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Sally Rippin

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About

Sally Rippin is the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2024 – 2025 and has written over 100 books for children and young adults, many of them award-winning, including Come Over to My House, the Billie B Brown, and the Hey Jack! series. She has also written a book for parents Wild Things: How we learn to read and what can happen when we don’t.

Her widely popular books are beloved across the globe and have sold more than ten million copies in eighteen countries.

Currently, she is working on several books for children as well as adapting her work for the screen. Sally loves to write stories with heart and characters that resonate with children, parents, and teachers alike.

Past Events

Children’s Book Festival

Roland Harvey, Bob Graham, Elizabeth Honey, Boori Monty Pryor, Anne Spudvilas, Mem Fox, Leigh Hobbs, Chris Morphew, Judy Horacek, Elise Hurst, Terry Denton, Andrew McLean, Janet McLean, John Nicholson, Sally Rippin

Past event

3 Apr

Children's Book Festival

Bernard Caleo, Andy Griffiths, Anna Walker, Hazel Edwards, Gabrielle Wang, Boori Monty Pryor, Leigh Hobbs, Sally Rippin, Anna Pignataro, Graeme Base

Past event

25 Mar

A Night at the Zoo

Estelle Tang, Cate Kennedy, Judy Horacek, Sally Rippin

Past event

21 Nov

Children's Book Festival 2014

Jackie French, Kylie Dunstan, Ursula Dubosarsky, Sarah Ward, The Mighty bUZZniks, Uptown Brown, Bernard Caleo, Andy Griffiths, Libby Gleeson, Marc Martin, Bec Matthews, John Marsden, Valanga Khoza, Tohby Riddle, Nicki Greenberg, Terry Denton, Sally Rippin, Kutcha Edwards, Ron Murray

Past event

23 Mar

Lunchbox / Soapbox

Sally Rippin on Rescuing Reluctant Readers

Sally Rippin

Past event

20 Mar

Picture This: A Celebration of Children’s Illustration

Jane Tanner, Sally Rippin, Marc Martin, Oslo Davis

Past event

16 Jul

You Read Me?

Sally Rippin, Shaun Tan, Stevee, Keely

Past event

16 Nov

Forever Young: Children’s Literature Today

Julia Eccleshare, Leigh Hobbs, Sally Rippin

Past event

5 Sep
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