Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Brentos! It’s the greatest privilege to welcome the phenomenal, highly acclaimed award-winning artist, Brentos to the blog, to share his newest GORGEOUS release following Australia: From Dawn to Dusk and Australian Animals: From Beach to Bush – it’s Wild Australia: Marine and National Parks. With his characteristically playful, clean style sweetened […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Jevita Nilson and Jess Racklyeft! It’s with pure delight to welcome talented author Jevita Nilson, together with the superlative, multi award-winning author-illustrator, Jess Racklyeft, to share their absolutely stunning new picture book, Our World Full of Wonder. This gorgeous narrative non-fiction for ages 5+ completely sparkles with its evocative, lyrical language […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Maura Finn and Lucinda Gifford! What a treat to welcome the fantastic duo behind Too Many Cats!, Maura Finn and Lucinda Gifford, with their newest feline adventure; the creepiest, most cat-acular picture book just in time for Halloween – Grandma Murphy’s Pussycat. This sensationally sophisticated lyrical nighttime stroll through the shadows […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Felice Arena! It’s a huge honour to welcome the superlative Felice Arena to our blog; popular author of so many great titles including the bestselling Specky Magee books and his previous scrumptious picture book, PASTA!. Without sounding too cheesy, Felice’s next book is as tasty as the last (oops, that was […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Sarah Surgey! It’s with pure delight to welcome talented international author, Sarah Surgey to our blog to share her touching, comforting story, The Heavy Bag. Here is a picture book that feels like the warmest hug, particularly for children navigating experiences through grief and loss. When Enid loses her beloved Granddad, […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Michelle Conn! We’re thrilled to have talented author-illustrator, Michelle Conn, in the spotlight and on centre stage today to share her festive picture book delight, The Christmas Star. Get ready for the season to be jolly with young Timmy as the happiest Christmas tree in town (and in the school play)! […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Sheila Knaggs and Jennifer Falkner! We couldn’t be happier to welcome the wonderful duo behind a gorgeous new picture book – Sheila Knaggs and Jennifer Falkner join us to share their absolutely delightful, Fairy Beach. You can always feel the twinkle and sparkle of magic when fairies are around, and at […]
Welcome to a special #CharacterInterview with Allen from Allen the Alien! We’re interrupting the news for this very special bulletin to announce that the UFO has landed, and we’ll be joined LIVE by none other than Allen from Allen the Alien – DO PANIC! (not really, he’s supersonic cool!). But first, a couple of announcements […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Dani Vee! We’re always delighted to have the brilliant, multi-talented author, publicist and podcaster extraordinaire, Dani Vee on the blog, and she is here today to talk about her hilarious junior fiction debut – Riley’s FAILPROOF Guide to Breaking a School Record. Could watching other people’s epic FAILS be any funnier?! […]
#BookReview: Allen the Alien, Stephanie Ward (author), Aleck Morton (illus.), Riveted Press, August 2024. Blurb: Allen and his trusty pet, Byte, set off for Earth to make some new friends. But it soon becomes clear that not everyone understands Allen’s intergalactic games and exuberant nature … An out-of-this-world adventure for anyone who has ever felt […]
