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Spark makes the NZ Listener Top 50 Children’s Books list, as selected by Ann Packer!
Read MoreIt’s GIVEAWAY time! To celebrate Spark reaching 100 5-star ratings on goodreads there are 3 signed copies with bookmarks and buttons up for grabs (sorry, no poster with this one). Click here to enter.
Read MoreA review from Ngaire the BookieMonster including a radio shoutout. “Spark is like the best kind of action movie come to life in a book (okay, that sounds weird). Awesome female protagonist, check. Surreal but believable conspiracy theory plotline, check. A montage of our lead female learning to fight with
Read MoreGorgeous review of Spark by book blogger Dear Diary: ‘It’s not often that a YA trilogy really excites me, enough to make me stay up late into the night to finish it and enough to make that feeling of “Oh… now what? BUT I WANT TO KNOW MORE!” set in after finishing
Read MoreMy final blog post as Writer In Residence for Inside A Dog for September: Author to Author Interview with questions from esteemed New Zealand & Australian authors such as Elizabeth Knox, Karen Healey and Melissa Keil. Click on excited Stiles to read the Interview:
Read MoreThe winners of the Inside A Dog Spark Giveaway!!! Rou Min, Sarah & Ynah! Congratulations you guys! Click here to see more.
Read MoreSPARK GIVEAWAY! Visit Inside A Dog for an opportunity to win one of 3 Spark prize packs, including a signed copy of Spark, a limited edition button, a bookmark and poster.
Read MoreAmy Daoud, designer at Walker Books Australia, shares her fun and fascinating creative process behind the cover-art for Spark:http://www.bookmuch.com.au/latest/2014/09/something-different-something-dark-2/#comment-4959
Read MoreWriter In Residence for a month at Inside a Dog, Centre For Youth Literature. My first blog post: ‘Buffy! Nerdery! Crisps!’
Read MoreThe Weekend Press ‘Teen Science’ Review of ‘Spark’ by Bob Docherty “An excellent start to a planned trilogy by Christchurch writer, Rachael Craw … believeable and refreshing science fiction for young adults…”
Read MoreRachael is a member of the New Zealand Society of Authors and the Top of the South branch. Her publisher is Walker Books Australia