by Andrea Rowe | Jul 16, 2024
There are bookstores … and then there are book selling institutions that feel like home. Readings has always been one of those places for me. A bookstore that genuinely adores books, and has reader’s experiences front of mind. A bookstore that champions...
by Andrea Rowe | Jul 12, 2024
Bendigo – we’re headed your way! Hannah Sommerville and I are hitting the road together and headed to a festival. For the FIRST time ever! We can’t wait to be a part of the fabulous Creative Kids fun at Bendigo Writers Festival this August as...
by Andrea Rowe | Jul 5, 2024
Interviews, podcasts, brain picks and natters There’s nothing better than getting back behind the microphone (I did start out in radio after all) and sharing why picture books resonate, what techniques I apply as a write, and tips for others venturing...
by Andrea Rowe | Jun 27, 2024
If you’ve got children in your life who love to create stories, and are keen to explore creative processes, then I’d love to help them. Send them packing to Portsea Children’s Camp in the September school holidays for two fun-filled days with...
by Andrea Rowe | Mar 4, 2024
There’s a certain scent in the air when you approach Clunes each March … it’s the smell of books, beautiful books. And the sound? The air is filled with the soft riffle of pages, the gasps, laughs, and tissue sniffling as storytellers share, and...
by Andrea Rowe | Nov 10, 2023
A most special honour. Jetty Jumping has been awarded the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year (5-8yrs) for contributions to language & literacy development.That’s all Hannah Sommerville and I can ask for, that together we created a valued book that...