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Last night, I attended the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and what a wonderful event it was! The winner of the children’s category was ‘Open Your Heart to Country’ a picture book by Jasmine Seymour. It was an honour to be there at the National Library of Australia to catch up with other authors and illustrators:...
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I am thrilled to announce that ‘Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon’ has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards! Congratulations to the other finalists in the Children’s category: Aunty Shaa Smith, Jasmine Seymour, Randa Abdel-Fattah, Maxine Beneba Clarke and Zeno Sworder. It is such an honour. Thank you to Puffin Books...
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I’m thrilled and honoured my novel ‘Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon’ has been shortlisted for the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards. Thank you so much to the judges. ‘When eleven-year-old Zadie Ma discovers the stories she writes come true, she conjures her dream dog to bring love, joy and hope back to...
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In May, I attended the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards held at the State Library of NSW. Despite ‘Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon’ not taking out the Patricia Wrightson Prize, we had a wonderful time. Congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted authors, especially Corey Tutt and Blak Douglas, who were the...
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The Garden of Empress Cassia is 20 years old today. It was my first novel and is still in print so it’s doing fairly well for its age. The story is loosely based on how I felt as a child not fitting in. It’s about a Chinese Australian girl who, due to racism is ashamed...
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My next stop in South Australia as Australian Children’s Laureate was to Kangaroo Island. Over two days, I spoke at the three primary schools there – Kingscote, Parndana and Penneshaw campuses. I talked about being Laureate, then about books and writing followed by a dragon drawing workshop. This is Emma from Kingscote campus who kindly...
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Happy snaps from my bookshop visits in Sydney and Melbourne. I love booksellers. I love my job.
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What a super special afternoon we had with Australian children’s laureate and master storyteller Gabrielle Wang We listened to her read from her wonderful new book Zadie Ma and the dog who chased the moon, she taught us how to draw dragons and gave us some brilliant writing tips. We talked a lot about imagination...
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I so enjoyed speaking with Katherine Collette on The First Time Podcast Our conversation covered: Stories and storytelling as a part of early life Growing up Chinese-Australian in a very white Australia Prophetic dreams Mentor Hazel Edwards, author of There’s a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake Rejection Magical experiences in life Writing process –...
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We had the most wonderful afternoon hosting the book launch of : Zadie Ma and the Dog who Chased the Moon by Gabrielle Wang. Gabi shared her inspiration for writing this beautiful book about courage, friendship and the power of stories. Gabrielle is an author and illustrator and the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2022-23. We...
