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This was going to take a few more tries. I didn’t fly off the swing set with six plastic bags; the crepe myrtle tree with ten plastic bags; or the top of the slide with seventeen plastic bags. I would have gone higher if I could have, with a bigger parachute. However, I had used all the bags in the house by then, and landing was starting to make my feet hurt, and Mum and Dad said that if landing made my feet hurt then that was probably high enough. But no matter how many times I crashed into the lawn instead of soaring over the rooftops, I would not permit anybody to say I was ‘trying’ to fly. ‘Trying’ implied a possibility of failure. ‘Trying’ invalidated those precious seconds that I was in the air. When they spoke within earshot of me, everyone had to say I was practising. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626cdcb9496e6707a6dd7153/bb8dadd3-316e-4bf3-a742-323a950b5a8d/Amelia+in+black+dress About me I majored in Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne, and I have a Master of Teaching Primary and Secondary from Monash University. I’ve worked as a nanny, tutor, grape-picker, copy writer, teacher and bookshop assistant; and I’ve written at studios at Glenfern in Saint Kilda, and the Old Melbourne Gaol. Stories of mine have been shortlisted for the Ampersand Prize and the Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers’ Contest. I’ve also developed a manuscript through an Australian Society of Authors Mentorship. The Grandest Bookshop in the World was my debut novel in 2020 — but that’s been such an eventful journey that I had to put it on its own page! After two years living and teaching in Victoria’s Alpine Valley, I now live in Melbourne. I love visiting schools and libraries, supporting literary events, and hearing from readers. When I’m not writing, I like to draw, go for birdwatching walks, and fuss over my garden and my fish tank. You can support my work by buying my books or bringing me in to speak at your school, but I also get paid every time you borrow my books from libraries in Australia! Writing is how I make my living and while I’m one of the lucky few authors who can afford to do it full time, I drive a scratched-up car from 2012 and I live in a tiny 1-bedroom apartment with broken appliances and no AC, so your support makes a tangible difference. I provide the first chapter of all of my books as samples via this website, so please check those out on the book pages if you’d like to try before you buy. https://www.authorameliamellor.com/contact-me daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://www.authorameliamellor.com/the-grandest-bookshop-in-the-world daily 0.75 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626cdcb9496e6707a6dd7153/05bf8e51-f6d0-4d41-adcf-c36b51196041/20200622_TGBitW_CVR_FRONT.jpg The Grandest Bookshop in the World - The Story Ten-year-old Pearl and her big brother Vally live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne is the grandest bookshop in the world, brimming with every curiosity imaginable. Each day brings fresh delights for the Cole children: voice-changing sweets, talking parrots, live music, all the toys they could want, or a new story written just for them by their eccentric father. The only way life at Cole’s Book Arcade could be better would be if their sister Ruby were still alive to enjoy it with them. And that’s where the trouble begins. As the third anniversary of Ruby’s passing approaches, Pearl and Vally discover that their Pa has risked the Book Arcade — and himself — in a shocking deal with a mysterious magician called the Obscurosmith. With audacious courage (and a bit of help from friends and family), Pearl and Vally hatch a plan. Soon they are swept into a dangerous game with impossibly high stakes: defeat seven challenges by the stroke of midnight and both the Arcade and their father will be restored. But if they can’t work together to win the game, Pearl and Vally won't just lose Pa — they'll forget that he and the Arcade ever existed. 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But in 1871, he’s twelve years old, and struggling under the burden of his parents’ expectations as the eldest of seven children. He’s happiest at work in Paddy's Market — the loud, smelly, marvellous heart of Melbourne — where he uses his skills in magic to organise the book stall run by eccentric Mr Cole. When Billy meets Kezia Nobody, a talented young seamstress, she warns him of a sinister magician called the Obscurosmith. At first, Billy can't believe her stories of magical deals gone horribly wrong — but then he sees them happening. And the night that the Obscurosmith crosses a terrifying and dangerous line, endangering the lives of everybody in the market, Billy realises that if he wants the Obscurosmith stopped, he'll have to do it himself. 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