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Spencer Gray lands (safely) in the US!

August 2, 2016 By Deb Fitzpatrick

I’m so excited to share this! Star Bright Books, based in Massachusetts in the US, will be releasing The Amazing Spencer Gray this ‘fall’, and here’s the cover … The blurb reads like this: Spencer Gray is 12—finally old enough to join his father in his glider, the Drifter. Going up and soaring is amazing! Spencer […]

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Following the Dream with Pilbara kids

June 12, 2016 By Deb Fitzpatrick

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in the Pilbara – and, frankly, it was the kids inspiring me most of the time. The Literature Centre and I ran creative writing workshops at high schools in Port Hedland and Newman, and after school we met the amazing Follow the Dream students. The honesty and effort these kids showed in their writing […]

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A Tale of Two Residencies

May 28, 2016 By Deb Fitzpatrick

I had a lovely week this week thanks to two schools, their staff and awesome students. On Wednesday I spent the day at Carmel School, working with Year 7, 9 and 11 students. I was so warmly greeted by staff, and then had the pleasure of talking with inquisitive, engaged students – as a writer-in-residence, […]

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How a forest shaped a book

May 14, 2016 By Deb Fitzpatrick

The other day I came across this old photo of me walking the Bibbulmun Track in the mid-1990s. It’s in this part of the world, along this beautiful walking trail, that I set 90 packets of instant noodles. This is where 15-year-old Joel goes to live, alone, for three months, in a run-down wooden shack. It’s […]

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Podcast on inspiration

March 16, 2016 By Deb Fitzpatrick

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

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At My Door podcast

March 10, 2016 By Deb Fitzpatrick

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

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Perth Writers Festival 2016

February 17, 2016 By Deb Fitzpatrick

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 […]

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A new year, a new leaf

January 4, 2016 By Deb Fitzpatrick

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 […]

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No Limits

December 5, 2015 By Deb Fitzpatrick

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 […]

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90 packets keeps on cooking!

November 20, 2015 By Deb Fitzpatrick

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 […]

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Deb Fitzpatrick writes books for adventurous kids with big hearts. She lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, and loves encouraging young writers in her creative writing workshops. Deb has an MA (Creative Writing) from UWA. Read more

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