Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Ashleigh Barton! We’re delighted to welcome back Ashleigh Barton, best-selling and notable author of popular picture books and middle grade novels, including the ‘What Do You Call Your…’ books and the Solomon Macaroni series (see our interview here). Today she is here to share her newest, achingly beautiful middle grade novel, […]
#BookReview: Me and You, Ellie Royce (author), Penelope Pratley (illus.), Ford Street Publishing, April 2025. Blurb: Come and join in on a day of joyful discovery, where treasured memories are made, connection is celebrated, and sharing love is as simple as holding hands. Review: Joyful, treasured, and a loving connection are words that perfectly sum […]
Interview with Stef Gemmill on the Sketch and Scribe Festival! We’re delighted to welcome back the fabulous, award-winning author, Stef Gemmill to the blog; our 2018 Pitch It! Winner and 2020-2022 Judge, and now Program Director of an amazing new initiative called the Sketch and Scribe Festival! We’re super excited to hear about this new […]
#BookReview: Rosie’s Garden, Olivia Coates (author), Samantha McLelland (illus.), EK Books, April 2025. Book description: A little determination goes a long way in this inspiring story about creating green spaces and buildingcommunity. Review: When you need a place to meet some friends, enjoy green spaces and have your bucket filled, come to Rosie’s Garden. The […]
Interview with Shelly Higgs! It’s a pleasure to talk again with multi-talented debut picture book author, actor and playwright, Shelly Higgs about her empowering and heartfelt new release, Poppy’s Monster; a reassuring and colourful book about overcoming anxiety. Congratulations (again) on the release of Poppy’s Monster, Shelly! Anxiety comes in many forms, and you’ve brilliantly […]
Welcome to The Quick Six Interview with Jacinta Liu! ”I have two grandmothers.One with brown eyes, and one with blue eyes.One makes dumplings, and one bakes bread.They are my grandmothers. One lives in the East, and one lives in the West.” In our current world climate of uncertainty and division, picture books like ‘Grandmother from […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Tom Jellett! It is with huge privilege to welcome one of Australia’s best-loved illustrators to our blog, and that’s being modest! The legendary Tom Jellett is here to share his newest picture book – and it’s super exciting that he is the author, too! The Train at the End of My […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Susie O’Leary! What a fun delight to welcome Susanna (Susie) O’Leary to the blog to share her new picture book, Uh Oh Spaghetti-oh!. And here’s something special about this book – it’s also a popular kids song that earned a finalist spot in the Queensland Music Awards! Susie is a highly […]
Interview with Ellie Royce! It’s such a joyful delight to connect with talented author, Ellie Royce, to discuss her latest picture book, Me and You. Inspired by her own experiences, hopes and dreams as a loving grandmother, Ellie has penned this beautifully heartwarming story about fun and precious bonding moments between child and grandparent; taking […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Kathy Clutterbuck! Teachers of art and children with dyslexia, illustrator and author duo, Alice Blue and Kathy Clutterbuck have formed to create their charming AliKat Rhyme Time resource that empowers readers of the rhymes to express themselves creatively through images and words. The modern-day rhymes have today’s children in mind, effectively […]
