Liz Ledden is a Sydney-based writer of junior fiction and picture books. Her debut picture book TULIP AND BRUTUS is due out with Ford Street Publishing in October 2019.

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Walks ... 🏵️🌱🌼🐾 . . . . . #lockdown2

Walks ... 🏵️🌱🌼🐾
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#lockdown2021 #lockdownlife #lockdownwalks #sydneylockdown #dogwalks #doglovers #walkingyourhuman #dogstagram #flowers #dogs #succulents #succulentsofinstagram #sydneydogs #sydneylife

LIT IN LOCKDOWN ⚡💘🌼🌈 The best bits of l

LIT IN LOCKDOWN ⚡💘🌼🌈 The best bits of lockdown life have to be bookish (ok, and snackish), so here's a peek at my current stack. New release picture books from writing friends, review books for the pod, escapist adult reads ... it's like a mixed bag of lollies when you can't possibly stick to one type.

💧 ARE YOU THERE, BUDDHA? by @piphaz is a middle grade verse novel in the contemporary vein and I absolutely fell hard for it. Predicting book of the year type awards aplenty.

💮 THE BALLAD OF MELODIE ROSE by @direleafehall is my next read for review, and I'm looking forward to returning to the moody, gothic world of Direleafe Hall after loving THE HEARTSONG OF WONDER QUINN.

💕 LOVING LIZZIE MARCH by @susannah.hardy is my current adult read and it's the perfect antidote to, well, *everything* right now. Think a smart and hilarious rom-com featuring a lovable protagonist who's a bit delusional in all things relationship. I can see why it's being compared to Bridget Jones, I keep laughing aloud all the time. It's so good! And excited for debut author Susannah who I happen to know from my local and school communities, hooray!

👁️ YOU NEED TO KNOW by Nicola Moriarty is coming up soon on the TBR, and I can't wait for a mega dose of page-turning suspense. Have heard great things.

🐠 WHO FED ZED? is a new picture book by pal @ameliamcinerneyauthor and illustrated by @adamlnickel ~ a clever mono-rhyme about friends, a fish and reading the fine print on food labels! The cover and illustrations are super fun and retro, the perfect picture book package.

🦁 THE LION WHO CAME TO STAY is by another friend @victoriamackinlay with illustrations by @ronojoyghosh ~ amazingly, based on a true story of Victoria's grandfather receiving the gift of a lion cub from a Maharajah. It's beautifully written and suitably poignant. A truth is stranger than fiction tale!

I hope everyone in lockdown is doing okay, and finding/doing/eating/buying/creating/reading/watching something happy-making. Books aside, things I'm looking forward to this weekend include Thai food and season 2 of Never Have I Ever. You? Xx

Some snaps from Sydney #lockdownlife to brighten y

Some snaps from Sydney #lockdownlife to brighten your night:

🌈 Neon at the new @marrickvillemetro

🌺 A fun and fast-paced #middlegrade mystery (with bonus fashion) ~ PLUM & WOO by @lisasiberry

🔷 Footpath find ~ a ceramic jewel amongst plastic pots

🍐 Gingham endpapers from current #picturebook crush, A PAIR OF PEARS AND AN ORANGE by @annamcgregorau

🐞 Bug-spotting ~ #tulipandbrutus found @the_booktree_toowoomba by @roryhmatherauthor

💖 Heart art in Haymarket

Frankie's found a new addition to the book fam ~ C

Frankie's found a new addition to the book fam ~ CBCA kids' anthology OLD WORLDS, NEW WORLDS, OTHER WORLDS, all themey and just in time for Book Week. It's packed full of poems, short stories, illustrations and plays (including one I co-wrote with team One More Page!). It even stars space puppies but I don't think Frankie noticed, she's too busy sniffing out her fave ... 🐩🐾🐶
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Diner decor 🟢🟤⚪ New cafe time @valentinas

Diner decor 🟢🟤⚪

New cafe time @valentinassyd with @gemmadotpatience ~ even better, it's not far from the library. Can there be a better combo?! ☕
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A timeslip/body swap story set in Sydney? Yes plea

A timeslip/body swap story set in Sydney? Yes please!! 🌀 I absolutely loved ELSEWHERE GIRLS by @novaweetman and @emilygalebooksetc where a present-day girl and swimming champ Fanny Durack inhabit each others' lives. It's like 2021's answer to Playing Beattie Bow (another bookish obsession back in the day!). The way each character made mindblowing discoveries about life in 1908 vs now was fun and fascinating (and makes you appreciate how much easier life is now - skinning rabbits for dinner, anyone?!). An addictive read, highly recommend! 💙💛💚
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