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The Children's Bookshop

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9481 8811

Address: 95-97 Cowper St 2119 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency.com.au

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25.01.2022 Very happy to be out at schools discussing reading and all things books. Thanks Fort Street High- great young readers! And a great library at Fort Street too! #paulsbooktrail2020 #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture

25.01.2022 My daughter Keelin grew up working @thechildrensbookshop . She understands the magic of books and the joy of reading. Keelin now manages a Child Friendly Space in a Refugee Camp in Greece. I love this small library that Keelin and her team are building. It’s a tough time in our world-I hope that these books may in some way help to change lives. Proud of you @keelinstaygold @lighthouserelief @bethanymacdonaldartist @thefictive #paulsbooktrail2020 #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency

22.01.2022 Paul’s Book Trail 2020 No. 197 I’m a big fan of much acclaimed Aussie author Richard Flanagan. He is a passionate writer whose work can be raw and difficult and ugly and poetic and beautiful- all on a single page. I finished this last night and started rereading again this morning. Flanagan’s latest novel is a confronting snapshot of Australia (and the world) today, a call for stillness and reflection- and a call for action. I think I love this book. ‘In a world of perennial... fire and growing extinctions, Anna’s aged mother is dyingif her three children would just allow it. Condemned by their pity to living she increasingly escapes through her hospital window into visions of horror and delight. When Anna’s finger vanishes and a few months later her knee disappears, Anna too feels the pull of the window. She begins to see that all around her others are similarly vanishing, but no one else notices. All Anna can do is keep her mother alive. But the window keeps opening wider, taking Anna and the reader ever deeper into a strangely beautiful story about hope and love and orange-bellied parrots.’ #paulsbooktrail2020 @penguinbooksaus #richardflanagan @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture See more

22.01.2022 Paul’s Book Trail 2020 No. 210 There are so many great new philosophy books for children and this is one of the best. #dkbooks know how to format and design appealing non-fiction books. Let us know what you need to purchase for schools and libraries and we will recommend some great titles. Great service. Great discounts. #paulsbooktrail2020 @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @dkbooksaustralia #philosophyforchildren

21.01.2022 We have a new staff member @thechildrensbookshop . Welcome Louis. Gerry is very happy. #paulsbooktrail2020 @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency

21.01.2022 One year ago,@thechildrensbookshop moved from Beecroft to Glebe. It’s been a busy year. #paulsbooktrail2020 @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency

20.01.2022 The Children’s Bookshop Speakers’ Agency welcomes picturebook author Robert Vescio. Robert Vescio is an award-winning author of children’s picture books, based in Sydney. Robert’s books are published globally and are always conversation starters, picturebooks full of heart. If you would like Robert to visit your school as a guest author, email Beth at [email protected] Welcome Robert! We are now taking bookings for 2021. @robertvescio_author @thefictive #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture @newfrontierpublishing @newfrontierpublishinguk @ekbooksforkids

20.01.2022 Need an author or illustrator to visit your school or library? Here’s @jacquelineharve @shellyunwin @andrewdaddo and @timharrisbooks at a school literary festival this week- the kids loved meeting their literary heroes! Contact Beth at [email protected] Great work guys! #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @bethanymacdonaldartist @thefictive #paulsbooktrail2020 @paulmacsculpture @penguinbooksaus @penguinbooksaus @puffinbooksaus

18.01.2022 My top Young Adult reads of 2020. Top of the pile has to be The End of the World is Bigger than Love by @davina.bell - complex, beautifully written and ultimately memorable. I loved it. Thrillers rule this year, Deep Water by @sarahepsteinbooks one of the best. @readingkate is fast becoming one of my favourite Aussie YA authors with This One is Ours. @amorgs is the young writer to watch, stepping up after her impressive debut with Before the Beginning. Finally @elizahenryjones once again flies with How to Grow a Family Tree. All Aussie titles. A great year! #paulsbooktrail2020 @text_publishing @allenandunwin @uqpbooks @hachetteaus @harpercollinsaustralia @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture

