Marginalia — Interview
Cast sheets and sketching: get to know Hykie Breeze and her illustration process for 'Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra'
Lauren Pratt Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra Ella and the Frogs Hykie Breeze Illustrator Interview YA and Children's
In this interview Hykie Breeze chats to UWAP intern Samantha Hearn about her illustration process and shares her advice for emerging illustrators.
Cassy Polimeni is introducing habitat conservation to kids in a magical way with her new junior fiction series 'Ella and the Frogs'
Lauren Pratt Cassy Polimeni Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra Ella and the Frogs Interview Junior Fiction Samantha Hearn YA and Children's
Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra is a junior fiction book exploring themes of environment preservation, endangered species (frogs), finding home and human kindness. In this interview author Cassy Polimeni chats to UWAP intern Samantha Hearn about the first book in the Ella and the Frogs series.
Getting to know 2024 DHA shortlistee, Rhian Healy
Lauren Pratt DHA2024 Interview Rhian Healy Samantha Hearn The Dorothy Hewett Award
My Heart is a Plastic Shoe is an unpublished poetry collection centred around the natural world, family bonds and relationships, and is shortlisted for the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this mini-interview, Healy shares what it feels like to be shortlisted and the motivation behind the collection. Â
Getting to know 2024 DHA shortlistee, Rachel Bowman
Lauren Pratt DHA2024 Interview Rachel Bowman Samantha Hearn The Dorothy Hewett Award
The Fear of Empty Spaces by Rachel Bowman is an unpublished haunting historical novel that is shortlisted for the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this mini-interview, Bowman shares what it feels like to be shortlisted and the challenges of writing historical fiction.Â
Getting to know 2024 DHA shortlistee, Kimberley Lipschus
Lauren Pratt DHA2024 Interview Kimberley Lipschus Samantha Hearn The Dorothy Hewett Award
The Lost House by Kimberley Lipschus is a fractured reality, fairytale-like unpublished novel manuscript that is shortlisted for the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this mini-interview, Lipschus shares what it feels like to be shortlisted, the importance of writing and the novel’s inspiration.Â