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Behind the scenes of writing and publishing children's books.
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It’s* Book Week baby! (opens the original)
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Children’s Book Week might be the most wonderful time of the year for children’s authors and illustrators in Australia. I’m taking a break from my Q&A sub-series (check out the interview with Karen Foxlee and Peter Carnavas if you haven’t already) to mark the highs and lows of Book Week 2026.In no particular order, and interspersed with photos from the week:The Year 1 student who raised their hand after we read All Bodies are Good Bo
5 minutes with Peter Carnavas (opens the original)
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This month I interviewed Peter Carnavas, who, just in case you’ve been living under a rock, is an award-winning author of over twenty books, including The Elephant, My Brother Ben, Leo and Ralph, and, most recently, Kid. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bjUj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5bc8416
Q&A with Karen Foxlee (opens the original)
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This month I interviewed the wonderful Karen Foxlee, an author for both children and adults whose award winning, internationally-published novels include Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy, Lenny’s Book of Everything and Dragon Skin.<div class="subscription-wi
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