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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 memo
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 da
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
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 gover
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 you’re hovering on t
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 di
Meet the Author—Melissa Wray(Post)Today on Meet the Author we’re featuring Melissa Wray. Melissa is passionate about education, particularly literacy, and believes the ability to read and write gives power to change. Melissa enjoys wr
Meet the Author—Bethany Loveridge(Post)Today on Meet the Author we’re featuring Bethany Loveridge. Bethany is a passionate arts educator and children’s author-illustrator who has always loved storytelling and the natural world. She is the
Meet the Author—Rebecca Ahola(Post)Today on Meet the Author, we’re featuring Rebecca Ahola. Rebecca is a guidance officer and English teacher and has loved writing and storytelling since she was a child. As both a teacher and counsello
Meet the Author—Penny Reeve(Post)Today on Meet the Author, we’re featuring Penny Reeve. Penny has written more than 30 books for children. She’s a versatile author, with work ranging from early childhood picture books to gritty YA. I
Meet the Author—Deborah Kelly(Post)Welcome to Meet the Author! Today we’re featuring Deborah Kelly. Deborah is a multi-award-winning, internationally published author of picture books, junior fiction, middle-grade and young adult title
Meet the Author—Julie Modra(Post)Today on Meet the Author we’re featuring Julie Modra. Julie writes middle-grade fiction, as well as adult fiction in the genres of inspirational fiction, literary fiction, historical fiction and roman