The Endless Shelf

Can you believe our little podcast has been going for one whole year now?!

We are completely chuffed at its beginnings, and it's got a very promising future ahead. In this special episode we listen to…

Picture book magic is landing on the shelf again!

Ruth McGurk is a picture book author living with her family and teaching in Victoria. She has two new picture books out in the world, The Dinosaur Did…

The shelf has a new bright shiny treasure to show you!

Liz Ledden is a kid's book author and host of the classic Aussie kidlit podcast One More Page. She lives on the east coast of Queensland making f…

We're back with another middle-grade book for the shelf!

Victoria Carless has two middle-grade books, Gus & the Starlight, and the book we focus on in this episode, Lani & the Universe! Renata and Vic…

It's a time to add another middle-grade book to our shelf!

Leo has come to share his debut novel Tuckshop Terrors with our listeners! Leo and Renata talk kids books, animation, giant toothbrushes, fel…

Another beautiful picture book is on The Shelf! Sandhya Parappukkaran is a picture book author with titles including The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name, Amma's Sari, and the featured story, Stay Fo…

Welcome to our very first Block Breakers episode! Block Breakers are writer's cut versions of previous interviews, with lots and lots of amazing writer content that we normally cut for our kid friend…

Tune in 29 May 2024 for our first writer's cut of an interview!

Our first Block Breaker's episode is an extended version of last week's episode with Lian Tanner.

It's endless inspiration!

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Another great book is on the endless shelf!

Lian Tanner is one of the greats in the Aussie kidlit world of today. With many series including The Keepers, The Rogues, The Hidden/Icebreaker, Feathered C…

You know the shelf always has space for more books, and it's time for another great picture book to join the greats on our list. This week's guest is Jess Galatola, sharing her debut picture book and…

We're back with more great Aussie kid's books to add to our shelf and yours!

Eileen O'Hely has many kid's book series out in the world, and today we celebrate her latest addition to her published work…

It's our final episode for the year!

What a wonderful year 2023 has been for Booky & the team. This episode is our first International recording! Vikki and Renata talk kids books, libraries, Christmas…

It's time for the school holidays, and we don't want you listeners to miss your chance at attending awesome kid's book events! We focus on events at kid's book shops in brisbane, but we'll be sharing…

It's season 2, episode 2, so how about we celebrate 2 picture books!!

It's too good. Renata and Zewlan talk kids books, diversity, empathy, dancing, dinosaurs & mangoes!

NOTHING ALIKE
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 We're back for a second season!

Lauren and Renata talk kids books, lollies, the power of story, witches,  pyjamas, & leprechauns.

THE LOLLY SHOP
AUTHORS: Lauren, Baxter & Ethan Hackney
ILLUSTRATORS: Bax…

It's time for a middle grade fiction edition of The Endless Shelf!

Renata and Emma talk kids books, fantasy, an awesome kids writing competition, frogs, and chocolatey treasure.

RAINE IN THE UNDERLANDS…

We're back and straight into another awesome episode!

Renata and Sharon talk kid's books, teaching, and whether they've ever tried fire eating. This episode focuses on just one of Sharon's fantastic p…

This week we add some beautiful serenity to the shelf, with picture book The Lucky Shack by Apsara Baldovino. This story brings life and beautiful meaning to a little place through beautiful art work…

Alison McLennan is a many times published kid's book author. She's got titles such as Growing Pains, Great and Small, Hotel for Bees, and Birdie Lights up the World. But guess what? She has a new boo…

Renata and Booky welcome Gabby Bassett to join them for a chat about kids books, inclusion, fairy lights and pizza!

The ending really pops...with non-stop surprises all over the place.

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