17.01.2022 As the end of the school year approaches, we’d love to just say thank you to all our teachers and librarians who have supported us throughout our first year at Glebe. 2020 has offered many surprises for all of us- but we have been busy supplying books, consulting and linking authors and illustrators with schools. We are very grateful. #paulsbooktrail2020 @cranbrook_sydney @santasabinacollege @ravenswoodschoolforgirls @katcolmer @pymblelc @marthaitzcovitz @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency

16.01.2022 Nice work Bethany Macdonald. Bethany was invited to do the cover art for the latest CBCA edition of Kids’ Corner, a digital magazine for kids about reading and all the latest book news. This cover art offers a glimpse of Bethany’s new book Where Hope Lives Now, released mid year 2021 @booktrailpress . Congrats! @cbcaustralia @cbcansw @thefictive #paulsbooktrail2020 @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency #collage

16.01.2022 Just after 9am @thechildrensbookshop and Louis is already exhausted. He needs to toughen up. Have a great Friday! #paulsbooktrail2020 #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture

16.01.2022 Paul’s Book Trail 2020 Nos 198-201 Our Favourite Aussie Picturesbooks for November- and there are so many more this month. The artwork for all is dazzling. Sing Me the Summer @janiegodwin @alisonlesterbooks is glorious. Dog @shauncytan is layered and thought provoking. The Unwilling Twin @freyablackwood is fresh and quirky.... Macca and Al, Super Pals @matt.cosgrove is a burst of colour and fun, fun, fun. Email for Paul’s Book Trail list for November if wanting to purchase for schools and libraries. [email protected] #paulsbooktrail2020 @affirmpress @scholastic_au @harpercollinsaustralia @harperkidsau @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist See more

14.01.2022 I spy with my little eye.... children’s author extraordinaire @Deborah_abela_ hidden beyond some books that needed signing for school customers! Thanks for dropping past. @thechildrensbookshop we have now sold about 2600 copies of Grimsdon- I think that means it’s a bestseller! Thanks Deb Abela. And email us if you’d like Deborah to visit your school- we are already making bookings for next year. Email Beth at [email protected] #paulsbooktrail2020 @penguinbooksaus @penguinkidsaustralia @puffinbooksaus #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture

11.01.2022 It’s an expanding team @thechildrensbookshop . Thanks to schools for your support this year - we have truly settled in our new premises and home at Glebe. If you need books, email [email protected] Paul’s November List of new releases is now on our website or email us for up-to-date lists. Same day quotations. Great service. Great advice. @thefictive @mrs_s @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture #movedtoglebe #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency

11.01.2022 We are busy organising book prizes for Primary and Secondary schools in preparation for end of year school awards. There are so many great fiction and non-fiction titles to choose from. Email [email protected] - just ask. Great advice. Great books. Great service. #paulsbooktrail2020 @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency

10.01.2022 Always great to catch up with bestselling children’s author Oliver Phommavanh- Thanks for visiting @thechildrensbookshop! We have now sold over 3000 copies of Thai-riffic. And we love your latest collection of short stories - Brain Freeze. If you would like Oliver to visit your school, contact Beth at [email protected] @oliverwinfree @thefictive #paulsbooktrail2020 #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @bethanymacdonaldartist @penguinbooksaus @penguinkidsaustralia

09.01.2022 R A Spratt is one of the busiest touring authors in Australia- a brilliant writer and a brilliant presenter! Would you like to book this best selling children’s author to visit your school in 2021? Check out our website at #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency or Email Beth at [email protected] #paulsbooktrail2020 #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @raspratt @penguinbooksaus @penguinkidsaustralia @puffinbooksaus @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture

07.01.2022 It’s hard getting work done with Louis. He likes books though #paulsbooktrail2020 #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture

