Ava Spark: Hello, I’m Here! by Alex Field, illustrated by Joanna Bartel New Frontier Publishing Guest author post by New Frontier Director Sophia Whitfield, who writes as Alex Field about Ava Spark and the life of her much-loved son Luke for ‘Joy in Books’ at Paperbark Words Ava Spark is largely inspired by my son’s life, […]
Read More Ava Spark by Alex FieldWe Live in a Bus by Dave Petzold Thames & Hudson “We live in a bus and we stop whenever we like.” (We Live in a Bus) We Live in a Bus by Dave Petzold is a 2025 CBCA shortlisted Picture Book of the Year. Congratulations on your warm, joyous book and its CBCA shortlisting, […]
Read More We Live in a Bus by Dave PetzoldA Farm by the Sea by Jillian Packer Published by Berbay Books Jillian Packer writes about her tender, timeless picture book, A Farm by the Sea, to describe how childhood, and the place where you live, grows you into the person you become. Many of her illustrations artfully pay homage to ‘millefleur’ – design style […]
Read More A Farm by the Sea by Jillian PackerSpirit of the Crocodile by Aaron Fa’Aoso and Michelle Scott Tucker with Lyn White Allen & Unwin ‘What do you think it wants?’ Ezra was talking about the crocodile. It was the only thing they’d been talking about for the past little while. Because it had come back. Not lying around on the boat ramp […]
Read More Spirit of the Crocodile by Aaron Fa’Aoso and Michelle Scott Tucker with Lyn WhiteHigher Ground by Tull Suwannakit Author/illustrator Interview at PaperbarkWords “There was no one. Just us. ‘Never lose hope,’ Grandma said. ‘Life can be meaningful even in the darkest of days.’ “ (Higher Ground) New Frontier Publishing Thank you for speaking to ‘Joy in Books’ at PaperbarkWords, Tull. You must be thrilled with the final […]
Read More Higher Ground by Tull SuwannakitMy 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. […]
Read More My Mum is a Bird by Angie Cui, ill. Evie BarrowParrot Palace by Susanne Gervay OAM with illustrator Sarah Tabassum and consultant Pooja Mathur Big Sky Publishing Susannne Gervay writes about her new junior fiction novel, Parrot Palace My beautiful picture book, Elephants Have Wings, illustrated by Anna Pignataro, fosters social inclusion and cohesion and spurred me onto writing my junior fiction Parrot Palace. Diversity, […]
Read More Parrot PALace by Susanne GervayThe Big Backyard Plan by Kirsten Ealand and Laura Stitzel Published by Affirm Press Guest Author & Illustrator Post by Kirsten Ealand and Laura Stitzel Thank you for speaking to Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords blog about your picture book The Big Backyard Plan, Kirsten and Laura. The Big Backyard Plan is a story about four friends – Azumi, Theo, Bree […]
Read More The Big Backyard Plan by Kirsten Ealand and Laura Stitzel100 School Days by Deborah Frenkel and Laura Stitzel Published by Affirm Press Guest Author Post by Deborah Frenkel about 100 School Days Thank you for speaking to Joy in Books at PaperbarkWords blog about your picture book 100 School Days, Deborah. You are having a heyday with your excellent picture books, The Truck Cat amongst them. Deborah explains in her […]
Read More 100 School Days By Deborah Frenkel and Laura StitzelLeo 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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