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Desire, Love and Betrayal in the Tea Plantations of Sri Lanka(Post)
Patricia Weerakoon, sexologist and author, turned to personal experience when writing Empire’s Children. The novel, which is set in the tea plantations of Sri Lanka, brought back many childhood mem ...
An Empathy Pack for Picture Book Readers(Post)For little readers who want to learn a bit more about empathy, or who just love to read beautiful stories, this book pack is perfect! Empathy: the ability to understand and share the feelings of ...
Jennie Del Mastro on Crossed Spaces(Post)Light ClubFor Crossed SpacesLight Club came from a random image in my mind: a burning candle inside someone’s chest. I played with the idea, imagining how it could work, and what it would mean. A d ...
Crossed Spaces: The Clockmaker and the Time Machine — Jo Hart(Post)On Writing the Concept of Time TravelIn my Crossed Spaces short story ‘The Clockmaker and the Time Machine’, the idea for the characters came to me in a dream—three siblings in hiding from the gove ...
The Opposite of Disappearing: Author Interview with Samantha-Ellen Bound(Post)Writer of Paper Crowns 1. Other than the theme for the anthology, what was your inspiration for your short story?I have always been very drawn to writing about that age when ...
The Opposite of Disappearing: Author Interview with Sandy Bigna(Post)Writer of Between Spaces 1. Other than the theme for the anthology, what was your inspiration for your short story?My inspiration for Between Spaces came from reading an article about 'dumpster d ...
Kelly O'Gara(Page)Kelly O’Gara is a Central Coast based illustrator and high school Visual Arts teacher. She has a double degree in Bachelor of Design/Art Education from the College of Fine Arts, UNSW and predom ...
Rebecca Ahola(Page)Rebecca Ahola was raised in Tasmania and has lived in Cairns, Far North Queensland for the last twenty-eight years. She is a guidance officer and English teacher and has loved writing and storytellin ...
Melissa Wray(Page)Melissa is an Australian author who lives on the Bellarine Peninsula with her husband and two children and enjoys walks along the beach. She has always loved reading and grew up near a cosy litt ...
Michelle Worthington(Page)Michelle Worthington is an international award-winning author, screenwriter and business woman. Shortlisted twice for the Children's Book Council of Australia's picture book of the year, two-time win ...