This is an edited version of Anita’s speech at the recent Australian Booksellers Association conference dinner in Melbourne. The original sp...

I wrote my first ‘book’ when I was five years old. It was in the form of a get well card for my dad. It was a piece of paper folded into ...

I don’t mean to scare you! But I use Dr. Frankenstein’s methods when it comes to creating a character. As you know, the eccentric scientis...

When I think about it, I realise my last three books, Bloke, Fog, a Dox and Dark Emu , have been in honour of Muns Hammond. He’s the hero be...

Do you have a favourite book series? Allen & Unwin I do! I have many. In fact, there’s nothing I like more than being hooked on a...

I love stories about small moments that are also part of bigger historical pictures. Lighthouse Girl is based on the true story of ...

Do you want to know how I became a writer? Okay. I thought you probably didn’t, but there’s no need to be rude about it. And you’ve st...

I have a confession. I love to make people cry! The good news is, I also like to make them laugh. And if they can laugh and cry at the sa...

Recently, I came across an article dividing authors into two camps; those that include descriptions of food and those that don’t. Children’...

I write a lot of things. But historical fiction ("faction") is absolutely, absolutely my favourite. Why? I call it the WOW! fact...

Introducing the 2014 Australian team from Canberra Grammar School :   Jesse, Leo, Angus, Nick and Mrs Hudson with Wayne Mills at the 2...

When I first starting writing chapter books and novels, I used a lot of stuff from my own life, but it wasn’t long before I realised that I ...

There’s something fabulous about stretching yourself as a reader. Not only in terms of entering new and exciting worlds well beyond your yea...

"Stories tell us who we are. They teach us empathy so we understand who others are. They give us the power to imagine and create th...

Hello and welcome to the third online literary festival at Reading for Australia. Once again, we are pleased to bring you terrific gues...

Though born from the doomed campaign at Gallipoli, the Spirit of Anzac is not really about loss at all. It is about courage and endurance,...

The second heat of the 2014 Kids’ Lit Quiz in Australia was the third year Orange has hosted the Kids' Lit Quiz competition and lots of ...

The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss (1957, Random House, Houghton Mifflin) "How many stripes on the Cat in Hat's hat?" The ...

Anzac Day is a topic which has been addressed in a number of children's books, including those written by our supporter authors, Jackie ...