In episode 241 of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast:
10 minutes with Amelia Mellor
Allison chats to award-winning, bestselling author Amelia Mellor about creating her new middle-grade series Oceanforged, making fantasy stories accessible, and writing unexpected characters.
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‘Anders and the Mountain’ by Gregory Mackay
‘Spare Kisses’ by Pip Harry, illustrated by Yiscah Marcatali
‘Robot Responders: Rescue Missions To Space Adventures’ by Smriti Daniel
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10 minutes with Amelia Mellor
About Amelia Mellor
Amelia Mellor is an author, teacher and nature nerd. She is the creator of The Grandest Bookshop in the World, The Bookseller’s Apprentice and The Lost Book of Magic, a multi-award-winning historical fantasy trilogy based in Melbourne where she lives.
She holds degrees from Monash University and The University of Melbourne.
To find ideas for Oceanforged, Amelia spent three days at sea, swam with sharks, hiked in jungles, got lost in Italy, handled real pirate artefacts and scuba dived on a shipwreck.
When she’s not writing or researching, she’s usually tending her collection of tropical fish or attempting a wildly ambitious craft project.
About ‘The Silent Island’ (Oceanforged #2)
From the bestselling author of The Grandest Bookshop in the World comes the second instalment of an epic fantasy adventure series in the tradition of Skandar and Percy Jackson.
Guided by a mysterious message, Cori, Tarn and Jem sail north to meet the secretive Loyalists, who will help them on their quest for the Oceanforged Armour.
Instead, the Loyalists warn of a looming disaster. Unless Cori can master all the powers of the Champions before it strikes, Aquinta will be doomed.
The Loyalists believe that a piece of armour may be hidden in Mutemount. But sea monsters once lurked in those waters, and no one who has travelled near the silent island in the last century has ever returned…
Amelia’s book recommendations
‘The Girl Who Brought Mischief’ by Katrina Nannestad (print hard to find, but audiobook available)
Villain (series) by Adrian Beck
Other episodes you might like
Episode 183: 10 minutes with Kathryn Lefroy
Episode 181: 10 minutes with Stuart Wilson
Episode 173: 10 minutes with Rachel Jackson
Episode 157: 10 minutes with Deborah Abela
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The Mapmaker Chronicles series by A. L. Tait
The Ateban Cipher (duology) by A. L. Tait
The Maven & Reeve Mysteries by A. L. Tait
The First Summer of Callie McGee by A. L. Tait
Willow Bright’s Secret Plot by A. L. Tait
Danger Road by A. L. Tait
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Teacher, Teacher (anthology), edited by Megan Daley
Raising Readers by Megan Daley
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