To celebrate publication, we caught up with the terrific trio of picture book creators Davina Bell, Jane Godwin and Freya Blackwood about their latest offering, the delightful Birthday Baby, which perfectly captures and celebrates a baby’s birthday party!… Read the rest
Everyone wants to know how to cope with the end of the world right? Lili Wilkinson shares insights from her research into the world of doomsday prep & preppers, a key theme of her new novel After The Lights Go Out.… Read the rest
Writing for young adults can be fraught – how far can you go before your book is quietly removed from library shelves? And who are you writing for – teenagers or adults?… Read the rest
A fascinating insight as Craig Phillips – creator of the glorious children’s comic collection of myths and legends from around the world, Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts – talks us through his creative process.… Read the rest
In 1868 Australia’s first cricket tour of England took place as a team of Indigenous Australians headed off to England to represent their country. Mark Greenwood, author of Boomerang and Bat: The story of the real first eleven, writes about this important moment in history and how his book, illustrated by Terry Denton, came about.… Read the rest
Ahead of this weekend’s announcement of the Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award shortlist, Colin Dray recounts his experience being shortlisted for the Vogel’s Award, and how he found his debut novel Sign getting published despite not winning.… Read the rest
For International Women’s Day and the Press for Progress theme, our authors are writing about movement towards gender parity. Here Eleanor Limprecht looks back at what’s come before, with the challenges and opportunities faced by women during the war.… Read the rest
For International Women’s Day our authors are writing about movement towards gender parity, and we invited celebrated Aboriginal writer, illustrator and law academic Ambelin Kwaymullina, who comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, to contribute an Indigenous point of view.… Read the rest
For International Women’s Day our authors are writing about movement towards gender parity and the challenges ahead. Here Bri Lee writes about her Press for Progress in the legal industry, and the huge hurdles faced by women in seeking justice.… Read the rest
For International Women’s Day and the Press for Progress, our authors are writing about movement towards gender parity, and the challenges ahead. Here Virginia Lloyd looks at the changing gender gap in music through the ages.… Read the rest
