author, children's books
-26 October 2023 Caz Goodwin and Meredith Costain had the pleasure of judging the Nance Donkin Award for Children’s Literature. Congratulations to the winner, Pamela Rushby, author of over 200 books for children.
-August 2023 Little Matilda and I had so much fun visiting lots of schools during CBCA Book Week.
-August 2023 Authors Caz Goodwin, Tristan Bancks, Kate Foster and Meredith Costain, along with ASLA President Martha Itzcovitz, talking about engaging kids in books and reading in a digital world.
-28 May The Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) is a terrific literary festival in Singapore. Pip Kruger and I were thrilled to launch our book, GRACE AND MR MILLIGAN at the festival. It was lovely to meet so many young children as we read our book and did craft activities following the launch.
-11 May 2023 Little Matilda, Shaney Hyde and I visited Monash Children’s Hospital to bring smiles to sick children. There was singing, dancing, surprises and of course we read LITTLE MATILDA GOES TO HOSPITAL.
-15 May 2023 The Armadale Primary School Festival was a lot of fun and a touch crazy, just like these authors and illustrators. One thing we have in common—we love talking to kids about books, writing and illustrating.
-23 April 2023 Pip Kruger and I were delighted to have Janeen Brian launch our picture book, GRACE AND MR MILLIGAN in the Adelaide Hills. It was wonderful to have so many little ones celebrate with us too.
-April 2023 A review of GRACE AND MR MILLIGAN by Anastasia Gonis, writing for Kids’ Book Review. ‘Beautifully illustrated by Pip Kruger, the images enhance Caz Goodwin’s excellent text… An ideal resources to use for explaining ageing, loss and grief, and how loving memories can be the most precious of all requisites in life.’ The …
-14 February 2023 This is a delicate, wholesome, love-filled story about losing a friend and grieving, but it is also filled with joy—in the uncomplicated happiness of Grace’s friendship with her neighbours… The full review can be read here
-25 February 2023 Our new picture book, GRACE AND MR MILLIGAN, is illustrated by talented artist Pip Kruger. We had a lot of fun at the Melbourne launch dressing in our ‘Mr Milligan’ Hawaiian shirts. Meredith Costain did a fabulous job launching the book at Readings Hawthorn.
-6 November 2022 Little Matilda and I about to launch LITTLE MATILDA GOES TO HOSPITAL. It was such a thrill to launch a book at the Singapore Writers Festival.
– November 2022 I’m thrilled with the new book in the Little Matilda series, LITTLE MATILDA GOES TO HOSPITAL. Isn’t the cover gorgeous? The illustrations by Shaney Hyde are stunning. Little Matilda is not feeling well, but she is worried about going to hospital for the first time. Will she be able to overcome her …
