Flying high: Jeannie Baker on ‘Circle’
Monday, 21 March 2016
In her new picture book Circle, Jeannie Baker uses her distinctive mixed-media illustrations to depict the migration of the bar-tailed godwits. Reviewer Margaret Hamilton describes it as a ‘masterpiece’. She...
Fertile ground: Jane Harper on ‘The Dry’
Monday, 21 March 2016
Jane Harper won the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her first novel The Dry (Picador, June). She spoke to reviewer Myles McGuire. One of the most...
Drawing an audience: Australian Children’s Laureate Leigh Hobbs
Monday, 21 March 2016
Children’s author and illustrator Leigh Hobbs has been chosen as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2016-17. He spoke to Jackie Tang about his plans for his laureateship and his approach...
