Better Reading Q&A with Laura
Better Reading: What inspired the idea behind this book? Laura Bloom: I think it was a feeling of yearning for more connection and meaning in my life as I was
Laura also gives lectures, seminars, teaches writing workshops, and presents at festivals, schools, libraries and special events.
View Laura Bloom’s books to discover her unique voice and storytelling style, loved by readers around the world.
Cameron Woodhead, The Age
Alan Gold, The Australian
Laura Bloom has written 5 books for younger readers.
The Dream Rider Series was shortlisted for the 2019 Children’s Literature Peace Prize and Augustine’s Lunch was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Award.
Laura is also available for children’s writing workshops, school group sessions, and event presentations. She brings warmth, experience, and inspiration to young readers and aspiring writers alike.
“Though different in mood and tone there is a vividness in both books, an impact in the writing, a building up of the story by moving back and forward in time, and a peeling away. An ecomony of style where nothing is laboured but everything is intense. “
” Some novels owe their relevance to the moment in history defined by their name and the actores who live the narrative. Others transcend time and place because of the university of their argument, their characters and the landscape from which the narrative is drawn. Laura Bloom’s superb new novel, The Cleanskin, sits in the latter category and is destined to become a classic of its genre.”
“The Women and The Girls by Laura Bloom is a 1970s senstation. To say that Laura is a literary powerhouse is an understatement – she really is one of Australia’s most interesting and yet underrated authours. With the release of The Women and The Girls, I predict this will change. “
“In this light hearted novel, Laura Bloom rejects the traditional rom-com, opting instead to follow a more contemporary journey of self-reckoning.
Fans of Liane Moriarty will enjoy this friendship-driven romp.”
Better Reading: What inspired the idea behind this book? Laura Bloom: I think it was a feeling of yearning for more connection and meaning in my life as I was
‘I wonder what D would say about this?’ I think, as I open up the latest headlines about what’s going on in Washington Born in the US, but with
Jesse Blackadder, my co-creator on the ‘Dream Riders’ series of novels for young people – and principle author of Book Two in the series: Storm) died this year. Six months