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Ailsa Wild
@ailsawild.bsky.social
Writer, community arts, kids’ literature, sci-comms, ghost-writer, mentor, story-craft, collaboration. Living in Naarm
Question.
Do you know what Speech Night is? And where are you from?
December 20, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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I'm very excited to announce the inaugural (and possibly never to be repeated!) Trans Book Festival at The Wheeler Centre 8th Feb 2025 featuring a star-studded line up feat. Kris Kneen, Hasib Hourani, Dylin Hardcastle and many others. All allies very welcome 🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚 events.humanitix.com/trans-book-f...
Trans Book Festival
Get tickets on Humanitix - Trans Book Festival hosted by Transgender Victoria Events. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia. Saturday 8th February 2025. Find event ...
events.humanitix.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Wish companies would quit asking if I would recommend them to my friends.
You know what I recommend to my friends? Books.
And sometimes rest …
December 4, 2024 at 4:46 AM
I accidentally returned my kid’s school library book to the local library back in September. Realised 3 months later and went in to the local on the unlikely chance that they still had it. Friends, of course they had it. In fact they had a tidy box of books from several local schools.
December 4, 2024 at 4:05 AM
I love this advice
Write generously for an audience who loves your work, not defensively for an audience who hates it
December 3, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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i hate black friday (sounds like a bushfire, also we already have boxing day sales!??!!!) but Euphoria Kids is less than $6 at Booktopia if you would like a cheap book about trans teen magical friendship www.booktopia.com.au/euphoria-kid...
Euphoria Kids
Buy Euphoria Kids, New edition with discussion notes by Alison Evans from Booktopia. Get a discounted Paperback from Australia's leading online bookstore.
www.booktopia.com.au
November 29, 2024 at 10:43 PM
I’ve been working with a crew of year 4 kids to create a collaborative graphic novel. We’re up to a Very Important part of the process: planning the book launch snacks.
November 25, 2024 at 9:30 PM
I like Penni and I think there are a lot of EXCELLENT children’s authors in this article.

theconversation.com/im-a-childre...
I’m a children’s writer – and celebrity children’s books undervalue my craft
Celebrity children’s books are a recurring phenomenon – from Jamie Oliver and Keira Knightley to Meghan Markle and Jimmy Barnes. But writing for children is harder than it might look.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Sometimes my job is making books with kids. This adorably perplexed Minotaur makes me so dang happy. I feel like it’s kinda happy but also about to burst into tears
November 19, 2024 at 11:38 AM
If this were the plot of a middle grade children’s novel people would call it unbelievable. Finding fossils in vials rolling down the street on your evening out. Ridiculous

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Sammy J to the rescue as Museums Victoria loses items from flooded storage facility
ABC Melbourne presenter Sammy J stumbled across museum artefacts flowing down the gutter of a street in the city's inner north after a burst water main flooded a storage facility.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2024 at 1:01 AM