Reading Recommendations

The Australian Literary Database (AustLit) website is a searchable, scholarly source of biographical, bibliographic, critical, and production information about Australian writers and writing. Also provides access to thousands of full-text historical Australian works.

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Common Sense Media is a non-profit organisation that provides entertainment ratings and reviews, learning resources, and advice so families can feel good about the choices they make for their kids.

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Fantastic Fiction is a website for readers that lists authors, books and series and helps users keep track of what they have read and want to read while also recommending new authors to discover.

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Good Reading for Kids features author interviews, independent book reviews, sneak peeks inside books, extracts and podcasts about books for kids from 0 up to 11 years of age. You'll also find fun book related activities and teachers' notes to download.

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Good Reading for Young Adults features author interviews, independent book reviews, student book reviews and short stories, sneak peeks inside books, extracts and podcasts about books for young adults from 12+.

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Good Reading Magazine is an informative and interactive Australian resource. It provides information on everything about books including thousands of independent book reviews and lots of interesting author profiles, articles on writers' homes and bookshops, short stories, book trivia and more.

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There is also a Good Reading Podcast available on various podcast platforms and through RSS.

The Whichbook book recommendation system allows users to search for a book by mood and emotion, character and plot, or setting, rather than searching by title, author or genre. It’s great for finding underrated, diverse books and hidden gems.

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