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Summer Series #5: Jasmin McGaughey
In episode 5 of our ‘Meet The Creatives’ Summer Series, Allison chats to author Jasmin McGaughey about switching between junior fiction and YA, writing ‘real’ characters, and balancing Culture and magic.
Books we mention
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Deltora Quest (series) by Emily Rodda
Little Ash (series) by Ash Barty, Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin
Meet The Creative: Jasmin McGaughey
About Jasmin McGaughey
Jasmin McGaughey is a Torres Strait Islander and African American writer and editor. She is the author of ‘Moonlight and Dust’ and ‘Ash Barty’s Little Ash Series’.
She has written for ‘Overland’, ‘Kill Your Darlings’, SBS Voices and ‘Griffith Review’.
About ‘Magic and Dust’
An intriguing, fast-paced debut YA fantasy novel, featuring sixteen-year-old Torres Strait Islander Zillah, who is caught up in the world of exclusive high school parties after her sister has a mysterious accident. For fans of kick-arse girls, enigmatic boys, true friendships, dark secrets and illicit magic.
There’s something dangerous in the air. It shimmers in the night, wrapped in the warm, humid breeze. I stand on the kerb outside my cousin’s house waiting for my sister.
Zillah has always been a good girl – nothing like her rebellious big sister Nik. After Nik has an accident that leaves her comatose, Zillah has to find a way to navigate life and high school in Cairns without Nik’s guiding light.
Determined to fit in, Zillah seeks out the secrets of her school’s after-hours party scene and discovers Moondust – a sparkling elixir with magical properties. Could this have something to do with Nik’s accident? To find out, she must plunge further into a world of moonlit parties and take out-of-character risks.
As Zillah unravels what might be going on at Craigmont High, she forges friendships with other Island students and starts falling for a boy who might know more about Nik than he lets on. But Zillah is not entirely sure who she can trust. And she has no idea of the danger they’re all in.
A wonderful new voice in YA fantasy with a unique story about family and friendship, mysterious parties and unknowable secrets.
Other episodes you might like
Summer Series #3: Jade Goodwin
Episode 116: 10 minutes with Gary Lonesborough
Episode 127: 10 mins with Seth Malacari
Episode 146: Diversity In Library Collections
Our books
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
The Beehive by Megan Daley
Teacher, Teacher (anthology), edited by Megan Daley
Raising Readers by Megan Daley
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