Tania McCartney

It’s the last day of the year and what better way to mark it than with a list. Specifically, a list of My Favourite 15 Australian Kids and YA Books for 2016. Drum roll… In alphabetical order, because that’s who I am: A Most Magical Girl – Karen Foxlee All of Us Together – Bill Condon…

Recently I was interviewed over on Word Mothers and I let slip that I was 46 when I discovered that I wanted to write for children. This little snippet of age-based information was very popular on Twitter, retweeted a number of times. I doubt that anyone was particularly interested in my age. I’m guessing it…

Catching up with distant friends (so many wonderful writers and illustrators hail from Perth) and making new ones. The 2014 Australian-New ZealandSCBWI Conference might just be the most inclusive place on earth. The Illustrators Showcase. It was spectacular. I still have a severe case of artistic talent envy.Professor Ernest Bond’s Session Going to the Common…