Podcast Episodes

Wylah The Koorie Warrior with Jordan and Richard

A Little Sprinkle of Courage with Jackie Case

Neil the Amazing Sea Cucumber with Amelia McInerney

A Friend for George with Gabriel Evans

Embracing Your Cultural Identity

Neurodiversity in Kids Books

When I’m Big with Karen Blair

Poppy, the Queen, the Seat and a Taco

Huda was here

Build a career as an illustrator with Deb Hudson

The Bendigo Writers Festival

Tips on writing a graphic novel

3 authors who made it happen, and you can too!

Get Published!

Grace and Mr Milligan

creating space for diverse books

Lian Tanner and Spellhound

Author and Illustrator share their journey

The Garden at the End of the World

How to be a children’s author when things just aren’t happening

Jo Panckridge CBCA President

How to go from Self-Published to Traditional

Gavin Aung Than

The Challenge and Reward of self-publishing

Introduction to Bonus Episodes

Meet The Publishers

Ky Garvey Easy Peasy

Ratbags and Tim Harris

Hello Emma Memma

Rebecca Fraser Sea Glass

Secret Agent Mole James Foley

Sue Whiting On Writing

Zooniverse

A Taco Writers Group

Bottoms Up. Creating Story Ideas and Writing Them.

Finding your Story Spark

The Process of Writing Amazing Books for Kids

A Teacher’s Promise

A Best of Tacos For 2022

A Very Rory Christmas

How to pitch to a publisher

How to be an illustrator of picture books

The process of self-publishing picture books

Jacqueline Harvey Interview

You are Loved!

How to create art and make a living

The Dangerous business of writing books for kids

It’s Time For a Revolution!

Worst Week Ever Wednesday

Jane Godwin interview

Writing about Diversity, Inclusion and Acceptance

The Naked Sheep

Andrea Rowe interview

Furball. Sid Furball

Violin and Cello

It’s never too late to find your passion

What is Writing?

More self publishing tips

Voice is everything and how to find yours

How to self publish a children’s book

We are all made of Stories

An author’s journey – turning negatives into positives

Tune in please, it’s Zanni Louise

Storytelling – many ways to tell a story

Words have power

A process for writing great kids books

Process of Writing – research, language, accents, dialogue

Crossbones – an author and Illustrator collaboration

Interview with Dani Vee

How to Build a Community through Social Media

Editor Assessments with Crystal Corocher

But Why?

Want to be published? Make a commitment!

Must have news for all authors and illustrators

Writing for TV and Award-winning Kids Books

Writing makes me happy

Why do you write kids books?

Getting a picture book published

Adventure and Finding Interesting Subjects

Tips on getting published with Mary Anastasiou

Teaching and Communicating Language

Exploring Your Creative Journey

Journey of the Rat-catcher’s Apprentice

Worst Week Ever! Tuesday

Author and Illustrator collaborations

Developing a series with Matt Stanton

Adrian Beck and James Hart Interview

What books are kids reading?

Turning your book into a stage show and Snakes Awake

What makes a good pitch and why everyone should write one

Picture books – process of getting published

How important is creating a positive reading culture in our kids?

Rebecca Cobb Interview

James Foley – what you need to create books for kids

Collaborative Storytelling to inspire communities

Penelope Pratley Interview

Achieve your dream of becoming a published novelist

How to write non-fiction for kids

Top Tips for illustrating picture books

Writing and Illustrating Junior Fiction