Willow the Wonderer picture books have now sold and been warmly embraced bu readers all over Australia!

Independent Australian publisher, Wise As Stories, has sold the Simplified Chinese rights for their picture book series, Willow the Wonderer

Willow the Wonderer picture books, plush toys and premium gift sets continue to maintain a five star rating from verified buyers for over 12 months now. We are proud to have created and published stories that have been warmly embraced by buyers all over Australia. Today we add another feather in the 'Willow cap' with the annoucement that CA-Link International is representing Willow the Wonderer's Chinese translation rights across Mainland China and Taiwan. CA-Link Internatio

We are back after a restful couple of weeks and looking forward to getting into 2023! Our motto for this year is to make it a year long celebration of life . This is as much about how we live each and every day as it is about the highlights. It should be another eventful year as we release the third book in the Willow the Wonderer picture book series, kick-off a few projects close to our heart (watch this space) and move to a fully remote model so we can run Wise As Stories

Yours truly turns the big 40 this year. As one of my statistically inclined colleagues put it at his 40th, 'half way there!' I've never been one to celebrate birthdays and in fact have no recollection of ever having a birthday party. But I remember musing once in my 30s (when turning 40 seemed like an abstract construct) that I will mark my 40th with a huge party. There would be no half measures either : I'd hire out the iconic Wylies Baths in Coogee with it's gorgeous rock

As yet another year draws to an end, we wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone in our community : Our customers, booksellers, buyers, editors, printers, teachers, industry affiliates, colleagues, friends and family. A heartfelt thanks for all your support over the past two years, as we embarked on a whole new (ad)venture to create beautiful stories that plant seeds of wisdom; seeds that we hope will blossom with time and guide our young readers in their journey

After months of searching we finally took the leap last October and bought a van! The plan was to embark on a series of book tours around Australia to meet some hardy booksellers and learn the book trade, whilst promoting our new picture book series, Willow the Wonderer . The trip soon morphed into a fantastic lifestyle where we not only got to connect with great local businesses but also get a taste of a free bohemian lifestyle of yester years. We had not even converted our

The festivals are back and last weekend we welcomed the return of Bellingen Readers & Writers festival in the Mid North Coast of NSW. What a lineup: From Thomas Keneally to Peter Carey, David Williamson, Bryan Brown, Kevin Rudd, Dick Smith, Fran Kelly, Jane Caro, Norman Swan, Professor Doherty, Costa ... the list goes on. Amongst all the literati of Australia, Darren and I found ourselves running a midday session on our debut picture book Willow the Wonderer - We may very wel

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 retail trade show and boy, did we learn a lot. It was wonderful to get the product validation we had gone looking for - but the unexpected love from strangers was what really bowled us over! And yes, we also made some rather costly rookie mistakes... Here's a download of all that we learnt and loved. The preparation Trade shows are a costl