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Early Childhood Learning Hub: Explore Creative Writing
Teachers and early childhood educators who have recently bought our Willow the Wonderer picture books are telling us they love using it...
Reeta Dhar
Apr 6, 20223 min read
Early Childhood Learning Hub: Learn to count and read effortlessly
Teachers and early childhood educators who have recently bought our Willow the Wonderer picture books are telling us they love using it...
Reeta Dhar
Mar 27, 20222 min read
Our first trade show promoting Willow the Wonder picture books - what we learnt and what we loved
After two long years, Australia recently had it's first trade show - AGHA's Sydney Gift Fair - and we were there for it! It was our first...
Reeta Dhar
Mar 11, 20227 min read
What inspires the stories in my picture books? Sometimes it's other storytellers.
It's a lazy, rainy Sunday and although the country is out of lockdowns, it seems the habit to stay at home has stuck. On days like this...
Reeta Dhar
Nov 7, 20213 min read
Media Release: Wise As Stories launches debut picture book series, Willow the Wonderer
Introducing an #UnlikelyHero with industry-first initiatives 21st October 2021 Debut title Wise As Stories is thrilled to announce the...
Reeta Dhar
Oct 22, 20212 min read
Media Release: Meet Wise As Stories, an independent Australian publishing house
Creative owned and led publishers, creating beautiful stories that plant seeds of wisdom 11th October 2021 After an 18-month incubation...
Reeta Dhar
Oct 11, 20212 min read
A peek into the most disrupted industry of our age - Books
It's almost three decades since Amazon was founded 'out of a garage' to sell books online and - it's still too early to say the rest is...
Reeta Dhar
Sep 27, 202110 min read
The Hippies got it right: We'll all be going off-grid
Two weeks ago I was invited to participate in the ' Churchill Club Debate ', a Silicon Valley tradition where people with interest in the...
Reeta Dhar
Aug 31, 20213 min read
Artist and writer, looking for a pre-loved campervan with character
Darren and I have been workshopping ideas to promote our new picture book, Willow the Wonderer , to indie booksellers around Australia -...
Reeta Dhar
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Three resolves to get through COVID
Just as we thought we were over the worst, the next wave of COVID starts and we find ourselves in another indefinite lockdown or in my...
Reeta Dhar
Jul 19, 20218 min read
Our first 'Willow the Wonderer' story-time with the Crescent Head Playgroup
Reported by the Macleay Argus The Macleay Argus covered our first ever 'Willow the Wonderer' story-time with the beautiful community at...
Reeta Dhar
Jul 15, 20211 min read
How to create beautiful illustrations - for picture books and much more
Willow the Wonderer, a story about a child's innocent search for happiness, had been incubating in my head for well over two decades. I...
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Jun 22, 20215 min read
Best childhood memories: Forget holidays, I loved returning back to school
I grew up in the Fiji Islands - and yes, it was as idyllic as it sounds. Balmy climate, ripe mangoes straight off the trees, fresh fish,...
Reeta Dhar
Jun 12, 20216 min read
It's official - UFOs are real. Does it mean we are not alone after all?
Darren and I share a guilty pleasure ... the love of UFOs. Yes, we've listened to the podcasts, seen the documentaries and wondered...
Reeta Dhar
Jun 7, 202111 min read
Darren Pryce interviewed for Archibald portrait of Brittany Higgins
Reported by ABC Radio Mid North Coast Darren Pryce with his Archibald 100 entry, The Meeting (Photo credit: Simon Cardwell) Darren Pryce,...
Reeta Dhar
May 25, 20211 min read
Blog: Quote
“Light a campfire and everyone's a storyteller"
John J Geddes
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