I'm thrilled to announce that I've established a new online writing group called Write With Allison Tait. For over a decade now, I've been sharing my journey as a writer, my tips and tricks, my highs and lows, my inspiration and, especially, information for over a...
Graeme Simsion is not only the author of The Novel Project, a new writing craft book, and a bunch of international bestselling books, he's also a very generous soul. When Valerie Khoo and I began our So You Want To Be A Writer podcast all those years ago, Graeme was...
Is there anything better than a new writing book to inspire, motivate, inform and entertain? I've written before about my favourite books about writing – heck, I've even written a book about being a writer myself – but I'm always happy to discover a new one, and...
So you want to be a children's author? Before I became a children's author, I think, like most people, I thought it was just a matter of writing a children's book. Write a great book and, voila!, you're a children's author. And it's true. But also not true. You...
There's been a lot of discussion in the media, online and, well, everywhere of late about gender, specifically gender identity. As with most discussions about most subjects, I'm a big believer that understanding is the key and that books can go a long way to fostering...
Creativity and change. The two things go hand in hand... In case you missed it, I am no longer co-hosting the So You Want To Be A Writer podcast. Call it a seven-year itch, if you like, but after 462 episodes the love had gone out of my labour of love, and so I had to...
'Consent' is a word we've heard a lot about over the past few years and it's a word that parents know they need to discuss with their kids from an early age. But how? In her brand-new picture book, From My Head to My Toes, I Say What Goes, Australian author Charlotte...
"What's the one thing you wish you'd known when you started out as an author?" It's a big question, and one I've been toying with over the past week. The problem is, there are just SO many things I wish I'd known. Narrowing it down to one seems impossible. So I...
As all the 'best books of 2021' lists begin to storm the internet and various other media channels, I decided that it was time the Your Kid's Next Read community got in on the action. So I challenged our members to help me create The Ultimate Your Kid's Next Read Best...
