Hello everyone,

After an extended trip across Europe in April, I hit the ground running on my return home with a tour of Queensland at the beginning of May. My first stop was The Lighthouse in Toowoomba, a wonderful community centre doing some really great work in engaging kids with books and reading. I met with local parents, teachers, and librarians to talk about how to ensure all children can have access to reading, and also visited some low SES schools, where students had never had the opportunity to meet an author before, so the excitement was palpable!
 
After Toowoomba, I had a brief stop in Brisbane to deliver the Narelle Oliver lecture in Brisbane and was lucky enough to be in-conversation with author Lara Cain-Gray. It was well attended by a brilliant group of educators and industry folk, and I was so happy to have the chance to meet Narelle’s family and witness how beautifully her legacy lives on.

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