The Quick Six Interview with Jodi Toering and Tannya Harricks: Night Watch

Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Jodi Toering and Tannya Harricks! It is with such honour and delight to welcome two astounding creatives to talk about their newest picture book release! Night Watch; a bush ballad for bedtime, casts its comforting, protective eye over its readers like a warm, feathery hug. The lyrical, evocative beauty of this […]

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Picture It! Anthology Competition Winners 2023

Just Write For Kids Australia’s first Picture It! Anthology Competition for local artists and illustrators of children’s books was held throughout June and July (and some of August!) as an initiative to raise the profiles of our wonderful illustrators and creatives, to raise donations for The Indigenous Literacy Foundation, and to produce a stunning anthology […]

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Picture It! Anthology 2023

Author-illustrators! Would you like to be a part of a wildly wonderful and beautifully-crafted anthology that encapsulates the complete joy of our land… and gives back to the community? We’re looking to view Australia through a colourful lens of diversity – from our stunning landscapes to our iconic parts of nature, a unified community of […]

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The JWFK Members’ Top Children’s Books of 2018!

Every year I sort through my hundreds of books read, reviewed, bought, given, borrowed and absolutely treasured throughout the past twelve months. And as you know, the standard of children’s titles in Australia is phenomenal. So my process of selecting my favourites is always painstakingly difficult. That’s why I passed the buck onto my fellow […]

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