AUTHOR Q&A: With Sonya Spreen Bates

When work experience student Sam picked up a copy of Out of This World by Sonya Spreen Bates, he was quickly drawn into a fast-paced middle grade story about family, fitting in, and finding your place in the world.

In a special blog post, Sam interviews Sonya about the book, her writing process, and her tips for budding young authors out there.

Read the interview in full below.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Valerie Volk Wins the April WWWC!

We’re pleased to announce the winner of the April WWWC: Valerie Volk. Fitting indeed that Valerie’s third WWWC win matches up so perfectly with the prompt ‘three generations’.

Valerie’s winning piece ‘Patterns’ is an examination of mother-daughter relationships and the cycles of behaviour we often fall into. Read her winning piece below.

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Launching AN EVERYONE STORY by Duncan McKellar

This week, Duncan McKellar’s moving and important An Everyone Story: Finding our way back to compassion, hope and humanity was launched by Professor Nicholas Procter, Chair: Mental Health Nursing, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences, University of South Australia.

We’re thrilled now to be able to share Nicholas’s excellent launch speech. Read it in full below.

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GUEST POST: Holidaying with Gillian Dooley and Matthew Flinders

Gillian Dooley’s Matthew Flinders: The man behind the map is an exploration of Flinders the man, rather than the decorated navigator and leader, idolised by generations of admirers. In this lovely guest post, Gillian retraces Matthew Flinders through Mauritius, giving advice to documentary producers, surviving a cyclone, giving talks on Flinders, and dealing with delayed flights.

Read her lively piece below.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Joint Winner of the March WWWC, Robert Moore

We’re pleased to announce the second of two winners for the March WWWC: Robert Moore. Responding to the prompt ‘the air was moving’, Robert’s powerful yarn follows a man and his dog trying to make sense of a strange and unwelcoming world.

Read Robert’s winning piece, ‘The Cowboy Man’, below. Find fellow winner Megan Sougleris’s piece here.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Joint Winner of the March WWWC, Megan Sougleris

We’re pleased to announce the first of two winners for the March WWWC: Megan Sougleris. Responding to the prompt ‘the air was moving’, Megan’s artistic tale paints a story of familial love, grief, and learning that some things will always be unknowable.

Read Megan’s winning piece, ‘Tempera’, below. Find fellow winner Robert Moore’s piece here.

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