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The Magic Leaf - children's picture book review

May 11, 2017 
Canadian author Mary Feliciani explores the value of friendship in her children’s picture book, The Magic Leaf.   With a background in psychology and a career as a school teacher, it’s fair to say Mary Feliciani is well positioned to write for children. The Magic Leaf is her second children’s book, following on from Big […]

Old Mate Media’s Chris Stead up for writing award

May 10, 2017 
The IT Journalism event finalists have been announced and Old Mate Media founder Chris Stead is in the running for a writing award. Now in its 15th year, the IT Journo awards – more commonly known as The Lizzies – are about to be announced. On May 12, the finalists and industry will converge on […]

Blue Troll's Broken Berry Rod review - children’s book

April 23, 2017 
The first entry in author Annabel Schiøtz’s troll series offers a delightful little tale for young readers with big imaginations. Author Annabel Schiøtz likes trolls and dragons. She sees them in the forest when she walks her dog; well, bushes, branches and trees shaped as she would imagine trolls must look. She takes photos of […]

Then The Tooth Fairy Won’t Come review - children's book reviews

April 13, 2017 
Author Bonnie Ferrante bites into the drama that surrounds your child’s first loose tooth Prolific Canadian writer Bonnie Ferrante is an intriguing figure in the indie authoring scene. A teacher for 33 years, ten as the school’s librarian, she has since been battling Parkinson’s Disease. Fighting back against this life-altering condition, Bonnie writes and illustrates […]

Editing for indie authors testimonial

April 5, 2017 
Old Mate Media offers a world-class editing for indie authors service and works with novels, picture books, magazines and more for a global release. In the long journey from formulating an idea for a book, to getting it published, the editing process is the most important. A professional editor does more than just put the […]

Guide to hiring an editor - do not confuse sub-editing with editing

April 4, 2017 
When hiring an editor to help finalise your book, be sure you know what type of editing service you are purchasing. Have you hired a sub-editor or an editor? With all due respect to the many hardworking sub-editors in publishing, there is a difference between that profession, and that of an editor. A sub-editor, sometimes […]

Start With Sorry - children's book reviews

April 3, 2017 
Author P.T Finch teams with illustrator Gokhan Bas to teach children a lesson on empathy Author-artist team P.T Finch and Gokhan Bas are looking to build a series of books that teach toddlers about empathy. Finch, a resident of New York City, is passionate about not only breaking down and explaining empathy to children, but […]

Bean Takes a Walk – children’s book reviews

April 2, 2017 
Two long time collaborators from opposite sides of the world tell a curious tale about a wandering bean. Despite living on opposite sides of the world, author Ann Bevans and artist Matthew Ethan Gray have been collaborating for a long time. The former is a pizza-loving gym junkie from Maryland, USA. The latter a photographer […]

The Moon in Daytime – children’s book reviews

March 31, 2017 
Author Leigh Kamraoui and illustrator Louise Whyte ponder the reasons why the moon shows up during the day. All parents know that look of horror and wonder that appears on a child’s face when the moon appears during the day. How can it be? What is happening? They point at the sky as if it’s […]

4 great ways to get grandparents reading to your kids

March 30, 2017 
Raising children is no easy task, and finding a way to get grandparents reading to your kids can help ease the pressure on you, without holding back their literacy growth. Parents are some of the busiest people on the planet. Scratch that: the busiest! I know what it is like to be a parent. To […]
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