Dannika Patterson believes quality books are critical to children; to fuel imaginative play, to encourage early literacy, to teach, to linger, to promote change and for the pure and simple love of reading and writing. Hedgehog The Wonder Dog is her 10th published picture book and she also has graphic novels and poetry to her…
Dani Vee hosts the popular Words and Nerds Podcast with 52,000 plays every month. Dani also works in publicity and acquisitions at Larrikin House, and is often a panel facilitator at literary festivals. She can now add picture book author to the list of her literary achievements. So, buckle up and get ready for a…
Thanks for joining this author interview with Paula Stevenson! She shares with us about her new book, Buster follows his Nose, life on a Wagyu farm and more! Interview Andrew: Hi Paula, great to have you on the blog! I was excited to hear that your book Buster follows his Nose has just been published…
Thanks for joining us for an Interview with Penny Jaye! Penny writes stories for children through to older readers. Her books include The Other Brother, The Pet Sitters series (Under pen name: Ella Shine), YA+ novel Out of the Cages and her latest picture book: One Potoroo: a story of survival. Andrew: Hi Penny, thanks…
Sarah Speedie joins for an interview Join us for an interview with Sarah Speedie. Sarah lives in Melbourne. Her debut picture book illustrated by Rebel Challenger has just been released. I’m super excited to have Sarah joining us on the blog today! Andrew: Hi Sarah, let’s kick off by getting to know you. Tell us…
Sandra Bennett Sandra Bennett is a children’s author. Her book ‘Secrets Hidden Below, the Adamson Adventures 1’ was long listed in the Sisters in Crime 2019 Children’s Category, Davitt Awards and shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards 2019. Her latestbook, Fossil Frenzy the Adamson Adventures 3 has just been awarded Finalist…
About Liz Anelli When she lived in England, Liz had a job dusting dinosaurs at London’s Natural History Museum. Now she illustrates picture books and junior fiction and has collected numerous short-listings and awards. Liz likes to mix up the media – weaving collage and printmaking with found objects into her detail-packed pages. In between…
This week on the book creator interviews,we have illustrator, Sami Bayly here! Sami tells us little known facts about some of the world’s craziest creatures, how she learned to draw animals in such great detail and accuracy, and even how a video of her rugby team went viral! Let’s jump straight into it! Andrew: Hi…
Join me today for a chat with Inda Ahmad Zahri! Inda tells a bit about herself and why she wrote her new picture book Salih illustrated by Anne Ryan and published by Ford St Publishing. Andrew: Hi Inda! Great to have you on the blog for an interview! Can you introduce yourself to us? Inda:…
Super excited to have Liz Ledden with us today for an interview! Andrew: Hi Liz! Thanks for coming on my blog. Could you introduce yourself to us? Liz: Hi Andrew – thanks for having me! I’m a kids’ book author based in Sydney’s inner west, and I also co-host a kids’ book podcast, One More…
