Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2009

Notable Book, CBCA Young Adult Fiction, 2011

Shortlisted, WA Premier’s Book Awards for Young Adults, 2011

Shortlisted, Gold Inky Award, 2011

PRAISE FOR LEANNE HALL AND THIS IS SHYNESS

‘Refreshingly original, Hall’s debut novel has a genuine edge. It’s Bladerunner meets Peter Pan with a bit of sweetness, sadness and tension.’ Sunday Age

‘I loved This Is Shyness. It’s a world-tilting romance full of comic-strip cool.’ Simmone Howell

‘Hall’s vision, channelled through her characters Wolfboy and Wildgirl…is sophisticated, funny and dead on. Their nocturnal meanderings, bizarre encounters and burgeoning romance are handled with unusual skill. This Is Shyness is not so much a work of fantasy as a novel that works by fine-tuning the ordinary to illuminate its oddness…Hall [is a] writer with incredible talents.’ West Australian

‘Effortless reading…Like a comic book, This Is Shyness hovers in a dreamy way between the real and imagined. It’s punchy and playful but also hints at a depth below the surface.’

Sydney Morning Herald

‘Every so often a book comes along that is so original it makes every other read seem like a waste of time…A stunning debut.’ Yen magazine

‘Fabulously compelling…with Hall treading a careful line between dystopic sci-fi and urban realism. In what is a serious and ultimately hopeful book, Hall casts a spell and draws you in. The weirdness of the story is so powerful because it seems only a distortion, sometimes a magnification of the real world in which we live.’ Weekend Australian

‘Wolfboy and Wildgirl are compelling creations and the story is so strong and vividly imagined it’s almost a graphic novel.’ Herald Sun

‘An urban fairytale…It is beautiful. Exquisitely original.’ Book Gryffin

‘Truly original…This is darker and sexier than your average teen fiction and, for all its weirdness, much more realistic.’ Herald on Sunday