07.01.2022 #Repost @katejoltemple with @make_repost Signing some books for the @plcsydneyofficial girls... but also just an excuse to pat the latest member of @thechildrensbookshop #cutestdogever #puppiesofinstagram #instapuppy #cavoodlesofinstagram #bookstagram #booksigning #childrensbooks #picturebooks #fiction #kidsofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram

07.01.2022 It’s been a morning of meetings @thechildrensbookshop! Thanks to Pauline and Andrea from the NSW State Library who dropped by to discuss organising authors and illustrators to lead events @statelibrarynsw in 2021. The State library has a huge events program promoting writing, illustrating and so so so much more! Thanks for your support. Jennie Orchard also dropped by @thechildrensbookshop to discuss The Gifts of Reading, an anthology of the world’s greatest writers who each h...ave contributed essays about the power of books and reading. This collection is curated by Jennie Orchard and includes essays by greats such as @michaelondaatje @markuszusak #roddydoyle #salleyvickers #alicepung #maxporter and so many others. It is the perfect Christmas gift for readers! In this anthology, you will find essays by some of the world's most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets. 'You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people's hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime. 'You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right. 'And more than anything, over and over again, you will see books and words being given, received and read - and in turn prompting further generosity.' Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, The Gifts of Reading forms inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible reading. Great to catch up @jennie.orchard ! #paulsbooktrail2020 @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency See more

07.01.2022 Paul’s Book Trail220 No. 204 I love biographies and Searching for Charlotte is one to watch. This is the story of Charlotte Atkinson, Australia’s first children’s author and also the great great great great grandmother of acclaimed contemporary authors Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell. Written with passion and a sense of wonder, Forsyth and Murrell share the narrative - and ultimately offer an intimate tale of family, history, gender and the writing process. And the book desi...gn is beautiful! If secondary schools are looking for writers to discuss life-writing, contact Beth at [email protected] Kate and Belinda are talented writers. ‘For almost 140 years, the author of Australia's first book for children was a mystery. Known only by the descriptor 'a Lady Long Resident in New South Wales', she was the subject of much speculation. It was not until 1980, after a decade of sleuthing, that legendary bibliographer Marcie Muir gave her a name: Charlotte Waring Atkinson. And not only a name, but an extensive creative family history, connecting her to two of the nation's celebrated contemporary children's writers, Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell. To Forsyth and Murrell, Atkinson (also known as Barton) is great-great-great-great grandmother and the subject of the stories they grew up on-part of a thread of creative women that runs through the history of their family. Hers is one of the great lost stories of Australian history: a tale of love, grief, violence and triumph in the face of overwhelming odds.’ #paulsbooktrail2020 @thefictive @nationallibraryaus @belinda_murrell @paulmacsculpture #kateforsyth See more

06.01.2022 Need an author or illustrator to visit your school or library? Contact Beth at #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency. We are currently booking authors like @jess_black_author for 2021! Email [email protected] Jess Black- ‘I am currently taking bookings for 2021! If you would like a live author visit or a virtual author visit for an author talk or writing workshop in NSW then please contact @thechildrensbookshop! ‘ #booksbooksbooks #kidsnextread #chi...ldrensbooks #bookstagram #aussieteachers #yourkidsnextread #bookgeek #childrensbooks #aussieteachertribe #aussieteachers #teachersdownunder #raisingreaders #primaryteachers See more

05.01.2022 Welcome Judith Rossell who has joined The Children’s Bookshop Speakers’ Agency. Judith Rossell is the multi-award-winning author-illustrator of the bestselling Stella Montgomery series. (Withering-by-Sea, Wormwood Mire and Wakestone Hall). Judith has written fifteen books and illustrated more than eighty, including the recent picture books Bogtrotter and Pink! both written by Margaret Wild. The Children’s Bookshop Speakers’ Agency organises visits to schools by children’s au...thors and illustrators schools such as @juderossell . Welcome Judith!. We are currently organising visits for 2021. Contact Beth at [email protected] #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist See more

