Brave in Every Which Way by Maddy Mara

Brave in Every Which Way by Maddy Mara ill. Lauren Degraaf Published by Affirm Press Author Interview with Maddy Mara Congratulations on the publication of your important, affirming picture book, Brave in Every Which Way, Maddy Mara, and thank you for speaking with Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords. Guest Author Post by Maddy Mara about Brave Every Which Way Maddy […]

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Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle by Melissa Garside

Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle by Melissa Garside Illustrated by Lauren Mullinder Published by Riveted Press Guest Author Post by Melissa Garside about Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle  Thank you for speaking to Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords blog about your debut junior novel Lexie Moon & The Word Burgling Bungle, Melissa.  In my review of the book […]

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Saturday, Sunday by Natalie Kate Forbes, illustrated by Danny Snell

Saturday, Sunday by Natalie Kate Forbes, illustrated by Danny Snell Published by Affirm Press Guest Author Post by Natalie Kate Forbes about Saturday, Sunday Thank you for speaking to Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords blog about your new picture book, Natalie. Saturday, Sunday captures many people’s weekends with its mixture of busyness and relaxation and will particularly resonate with young families. […]

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Isobelle Carmody and Comes the Night

Isobelle Carmody & Comes the Night Published by Allen & Unwin Author interview with Isobelle Carmody ‘Will marvelled all over again that people would try to stop their government building domes. Didn’t they know how bad the air was, how dangerous the sunlight? Domes were designed to filter both, and to screen out damaging radiation. […]

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Leo and Ralph by Peter Carnavas

Leo and Ralph by Peter Carnavas (University of Queensland Press) Author/illustrator Interview at PaperbarkWords “Leo dropped the telescope and rolled over, laughing. Ralph always cracked him up like that. They had … dreamt of planets with funny names, imagined the creatures that lived there and the spaceships they might fly. If Mum didn’t call out to […]

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Bush

Bush Restaurant Redfern Sydney Thanks for speaking with Paperbark Words, Grant & Holly. Grant, you’ve now celebrated 5 years of Bush in Redfern. Did you imagine you’d be in Redfern for 5 years and continually growing even better and stronger. What has surprised you? What is something about this that makes you happy? I chose […]

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Thunderhead by Sophie Beer

Thunderhead by Sophie Beer Author Interview at PaperbarkWords “I know that what I’m going through right now is the rather unfortunate end result of a few troublesome cells. It isn’t the universe conspiring against me. It’s just bad luck, a random event in a meaningless mess. But I read somewhere that humans are programmed to […]

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