The latest from Ford Street Publishing
Robyn Osborne
Robyn Osborne is a Queensland author, teacher and animal fanatic based on the Fraser Coast. Going Camping is on the Qld Premier’s Reading Challenge book list. Robyn has won a number of writing awards and..
Andrew Plant
Based in Melbourne, Andrew has presented writing and illustrating workshops in schools and libraries from Alice Springs to Beijing and France. Andrew also paints murals, and designs and builds theatre sets for schools and amateur..
Gabrielle Reid
Gabrielle Reid has a Masters in Creative Writing (University of Canberra) and a Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma of Education (Macquarie University). Her short fiction and non-fiction have appeared in Page & Spine, Tincture..
Dannika Patterson
Dannika Patterson is a children’s author and copywriting consultant, whose work has been published across a range of traditional and multi-media platforms. With a strong background in content development and marketing, and degrees in Journalism..
David Cornish
David Cornish is an illustrator and fantasy writer from Adelaide, South Australia. Cornish studied illustration at the University of South Australia, where in 1993 he began to compile a series of notebooks: over the next ten..
Megan Forward
Megan is an author, illustrator, speaker and artist who runs STEAM (Science, Technology, English, Art and Maths) workshops for children. She is passionate about teaching sustainability to young children through her picture books, and helping..
Susan Halliday
Susan is a Life Governor of the Australia Childhood Foundation and has published a series of 10 books for children. She has spent nine years on the board of the State Library of Victoria and..
Tom Jellett
Tom Jellett is an Australian illustrator based in Sydney. Tom has been an editorial illustrator for News Limited, working on The Australian, The Weekend Australian and The Daily Telegraph. He has also illustrated a number..
Phil Kettle
Phil is best known for his various series including the ever-popular Toocool series (including the Marcy series by Susan Halliday) published by Ford Street, Boyz Rule and Get Real.
J.E. Fison
Julie is a former television reporter and travel writer and has lived and worked in Australia, Asia and Europe. She is also the author of Hazard River, a series of adventure stories for primary school children...
Robert Favretto
Robert is a primary school teacher and Victorian-based writer of children’s fiction. His previous publishing credits include Leonardo’s Spot of Trouble (Blake Education), Lost for Words (Limelight Press) and winning first prize in the Victorian School News..
David Atze
Dave Atze can be found sketching up a storm with his trusty K9 by his side. Dave has worked on cartoons, comics, games, toys, advertising and children’s books. Dave has illustrated a number of successful..
Matt Porter
Matt is an author of hilarious children’s books. His first two books were published simultaneously in 2010. He has since published three stories in his Crazy Relief Teacher series as well as stories in Challenge Magazine.