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Original title 😂😂 #Repost @aayyjjj ・・・ I interviewed Steph Bowe and found out that one of the first "titles" for #NightSwimming was Goat Tragedy. You can read more about how that came about, Night Swimming, and representation in YA fiction here: http://korumag.eleventhmuse.net/2017/04/24/interview-with-steph-bowe-on-night-swimming/ . . . #LoveOzYA #QueerAusYA #WeNeedDiverseBooks #QueerYA #bookstagram #instabook #booklr

#Repost @korumag ・・・ Our interview with Steph Bowe is now up! Check it out here: http://korumag.eleventhmuse.net/2017/04/24/interview-with-steph-bowe-on-night-swimming/ . . . #nightswimming #stephbowe #loveozya #queerya #QueerAusYA

NIGHT SWIMMING is out now!!! 💜💜💜 #Repost from @korumag - Happy release day to Night Swimming by Steph Bowe! "Imagine being the only two seventeen-year-olds in a small town. That’s life for Kirby Arrow—named after the most dissenting judge in Australia’s history—and her best friend Clancy Lee, would-be musical star. Clancy wants nothing more than to leave town and head for the big smoke, but Kirby is worried: her family has a history of leaving. She hasn’t heard from her father since he left when she was a baby. Shouldn’t she stay to help her mother with the goat’s-milk soap-making business, look after her grandfather who suffers from dementia, be an apprentice carpenter to old Mr Pool? And how could she leave her pet goat, Stanley, her dog Maude, and her cat Marianne? But two things happen that change everything for Kirby. She finds an article in the newspaper about her father, and Iris arrives in town. Iris is beautiful, wears crazy clothes, plays the mandolin, and seems perfect, really, thinks Kirby. Clancy has his heart set on winning over Iris. Trouble is Kirby is also falling in love with Iris." #LoveOzYA #QueerAusYA #instabook #bookstagram #booklr

Happy release day to Night Swimming by Steph Bowe! "Imagine being the only two seventeen-year-olds in a small town. That’s life for Kirby Arrow—named after the most dissenting judge in Australia’s history—and her best friend Clancy Lee, would-be musical star. Clancy wants nothing more than to leave town and head for the big smoke, but Kirby is worried: her family has a history of leaving. She hasn’t heard from her father since he left when she was a baby. Shouldn’t she stay to help her mother with the goat’s-milk soap-making business, look after her grandfather who suffers from dementia, be an apprentice carpenter to old Mr Pool? And how could she leave her pet goat, Stanley, her dog Maude, and her cat Marianne? But two things happen that change everything for Kirby. She finds an article in the newspaper about her father, and Iris arrives in town. Iris is beautiful, wears crazy clothes, plays the mandolin, and seems perfect, really, thinks Kirby. Clancy has his heart set on winning over Iris. Trouble is Kirby is also falling in love with Iris." #LoveOzYA #QueerAusYA #instabook #bookstagram #booklr