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Gabrielle Reid

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Gabrielle Reid is an English-born Australian writer of contemporary fiction, primarily Young Adult. She lives near Lake Macquarie in NSW with her three children and is a current PhD candidate in creative writing at the University of Newcastle. Her first YA novel, The Things We Can't Undo, was released in May 2018 and won the 2019 Australian Association of Family Therapist's Award for Children's Literature. Her second book, a short story collection, is set for release in November 2021.

Common themes in Gabrielle's work include navigating difficult relationships (family, friendship, romantic and sexual relationships), grief, school life, and mental health. She considers herself a progressive feminist with a heavy dose of empathy for the diffe ...more

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	Tincture Journal, Issue Twelve, Summer 2015 by Daniel Young (Editor), Stuart Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Karen Andrews (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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R U OK - a conversation is not enough

Today is the day. It’s my daughter’s birthday, not mine, but if past years are anything to go by, today will probably be the day I get several text messages from old friends. It might be a friend who hasn’t heard from me in ages, but has been reminded by a glaring yellow poster and the letters R U OK? that they do know someone who was open about being suicidal, and maybe they should make sure they Read more of this blog post »

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The Honorable Con (The Obscura Saga, #1)

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Departure[s]

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The Men Who Killed the News: The inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy

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Gabrielle Reid and 2 other people liked Joy's review of The Names: "3.5 stars rounded to 4. Really compelling read - it reminds me so much of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, which moved me so much I cried to the audiobook. However, I just felt like something was missing for me in The Names - but I can't quite put " Read more of this review »
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Nothing wrong with it, I am just slow and distracted and not able to get in to reading as much as I used to. And then the library wanted it back before I had got more than halfway.
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