PinnedPublished inWise As Stories2023 will be a year long celebration of lifeYours truly turns the big 40 this year. As one of my statistically inclined colleagues put it at his 40th, ‘half way there!’Nov 1, 2023Nov 1, 2023
Published inWise As StoriesSpace Odyssey is a children’s book that plants a seed of hope for the futureSpace Odyssey has officially launched — and with that our Willow the Wonderer picture book series is now three books strong. As I pen this…Nov 1, 2023Nov 1, 2023
Published inWise As StoriesWillow the Wonderer picture books are stories about wisdom and knowledge. Here’s why.Wise As Stories is unique amongst publishers world wide for a number of reasons, the most important of which is that we are creating…Nov 1, 2023Nov 1, 2023
Published inWise As StoriesDo picture books have wings? Willow the Wonderer seems to!It’s official: Willow the Wonderer picture books have reached more places in Australia than we’ve travelled to — and trust me you, we’ve…Nov 1, 2023Nov 1, 2023
Published inWise As StoriesA peek into the most disrupted industry of our age — BooksIt’s almost three decades since Amazon was founded ‘out of a garage’ to sell books online and — it’s still too early to say the rest is…Dec 22, 2022Dec 22, 2022
Published inWise As StoriesWillow the Wonderer rubs shoulders with Australia’s literatiThe festivals are back and last weekend we welcomed the return of Bellingen Readers & Writers festival in the Mid North Coast of NSW. What…Dec 22, 2022Dec 22, 2022
Published inWise As StoriesFirst trade show promoting Willow the Wonder picture book series — what we learnt and what we lovedAfter two long years, Australia recently had it’s first trade show — AGHA’s Sydney Gift Fair — and we were there for it! It was our first…Dec 22, 2022Dec 22, 2022
Published inWise As StoriesWhat makes Willow the Wonderer picture books so great? We break down the five essential ingredientsWhen Darren and I started working on our first picture book, Willow the Wonderer, we did not have any aspirations to start our own…Dec 14, 2022Dec 14, 2022
Published inWise As StoriesWhat inspires the stories in my picture books? Sometimes it’s other storytellers.It’s a lazy, rainy Sunday and although the country is out of lockdowns, it seems the habit to stay at home has stuck. On days like this…Dec 13, 2022Dec 13, 2022
Published inWise As StoriesThe myth of self-publishing on AmazonAmazon has long been hailed as the saviour for self-publishing authors, providing access to not only a huge marketplace to sell books but…Dec 12, 2022Dec 12, 2022
