Allison Paterson and her NEW book Shearing Time

MEET Allison Paterson and her NEW picture book Shearing Time

Allison Paterson writes as a children’s author, school librarian, and winner of a 2017 May Gibbs Fellowship. I met Allison at the recent Romancing the Stars event on the Sunshine Coast where we both were author STARS for the night.

On 1st March, Allison launched […]

Winner All of Us Together Book Giveaway

Bill Condon

Winner: Check out your name below to see if you WON new release: All of us Together.

Its an entertaining children’s novel dealing with challenges a family faces during the Great Depression.

Winner announced at the end of the blog…

Meet Bill Condon, award winning Australian author of All of Us Together.

I , […]

WINNERS of the River City Writers Conference

The inaugural River City Writers Conference went off with an eXplosion of energy! I was so proud to be part of this electric experience as an award winning author presenter, sharing my personal story of my survival from bullying, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and mental illness, inspiring me to write ME & HER: A Memoir […]

Australian Women Online MAG Published my Story

Australian Women Online magazine published an author profile on me, Karen Tyrrell and my unique story of student and parent abuse on a teacher, my mental breakdown and recovery, ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness …and my advice on HOW to get published.

“Kate Forsyth, Anita Heiss, Melina Marchetta, Kate Grenville, Margo Lanagan, Nikki […]

How to Get Published, Alison Reynolds Reveals ALL.

Please welcome prolific children’s author Alison Reynolds to Karen’s Blog.

Alison Reynolds is one of Australia’s most successful authors of children’s picture books, adventure books and books for grown-ups, publishing 30 books. Alison is here today to launch her latest picture book, A Year with Marmalade. The story of Marmalade, the ginger cat and her […]

Sally Murphy:How to Get Published+ FREE Book Give-Way

I’d like to introduce Sally Murphy, prolific children’s author.

She’s launching her brand new picture book, Do Not Forget Australia. It’s a powerful and moving story set in war torn France in 1918. About the special bond that’s forged between two young boys, one French one Australian. And how the village of Villers-Bretonneux was saved! […]