Rory H. Mather is a picture book and rhyme enthusiast. He likes stuff, items and things, and loves potatoes, dogs and sticky date puddings, and adores his wife Georgia.  When he was small Rory didn’t like reading – he found it hard to do – but at age 11 two things happened. Rory started getting taller AND he fell in love with books. Rory lives in South East Queensland where he spends most of his time telling his two dogs they are very good boys.

Find out more about Rory at:

Website: roryhmather.com

Instagram: @roryhmatherauthor

Facebook: @roryhmatherauthor

Winner of the '2020 State Library NSW Award for Emerging Children's Author', Victoria Mackinlay is a new and exciting children's author who loves to play with language.  Her debut picture book Ribbit Rabbit Robot, illustrated by Sofya Karmazina and published by Scholastic, is a CBCA shortlisted book 2021 in the New Illustrator Award category. It has been shortlisted in the 2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards and longlisted in this year’s ABDA awards. Victoria’s two new books, The Bark Book (Harper Collins) and The Lion Who Came To Stay (Scholastic), came out in July 2021.

Victoria was previously Head of Strategic Partnerships for Google APAC, and now works as a freelance strategist and storyteller. Fluent in French and Italian, visitor of 51 countries and counting, Victoria is a direct descendant of King George III (the one who went mad!).

Victoria will be holding a storytime via The State Library of NSW on 26 August. Check out all the details here. 

Find out more about Victoria at:

Website: victoriamackinlay.com

Twitter: @vmackinlay

Instagram: @victoriamackinlay

Facebook: @victoriamackinlaywriter

The NSW Branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia have produced this AMAZING new anthology of stories, pictures, plays and poems.

This anthology has been developed by a dedicated committee of the CBCA NSW Branch Eastern Suburbs Sub-branch, to celebrate 2021 CBCA Book Week ‘Old Worlds New Worlds Other Worlds’. The anthology contributors have all donated their stories, plays and poetry, illustrations and production skills—over 70 contributors, including some of the most well-loved Australian children’s literature creatives. And we have a story included!!

The funds raised by the sales of this anthology will further the work of both the CBCA NSW Branch and their Eastern Suburbs Sub-branch in fulfilling their shared purpose: to ensure Australian children have stories written for them, to support and celebrate the work of our Australian creatives, and to promote the joy of reading.

To order your copy, head here: cbcansw.org.au/merchandise