As in The Quicksand Pony, picture book author/artist Lester sets her multifaceted second novel on an Australian cattle farm. Resourceful, responsible Dusty Riley loves working alongside her father, a ...
In 2005, author Alison Lester journeyed from her native Australia to Antarctica aboard the Aurora Australis, an icebreaker carrying scientists and supplies to the remote Mawson Station research center ...
It is charming, entertaining, visually beautiful and not much longer than an hour. It’s directed by Robert Connolly, whose previous film for younger viewers was the uplifting flight of nostalgia Paper ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For Alison Lester, award-winning author, illustrator and self-confessed “control freak”, handing over one of her best-loved children’s ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Tim Winton discusses his new novel The Shepherd’s Hut – a book that takes his narrative eye away from ...
One of Australia's most loved children's book authors Alison Lester grew up on a beef cattle farm in south-east Gippsland. For this week's Sense of Place, she takes us back to her childhood where ...
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