‘How to Catch a Bogle’ on ‘Best Book’ lists

Posted by admin on Nov 29, 2013 in News | 2 Comments

How to Catch a Bogle (known as A Very Unusual Pursuit in Australia) has been named one of the best children’s books of 2013 by both Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, two highly respected American literary journals.

About Catherine Jinks

Catherine Jinks portrait
In 2006, Cathy’s former school, the
Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School, renamed their library in Cathy’s honour.

Catherine Jinks was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1963. She grew up in Papua New Guinea and later studied medieval history at the University of Sydney. After working for several years in a bank, she married Peter Dockrill, a Canadian journalist, and lived for a short time in Nova Scotia, Canada. She is now a full-time writer, residing in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales with Peter and their daughter Hannah. Catherine is a four-time winner of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year award, and has also won a Victorian Premier’s Literature Award, the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature, the Ena Noel Award for Children’s Literature and an Aurealis Award for Science Fiction. In 2001 she was presented with a Centenary Medal for her contribution to Australian Children’s Literature.

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http://queendsheena.blogspot.com/ Sheena-kay Graham

Good for you Catherine! Oh so that’s why How to Catch a Bogle is on not on the book list. I’m going to look back at A Very Unusual Pursuit on your book page. I have two of the books in the series so far.
- Catherine Jinks
  
  Thanks so much for all your lovely comments, Sheena. Yes – the books had different titles in America, hence all the confusion. Sorry about that! Also, the third book in America is slightly different from the Australian version, because of the edit I did. But I liked the improvements, and I think you’ll like them too!

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