the Second World War, but …
Author:
Clive James
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan Australia
Published year:
1981