Words in deep blue by Cath Crowley: 23 Feb, 2017

"A second-hand bookstore, a love story, and a letter-library: all of these things are mentioned on the blurb of Cath Crowley’s new book, Words In Deep Blue. Really, why wouldn’t you want to read something that has these as offerings?" – Katherine Dretzke

Cath Crowley is an award-winning author of Young Adult fiction. Her novels include The Gracie Faltrain trilogy, Chasing Charlie Duskin, Graffiti moon and Words in deep blue. In 2011 Graffiti moon won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction, the Ethel Turner Award for Young People's Literature, and was named an honour book in the Children's Book Council's Book of the Year.

Crowley will join us for a Q&A on Thursday, 23 February between 8 and 9pm. Please leave any questions you have below. (And discuss the book at your leisure!)

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Hi Cath,

YA seems to be one of the more experimental genres around at the moment (if you can really call it a genre). What do you think makes the YA scene so vibrant?

Thanks! 😊

Great question. I think it's vibrant because there are so many great writers telling stories incredibly well. I love that there's play in the books for this age group. I love that people are mixing genres. I know when I read I love it when someone tries something new and hard and doesn't mind the risk - they don't care if it doesn't work.