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The latest book in Townsend’s bestselling children’s series is out amid a surge in anti-trans rhetoric. But she remains committed to making sure her millions of readers all ‘know they have a place in Nevermoor’ Jessica Townsend feels for George RR Martin. The author of the bestselling middle-grade fantasy series Nevermoor has just released the fourth instalment, Silverborn, two-and-a-half years after it was supposed to come out in October 2022. Readers who were nine when the third book, Hollowpox, was released in 2020 had become full-blown teenagers by the time Silverborn hit bookshops in April. Townsend is now wryly mortified to be “One those authors where people are just tapping their watches and being like, ‘Excuse me!’ “I had to turn off social media for a period,” she admits over Zoom from her home on the Sunshine Coast, where she lives with her two spaniels Vyvyan and Rik. “I was getting so many well-meaning nudges of ‘Where’s the book?’ I’m not having a fun time, guys. I’m not on a cruise. I promise you I’m in agony.” Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

The endangered little tern has experienced one of its best breeding seasons across New South Wales in the past 24 years, with the highest number of fledglings recorded.