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The Importance of a writers group - a Drinks with Ken episode
Today, I catch up with my old writers group for a fun chat about the importance of a writing group - the encouragement, sharing of knowledge, and general industry chat that is invaluable when you're writing and illustrating books for kids.
 
 

A Chat with Mr Luke – promoting on social media
On today’s show, we chat to an author and popular primary school teacher who has become a social media sensation with 1.8 million Tik Tok Followers. 
Today’s special guest is a school teacher, a social media sensation, an actor, a plant lover, and now an author.
Videos of his work with young kids, or as he calls them, his little legends, get millions and millions of views. He’s joined the ABC Playschool’s Storytime team. And he lends his voice to multiple characters on the popular ABC Kids TV show, Reef School.
He’s popped in today to share his latest picture book, Guess what we are doing today?. Everybody please welcome, the amazing Mr Luke Springer. 

Writing a verse novel, process, self-doubts, taking feedback, killing your darlings, moving your reader
 
Today’s special guest is a multi-award-winning children’s author. She’s won YABBA’S, KOALA’S, the Outstanding International Book Award, Speech Pathology and Aurealis Awards. And she’s a recipient of the Maurice Saxby Award for services to children’s Literature.
 
She’s popped in today to chat about her new book all about kindness. She is one of this country’s best loved authors, please welcome the amazing superstar of kindness, Deborah Abela.

DRINKS WITH KEN
Today, we chat to author and teacher librarian Hayley Gannon, Picture Book of the Year Winning author, Andrea Rowe, and one of the funniest comic writers in the country, David Lawrence.
 

The Magical World of Numbers and Shapes
A brilliant tool to help kids learn to count using nature’s building blocks. 
See numbers, shapes, and the universe in a whole new awesome way!
On today’s show, we chat about an awe-inspiring picture book for those artistically inclined, all about the exciting creative potential of numbers and geometry! Plus, Liv reviews two awesome new picture books. All on today’s show. It’s gunna be huge!
 
Today’s special guest believes that we live in a visual world more than ever before. He is an artist and photographer inspired by the internal shapes of the universe from the microscopic all the way up to the swirling of the galaxies.
 
He’s popped in today to chat about his latest picture book Magic Counting, which aims to help kids and adults alike to both learn to count and discover the magic in the numbers and shapes that surround us every day. Everyone please welcome, Nabeel Khan.
 

What does a Publicist do?
You’ve signed with a publishing house, now what?
On today’s show,  we chat to a publicist from Affirm Press, one of this country's favourite publishing houses, all about what to expect when your book gets accepted. What assistance do you receive? What media? How do they present you and your book to the world? And what your role is in the process.
Plus, Liv reviews two awesome new picture books. All on today’s show, it’s gunna be huge. 
Today’s special guest began her working life in journalism before moving into the exciting and busy world of book publishing. Today she works as a much-loved publicist at Affirm Press based in Melbourne Australia.
 
She’s popped in today to share with us exactly what a publicist does. How they differ from marketing, and how her job is all about assisting authors and illustrators get the most out of their publishing experience. Everyone please welcome the amazing and wonderful, Dana Anderson.