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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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Last night, I attended the ASA Colin Simpson Memorial lecture at the State Library of Victoria. It was a wonderful evening with inspirational talks from authors Toni Jordan and Shankari Chandran. Congratulations to Helen Garner who was awarded the ASA medal! It was lovely to catch up with friends Wendy Orr, Kirsty Murray, Ann James,...
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In May, I travelled to Brisbane to speak at the Narelle Oliver Lecture. On my first morning in Brisbane, I had a wonderful session with the girls from St. Aidan’s Corinda. Don’t you just love Blobet the Great? This was one of the many gorgeous drawings of the Chinese mythological beast Qilin. I also received...
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The link for this conversation with Ron Gorman is in my bio. The ACLF is proud to be part of the Foundation for Learning and Literacy Literature Symposium series in 2022. Our video features our current Australian Laureate Gabrielle Wang in conversation with ACLF Board member and Deputy Director AISWA Ron Gorman.
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Best question from Melbourne Writers Festival yesterday. In fact it’s one of the best questions I’ve been asked ever. In my talk I tell the true childhood story of an old lady who lived in a mansion who we called the witch. Q: ‘If that lady was still alive today, what would you say to...
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gabrielle Wang 兴霜 (@gabriellewangbooks) Australian Values is a project that the government has put together where people from all walks of life are interviewed. Repost Australian Values https://www.instagram.com/p/Chjdx1thWWV/
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I was interviewed by Valerie Khoo from the Australian Writers Centre. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/writer-495-australian-childrens-laureate-gabrielle/id836440322?i=1000576170327
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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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Today I welcome Allison Lloyd to How Writers Work!
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Today I welcome Alice Pung to How Writers Work HOW DID YOU FIRST GET PUBLISHED? My first book
