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Magic & Mayhem: Discover the secrets to creating magnificent books for kids and teens.

Welcome to Magic and Mayhem – the podcast series that explores the wonderful and wacky world of writing for kids and teens. Join us as we take a peek behind the picture book pages, discover pirate shi... Read more

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Ep 29: Veronica Roth. Divergent. Need we say more?

Ep 29: Veronica Roth. Divergent. Need we say more?

Meet internationally best selling writer Veronica Roth, author of the Divergent series. While Veronica’s success came as... Read more

16 Jan 2019

44mins

Ranked #2

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Ep 16: Lauren Child transitions from illustrator to children’s author.

Ep 16: Lauren Child transitions from illustrator to children’s author.

Meet Lauren Child, author of the super successful Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean, and Ruby Redfort books. Lauren started... Read more

16 Jan 2019

34mins

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Ep 20: How Tamsin Janu found success after this writing course.

Ep 20: How Tamsin Janu found success after this writing course.

Tamsin Janu writes just one day a week is a successful middle grade fiction writer with four books, all while keeping he... Read more

16 Jan 2019

28mins

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Ep 18: Tim Harris goes from primary school teacher to mastering short stories for kids.

Ep 18: Tim Harris goes from primary school teacher to mastering short stories for kids.

This is how Tim Harris found success with short stories for kids. Tim started out as a primary school teacher, reading o... Read more

16 Jan 2019

34mins

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Ep 11: Tristan Bancks has mastered the middle grade market.

Ep 11: Tristan Bancks has mastered the middle grade market.

How middle grade author Tristan Bancks takes each manuscript from chaos to polished thriller. Tristan has published seve... Read more

16 Jan 2019

39mins

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Ep 9: Lesley Gibbes reveals her tips on becoming a successful author.

Ep 9: Lesley Gibbes reveals her tips on becoming a successful author.

How Lesley Gibbes went from primary school teacher to successful kids author. Lesley’s experience reading to kids defini... Read more

16 Jan 2019

42mins

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Ep 8: Andy Griffiths on the secrets to his success.

Ep 8: Andy Griffiths on the secrets to his success.

Meet publishing sensation Andy Griffiths, who just wants to make kids laugh. Andy is genius behind the popular Treehouse... Read more

16 Jan 2019

47mins

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Ep 31: Carole Wilkinson on why it’s never too late to start your journey as a children’s author.

Ep 31: Carole Wilkinson on why it’s never too late to start your journey as a children’s author.

Carole Wilkinson found publishing success after 40. Carole heartily believes in saying yes to every opportunity, no matt... Read more

16 Jan 2019

38mins

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Ep 35: Nicole Hayes teaches at the Australian Writers' Centre and writes spellbinding young adult books.

Ep 35: Nicole Hayes teaches at the Australian Writers' Centre and writes spellbinding young adult books.

Meet Nicole Hayes, award-winning author, podcaster, and writing teacher. Nicole has written three YA novels and writes a... Read more

16 Jan 2019

40mins

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Ep 34: Gabrielle Tozer reveals her marketing secrets as a young adult author.

Ep 34: Gabrielle Tozer reveals her marketing secrets as a young adult author.

How Gabrielle Tozer uses her marketing knowledge to promote her books. Gabrielle always knew she wanted to be a writer, ... Read more

16 Jan 2019

29mins

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Ep 24: Judith Rossell is a publishing sensation!

Ep 24: Judith Rossell is a publishing sensation!

How Judith Rossell went from being a scientist, to illustrating and writing children’s fiction. Judith has illustrated m... Read more

16 Jan 2019

28mins

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Ep 13: Allison Tait reveals the steps she took to break through as an author.

Ep 13: Allison Tait reveals the steps she took to break through as an author.

This is how Allison Tait found her voice and publishing success as a middle grade author. Allison had a long and success... Read more

16 Jan 2019

34mins

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Ep 6: Danny Parker on editing, collaborating and getting published.

Ep 6: Danny Parker on editing, collaborating and getting published.

How Danny Parker turned his poetry into picture books. Danny didn’t realise he was writing picture books until illustrat... Read more

16 Jan 2019

35mins

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Ep 4: Jen Storer’s breakthrough as a picture book author.

Ep 4: Jen Storer’s breakthrough as a picture book author.

Discover how popular kids author Jen Storer finally cracked picture books. After leaving behind nursing to launch a succ... Read more

16 Jan 2019

42mins

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Ep 3: How Shelly Unwin fulfilled her dream to write children’s books.

Ep 3: How Shelly Unwin fulfilled her dream to write children’s books.

How a vision board helped Shelly Unwin find success as a picture book author. Shelly’s popular You’re series has been a ... Read more

16 Jan 2019

27mins

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