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Meet the Creator: Kiah Thomas

"Storytelling was my way of connecting – with the world when I felt lost and alone, with my kids... and with myself, finding my way back to this thing…

Jun 2 • 

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May 2025

Meet the Creator: Shara Curlett

"My stories feel a bit like fishing – I have to hook myself into one. If it really gets me, I can’t stop until I finish it."

May 20 • 

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Meet the Creator: Shara Curlett

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Scattered thoughts for the weekend

On journalling and overthinking, meeting your heroes, and why we write

May 16 • 

Cassy Polimeni

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Scattered thoughts for the weekend

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April 2025

Meet the Creator: Deborah Frenkel

"When I’m tempted to throw everything in and try to get a job doing something REALLY useful... I keep coming back to how important books are – for kids…

Apr 28 • 

Cassy Polimeni

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Meet the Creator: Deborah Frenkel

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Meet the Creator: Katherine Collette

"It’s always worked for me to follow the ‘pings’, those little nudges in your brain that say: Hey, try this..."

Apr 15 • 

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Meet the Creator: Katherine Collette

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Autumn interlude

A new series, a dreamy writing residency at Billilla Mansion, a project interviewing kidlit legends, and the dreaded job hunt...

Apr 6 • 

Cassy Polimeni

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Meet the Creator: Fiona Hardy

"As far as adult books go, it's kind of fun to maybe shoot a bad guy a little in a crime book, when in a kids' book you should probably just go tell a…

Apr 2 • 

Cassy Polimeni

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Meet the Creator: Fiona Hardy

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January 2025

Time for a new Ella adventure!

A friendship triangle, an escaped animal, and a sleepover at the zoo...

Jan 21 • 

Cassy Polimeni

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Time for a new Ella adventure!

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October 2024

Please don't look at me

An introvert's guide to riding the adrenaline wave of author talks

Oct 2, 2024 • 

Cassy Polimeni

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July 2024

The grit is the good bit

On launching a junior fiction series, deadlines, jelly shots, and life lessons from the TV show Hacks

Jul 11, 2024 • 

Cassy Polimeni

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May 2024

Say hello to Ella!

A story about a girl, a frog, and a rescue mission, without a prince or princess in sight...

May 15, 2024 • 

Cassy Polimeni

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Say hello to Ella!

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March 2024

Getting into the groove

On autumn leaves, morning routines, quiet stories and eating scabs

Mar 22, 2024 • 

Cassy Polimeni

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