For New South Wales-based picture book author Bec Nanayakkara, the past few years have been quite a whirlwind. A graduate of the Australian Writers’ Centre Writing Picture Books course, Bec found success immediately with her first two books Grow Big, Little Seed and Book Star – published by Hardie Grant
This week, we’re giving away three copies of Perspectives by Laurent Binet. In Perspectives, Laurent Binet blends art, scandal, and murder in Renaissance Florence. When a painter is found stabbed, art historian Giorgio Vasari investigates, uncovering intrigue involving the Medici family, Michelangelo, and Vatican censors. A richly immersive historical thriller.
When Shankari Chandran took time out of her career as a lawyer to have her fourth child, she turned her hand to writing in between baby feeds and family demands. This pastime has turned into a new career and Shankari has now released her first novel The Barrier, a futuristic fast-paced thriller that has been compared to the works of Michael Crichton and Matthew Reilly.
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