Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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When Australian author Nova Weetman was a child, every week she'd fill up her bicycle basket to the brim with library books.

We sat down with Nova to hear about her favourite book as a child and why it's important to have Australian voices reflected in literature.

We're proud to support authors like Nova through our #LendingRights Schemes, which pay authors, illustrators and publishers for the free use of their books, ebooks and audiobooks in library collections.

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