All the Ways to Pray by Kathleen Kelly & Anne Ryan

All the Ways to Pray by Kathleen Kelly illustrated by Anne Ryan Wild Dog Books Guest author and illustrator post at PaperbarkWords blog by Kathleen Kelly and Anne Ryan The Inspiration Kathleen: The inspiration for All the Ways to Pray was really all the things that are happening in the world right now. It is […]

My Mum is a Bird by Angie Cui, ill. Evie Barrow

My Mum is a Bird by Angie Cui, ill. Evie Barrow Guest Author Post by Angie Cui Thank you for speaking to Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords blog about your imaginative, affirming picture book My Mum is a Bird, Angie. As a debut author, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when I first began writing My Mum is a Bird. […]

Six Summers of Tash and Leopold by Danielle Binks

Six Summers of Tash and Leopold by Danielle Binks Author Interview at PaperbarkWords “And I stayed on the bridge, watching as she walked back to where she’d dumped her helmet and board outside my house. She gathered her things back up to ride home. By then I’d gone back to leaning over the railing, looking […]

BERANI by Michelle Kadarusman

BERANI by Michelle Kadarusman (published by Allen & Unwin) Everything Michelle Kadarusman writes is thoughtful, original and important. Music for Tigers (I also reviewed for The Australian) Girl of the Southern Sea The Theory of Hummingbirds Michelle tells us more about her latest middle-fiction novel, Berani, at PaperbarkWords blog: Environment, conservation and how we interact […]

The Forest of Moon and Sword by Amy Raphael

“I am your mother and I want to make your life less painful in any way I can. Your journey will ebb and flow, like a river searching for the sea. You will not, I know, be dragged under. Like any journey, it will begin with the first step. You will meet your guides along […]

Fly & The Lost Library by Jess McGeachin

Fly, written and illustrated by Jess McGeachin (published by Puffin Books) has been shortlisted for the 2020 CBCA Awards for New Illustrator. This award aims to recognise and encourage emerging Australian book illustrators. Jess’s second picture book, The Lost Library has also recently been published. Thank you for speaking to PaperbarkWords, Jess. You’re very welcome! […]

Bandits by Sha’an D’Anthes

Sha’an D’Anthes is both author and illustrator of the new picture book, Bandits (published by Lothian Children’s Books). Bandits has great visual impact, is set in a slightly futuristic society and looks at significant issues in a highly appealing way. Thank you for speaking to PaperbarkWords, Sha’an. You have such an interesting name and pseudonym […]