What’s better than a book launch to celebrate a new book? A big book party to celebrate not one, but five new books! I was lucky enough to be part of the Great Big Kids Book Read run by Fremantle Press and hosted at the State Library of WA.
With six creators: Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Moira Court, Kyle Hughes-Odgers, Cristy Burne, Yasmin Hamid, Deb Fitzpatrick and myself,
Waiting to start.
celebrating five books between us all either recently released or about to be released, we shared a stage and read from our new works to a full house.
There was laughter, food, book signing and a lovely sense of community.
My favourite moment was a young girl telling me she would treasure my book forever. When I asked if she would like a photo with me, she hugged me so warmly I thought my heart would overflow.
Life is great, isn’t it?
Time for another round up of what I read last month. April’s list is a bit shorter than previous months, because I had a very busy month with various projects. Still, the books I read, I loved. I was especially besotted with 
