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thebookmuse1.bsky.social
Writer, reviewer, disabled, book lover and cat lover. Picture Book Activist, kid lit advocate. She/her https://ashleighmeikle.com.au https://www.weekendnotes.com/sydney/writer/186/ https://substack.com/@ashleighthebookmuse
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New Review - Little Bones by Sandy Bigna, @uqpbooks @loveozmg #loveozmglit @aussie_kids_books ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/03/04/l...

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New review, post-humous review - Sunny at the End of the World by @stephboweprize @text_publishing ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/03/04/s...

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New review: My Mum is the Best by Nic McPickle @allenandunwin @albert_street_books ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/03/04/m...

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And it's published online and in the magazine! Caution! This Book Contains Deadly Reptiles by Corey Tutt @corey_tutt1 @goodreadingmag @allenandunwin goodreadingmagazine.com.au/latest-revie...

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New Review: Bin Chicken Goes for Gold by Kate and Jol Temple, illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh @scholastic_au ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/03/02/b...

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New Review: Neeka and the Missing Key by Tina Strachan and illustrated by Max Hamilton @harpercollinsaustralia @harperkidsau ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/03/01/n...

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February reading round up ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/03/01/f...

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New Review: Bravepaw and the Clawstone of Rotwood Mire by @liliwilkinsonauthor @allenandunwin ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/02/25/b...

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January Reading Round up for 2025 ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/january-20... ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/02/07/j...

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New Review for A Good Kind of Trouble by Brooke Blurton and @littleredwrites @harpercollinsaustralia @loveozya @lostinagoodbk #AussieYAChallenge ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/02/07/a... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/a-good-kin...

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My regular complaint: why no women’s faces on the books that Dymocks chooses to display on the Australian History shelf? Hint: there’s plenty over on the Biography shelf 🙄

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New review: Chickenpox by Remy Lai @allenandunwin A green cover with five siblings covered in chicken pox around pink lettering. ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/02/04/c...

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New Review: Searching for Treasure by Johanna Bell and Emma Long @allenandunwin.bsky.social ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/02/04/s...

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Nephthys by Rachel Louise Driscoll ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/02/04/n... @penguinbooksaus @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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New review in @goodreadingmag for @walkerbooksaus goodreadingmagazine.com.au/latest-revie...

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New Review: Jungle Escape by @nathanluffauthor @walkerbooksaus ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/02/01/j... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/jungle-esc...

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I wrote about PRH's acquisition of Text Publishing and my skepticism about the reach of Charters of Independence and such like. And yet again, I express despair at the ALP's reluctance to put their money where their mouth is on funding AU arts and culture. www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/30/t...

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Review of the 113th Assistant Librarian by @stuwilsonwrites @penguinbooksaus @penguinkidsaustralia ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/29/t... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/the-113th-...

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New Review: Hello Butterfly by Leanne Frost and Ingrid Valls @frostiecreative ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/26/h... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/hello-butt...

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@athenalaw.bsky.social @akscotland.bsky.social - I think I nabbed you both now! let the pot stirring commence!

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Review: The Briar Book of the Dead by A.G. Slatter ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/22/b... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/briar-book...

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New Review: Legend of the Lighthouse Moon by @drhelenedwardswrites @riveted_press ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/21/l... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/legend-of-...

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@akscotland.bsky.social my characters from my #NotQuiteNaNo story are telling me they listen to Not Quite Write - cue me trying to work in a pun on the podcast.

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@akscotland.bsky.social pertinent questions - why did she swallow the fly?

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New Review: The Spirit Circle by @tara_calaby @text_publishing ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/the-spirit... ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/17/t...

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My posts for my total reading in 2024 and the reading summary. ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/17/f... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/final-read... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/2024-readi... ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/17/2...

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I'm embarking on the #AussieYAChallenge with @lostinagoodbk again this year - I'm aiming for the top level of twelve, and giving myself space to extend as far as I can if need be. ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/16/a... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/aussieyach...

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QBD Reading Challenge 2025 sign up post. @qbdbooks #QBDBooksReadingChallenge2025 ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/15/q... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/qbd-readin...

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#KTBookBingo sign up post - yes, even though I already have 7 or 8 boxes crossed off already! @peggyanne_readsandruns ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/13/k... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/kt-book-bi...

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My round up of all the Australian Authors I read in 2024. 206 Aussie Authors read in 2024, and most were children's authors or the ones that don't get all the media attention. ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/12/a... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/australian...

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Onto my second last 2024 round up - I always end with Australian women authors and then Australian authors - the main focus of my reading and reviewing! I read so many Australian women last year. ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/11/a... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/australian...

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Round up of all the women authors I read - breakdown of Australian women and Australian authors coming, but I forgot to schedule this one whilst doing everything else so you're getting a bonus post today! ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/10/t... ashleighthebookmuse.substack.com/p/total-wome...

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My round up books written by men - more about women and Australian authors coming over the weekend, and then my challenge introduction posts! ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/10/t... ashleighthebookmus e.substack.com/p/total-men-read-in-2024

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Books written by Non-Australian Men - authors who are children's authors and not best sellers or popular - I have more round ups coming and always end with Australian women and overall Australian authors, so keep an eye out for those in the next few days. ashleighmeikle.com.au/2025/01/09/b...

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