Shannon Osrin of RTR FM interviewed me and other creatives for this radio segment on inspiration – check it out! How to: Find Inspiration

Am thrilled to be able to share here a 3-minute podcast of me reading from At my door, my latest book. It’s for readers aged from 7 to 11. Hope you like it! https://www.fremantlepress.com.au/c/classroom-express/4642-deb-fitzpatrick-read-a-long

Look at these faces. These are the faces of the inspired, hard-working writers and illustrators I’ll have the pleasure of chatting with on stage at this year’s Perth Writers Festival. It’s a tough gig, it really is. I hope to see you there! It’s this weekend (18–21 February 2016) at UWA’s Crawley campus. The events […]

Welcome to the new year, everyone! I must say that I’m always glad to find myself on the ‘other side’ of the silly season. I’ve had a lovely break in the karri and marri forest in southern WA with my family and am really excited to get into a couple of big writing projects in […]

I had the pleasure of meeting Nic Emmerson and his dad, Roger, this week. Nic emailed me a couple of weeks ago. His email began like this: Hello Deb,  My name is Nic Emmerson and I am 20 years old and I am interested in learning about writing books for children and young adults. In January […]

Today I received a copy of the newly reprinted 90 packets of instant noodles. The first thing I did was flick through to the imprint page, where I saw this: That line – reprinted 2013, 2015 – made me glow with happiness. I never, ever would have thought when I signed my first book contract […]

My latest book, At My Door, is partly about being a mum. And the different kinds of mums out there. In the book we get glimpses of two mums, though one we never actually meet – Mei’s mum. Mei, a toddler, is left at the front door of Poppy’s house one night. Mei’s mum is […]

Last week I had the huge pleasure of working with The Literature Centre with some of the south-west’s brightest readers and writers. I met students from Year 6 through to Year 12 and every single one of them had something to offer our intensive writing sessions. They worked hard and they shared joyfully. I can’t emphasise […]

Last week, children’s writers and illustrators all around Australia were helping kids, librarians and teachers to celebrate children’s books. I had a brilliant week visiting the City of Gosnells Libraries and the City of Canning Libraries, as well as Peter Carnley Anglican Community School for The Literature Centre. I met such lovely, engaged students from Years […]

News. Love it, or hate it? I’ve learnt to approach all news with a very critical eye, but it’s taken me years to hone that critical skill and trust my own take on things. Ultimately, though, I am, as I tell students I visit at schools and libraries, a complete news junkie. First up in […]