Riveted Press

12/10/2025

A tomorrow day is a wonderful day at Riveted Press because it means a new book is about to be born!

The wait is almost over. Flight of the Drakkonbarq by Sarah Giddy - Author & Illustrator is out TOMORROW!

Bat Brikson is less than two centimetres tall—but his dreams are bigger than the sky.
Tired of feeling like a misfit, Bat hitches a ride on his newly hatched moth and takes off on a daring quest. His mission? To fly beyond the grass, find the legendary enemy dragonfly-riders, and finally discover where he belongs. But the world above is nothing like he imagined. From riding beetles and exploring treetop villages to joining sky-high honey quests and befriending a fierce young warrior named Elfrida, Bat is swept into a world of wonder—and danger. The dragonfly-riders, known as the Drakkonbarqs, aren’t the villains he was raised to fear. In fact, some of them feel more like home than the classmates he left behind. As Bat navigates battles, secrets, and shifting loyalties, he begins to realise that being different doesn’t mean you don’t belong. And that sometimes, the greatest quest isn’t to change yourself—but to see others more clearly. A soaring adventure full of bravery, friendship, and the magic of finding your place in the world.

12/10/2025

Congratulations to all our fabulous authors!

11/10/2025

Congratulations Melissa Garside Author 🎊👏🎊

11/10/2025

Join Dr Helen Edwards Writes at Campbelltown Public Library next Saturday!

Book a free ticket to celebrate 80 years of ✨Book of the Year Awards✨ with the Children’s Book Council of Australia and take home a free book and other bonus freebies!

Yes, there will be cookies!

Author Kristin Martin will read from one of her delightful picture books at Storytime at 10am-11am.

Or join author Helen Edwards as she chats about her middle-grade books in the meeting room 10.30am-11.30am.

Held at Campbelltown Library, this Saturday the 18th of October from 10:00am - 11:30am. Book-in to pick up freebies!
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10/10/2025

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10/10/2025

MEET OUR PEOPLE
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KARYN SAVAGE

"I have always loved writing, even as a child, and won my first writing competition in a local paper when I was about 8 years old. Back then, I wanted to be 3 things when I grew up. A teacher, a musician and an author! Throughout my schooling, I always enjoyed poetry, creative writing, and making silly rhymes but I never thought I could make a career from writing, and so I successfully ticked musician and teacher off the bucket list (I am still wearing both those hats today). I think you know you’re a writer when you can’t NOT write. Writing is like breathing, a part of me conjumbling all sorts of emotions. I enjoy the humorous and heartfelt aspects of life and storytelling and simply playing with words – and making them up too!"

Karyn Savage Author is the author of My Pet Archie https://rivetedpress.com.au/bookshop/my-pet-archie

10/10/2025

Thank you to Dianne Bates at Buzzwords Magazine for a brilliant review of Anna's War by DJ Taylor.

"Anna’s War is a gripping, tension-filled and realistic depiction of wartime life. It cleverly shows the resilience, forbidden connection, family loyalties and the bravery of a young girl thrust into the deep shadows of war.

The upper middle-grade novel is based on the childhood experiences of the author’s mother-in-law who helped save her father when he hid in a secret cellar to avoid arrest."

09/10/2025

There are FOUR days until Flight of the Drakkonbarq by Sarah Giddy - Author & Illustrator is released!

Here is the next favourite quote from Sarah.

"Bat never told anyone how he’d left the safety of the grass to watch the dragon, not even his Uncle Levi. Had he hoped the Drakkonbarq would see him? The idea was preposterous, as absurd as his feeling of disappointment when the dragon circled away.

But he told his caterpillar again and again, at random times when they were alone - ‘I saw a dragon. It was flying. And one day, when you grow up, you’ll have wings, and you’ll fly too. You’ll see things that none of us could even dream of.’"

You will see the world from a very different perspective when you dive beneath the grass with Bat.

09/10/2025

Thank you Barbara Braxton at the Bottom Shelf Blog for this great review of Escape from Firestone Fortress by Rachel Jackson - Author

"This, the third in the Solve It Your Way series, written by a senior intelligence analyst who looks for clues, solves puzzles and explores options to help the good guys win the day in her everyday, daytime job has 38 unique ways to escape and a multitude of dragons to discover, combining the current literature love of fantasy quests as well as empowering the reader to be in charge of it.

As with its predecessors, this is one for independent readers who can engage with more complex plots as they choose the pathway they will take, and then, having followed one to its conclusion, return to investigate others."

Full review here https://thebottomshelf.edublogs.org/2025/10/09/escape-from-firestone-fortress/