I’m doing cartwheels! Bailey Beats the Blah will be showcased at the Bologna Book Fair March 24-27 in Bologna Italy.
International book buyers will read the pages of Bailey displayed at the SCBWI stand for Australian and New Zealand authors.
If they need more publishing information , they can peruse the flyer I created to […]
EVER wanted to Create and Publish a KIDS Picture Book??
Join me, pro-active Brisbane author-teacher Karen Tyrrell as I share my pro-active steps in creating and publishing a successful children’s picture book.
ALL participants will receive my step-by-step guides …
• How to Create a Picture book
• How to Get Published
My KIDS picture […]
I created Bailey Beats the Blah for children aged 4-8 to empower KIDS to beat worry thoughts and sad days.
BUT how can I present my picture book to a younger audience?
Last week I presented Bailey Beats the Blah as an interactive story to lively pre-schoolers using every theatrical trick I could muster.
Exercising […]
Calling KIDS, parents, teachers, counselors and writers!
Bailey Beats the BLAH picture book, empowering KIDS with resilience skills, will be launched at Logan North Library. Bailey helps KIDS to beat sad days and worry thoughts, boosting their self-confidence.
Come along to FUN-filled interactive story telling presentation. I promise you engrossing entertainment, surprises and crafty activities […]
BLAST Off! Claire Chadwick’s innovative picture book, So Many Sounds EXPLODES with a multitude of noises to delight young children {4yrs plus}.
WELCOME: Claire Chadwick, an Australian author, teacher and MUM to two young children.
So Many Sounds delivers an interactive experience, teaching children sound awareness through reading, listening, singing So Many Sounds Song […]
I celebrated the ultimate event in my writer’s year!!
The Australian CYA children’s and Young Adult writer’s Conference at Southbank TAFE, Brisbane.
It’s a one-day action adventure holiday for writers. Refreshing. Exhausting. Exhilarating. I shared this amazing day with my writing buddies and colleagues, participating in writing courses, scribbling down blueprints for my next writing […]
Today Tonight interviewed me as a bullied Australian teacher now mental health advocate for their TV investigation Violence in Schools.
Today Tonight filmed me flicking through my tell-all story Me and Her: A Memoir of Madness, how I was catapulted from abused teacher into the psychiatric system suffering night terrors, mania and PTSD.
Me […]
I’m announcing the winners of the Mental Health week book giveaway for ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness.
A survivor’s guide through teacher harassment, mental breakdown, and Recovery. How did I reclaim my Life?
DRUM roll … And the Winners are…
ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness (print) …Rachelle Farrell
ME & HER: […]
As a mental health advocate and teacher I, Karen Tyrrell would like to welcome Australian children’s author Sharon McGuinness to my blog today. Sharon launched Coming Home, her powerful picture book with an uplifting message on depression.
Coming Home delivers a hopeful story about Gemma who watches her dad as he sits alone in his […]
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 […]
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