03.01.2022 Paul’s Book Trail 2020 No. 202 The Odds by Aussie writer/ illustrator Matt Stanton is a top read. This is a graphic novel for kids aged 7 plus - and is a great read along for parents because of its humour and because of its heart. I loved it and look forward to the second book in the trilogy! ‘Kip is a quiet kid in a loud city. She's easy to miss and that's the way she likes it. Then, one day, Kip's quiet life is suddenly interrupted. Ten of her favourite characters have ste...pped out of their worlds and into hers. But what happens when a dragon-hunting rabbit leaves his comic strip? When an old man leaves his picture book? When a ninja leaves her TV show, a race-car driver leaves their video game, and a dinosaur turns up from Kip's nightmares?’ #paulsbooktrail2020 @thefictive @itsmattstantonhere @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture See more

03.01.2022 This is so true @jo_digs . Enjoy the weekend. Fine weather for reading indoors! #paulsbooktrail2020 @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency @paulmacsculpture

03.01.2022 At Book Trail Press, we are very excited to be publishing the latest picturebook by the dazzling team of Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle. That book, titled The March of the Ants, is a story about ants and books and the power of reading. This morning, Beth and I met illustrator Tohby Riddle to check the final colour proofs of the picturebook before sending it off to the printers. The good news is that the book is absolutely gorgeous- texts and illustrations are paired so beautifully. We are looking forward to introducing this picturebook (and others) into the world in 2021. Thanks @tohbyriddle and @ursuladubosarsky . #paulsbooktrail2020 @booktrailpress @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture @peribobooks @thefictive

03.01.2022 Thanks to writing superstars @kate_forsyth_ and @belinda_murrell who called past @thechildrensbookshop yesterday. They are currently promoting a project close to their heart. They have researched and told the story of Charlotte Waring Atkinson, Australia’s first children’s author and their great great great great grandmother- a fascinating story! Life writing rules at the moment- if schools would like Kate or Belinda to discuss their research and writing process, contact Bet...h at [email protected] ‘For almost 140 years, the author of Australia's first book for children was a mystery. Known only by the descriptor 'a Lady Long Resident in New South Wales', she was the subject of much speculation. It was not until 1980, after a decade of sleuthing, that legendary bibliographer Marcie Muir gave her a name: Charlotte Waring Atkinson. And not only a name, but an extensive creative family history, connecting her to two of the nation's celebrated contemporary children's writers, Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell.’ @thefictive #paulsbooktrail2020 @bethanymacdonaldartist @nationallibraryaus See more

01.01.2022 Have a great weekend. #paulsbooktrail2020 @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture #weekendofreading

01.01.2022 Reflecting on the Year...There is no doubt that Middle Grade fiction rules, books that bridge Upper Primary and Junior Secondary readers (aged 10-14). And these are my top 6 for the year (too hard to reduce to my top 5!). Top of the pile has to be We are Wolves by @katrina_nannestad - this is historical fiction at its best! Social realism rules with The Year the Maps Changed by @dbinks and The Book of Chance @suewhiting4 - I loved these titles. @macdibble continues to dazzle... with Across the Risen Sea- Bren owns the junior cli-fi genre. The Fire Star is the beginning of a top medieval-adventure-mystery series @allisontaitwriter . Finally @affirmpress continues to publish top notch books with The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor, a magical tale spun around a dazzling bookshop. It’s been another top year for Middle Grade! #paulsbooktrail2020 @penguinbooksaus @penguinkidsaustralia @puffinbooksaus @walkerbooksaus @allenandunwin @harperkidsau @harpercollinsaustralia @hachetteaus @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency See more

01.01.2022 Children’s authors Kate and Jol Temple have been busy visiting schools as part of #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency - and the kids love them! Thanks for dropping past @thechildrensbookshop to sign books! If you would like Kate and Jol to visit your school or library, contact Beth at [email protected] @katejoltemple @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist #paulsbooktrail2020 @scholastic_au @allenandunwin