Will Kostakis, author of YA hit, Monuments, offers his top 3 tips on how to get started writing your story.

Creativity can be a very effective coping mechanism during troubling times. At Scribblers Festival HQ, we are devastated about what’s happening across our country as it burns. It’s hard to know what to do, and difficult to explain the situation to our young people without alarming them. Here are our 5 tips for how kids can use creativity to stimulate resourcefulness and help cope with big feelings that otherwise could become overwhelming.

Book adventures to pack for the school holidays.

The Golden Feather Hunt is one of the most popular highlights of Scribblers Festival.

Book Doctor recommendations for bedtime reading.

A chance to listen in as our teen podcasters quiz guest authors and illustrators.

The YA Collective - words from our youth curators

Enjoy escaping into some great reads over the holidays.

Writing tips for The Golden Pen Award

Announcement of Boffins Books as the official bookstore for Scribblers 2019

The Golden Pen Award writing competition - closing date March 31st, 2019.

Book Week means seeing lots and lots of smiley faces! I love sharing my book-making process,drawing and creating with kids and even testing new story ideas.

Join us for a special Professional Development Day for teachers facilitated by Mathilda Joubert.

It's a celebration - and it isn't just for kids. Nobody experiences childhood without meeting fictional characters and having their lives changed in some way through such encounters, so Book Week is a time to reflect on the way stories enrich our lives.

Book Week means seeing thousands of excited children and teachers dressed up as book characters across Australia. It’s a whole week set aside to celebrate the importance of bringing children and books together - and the chance to meet a real author!

To celebrate Children's Book Council of Australia Book Week, we chat with local author and illustrator James Foley...

Want to know how Perth author Kelly Canby will be celebrating Book Week?

To celebrate Children’s Book Council of Australia Book Week, we asked local author Cristy Burne a few bookish questions…

Today we chat with Jennifer Jackson about what’s happening at Paper Bird Children’s Books & Arts this month.

This week we have a chat with Aisling, Dymocks – Joondalup - and one of our 2018 Scribblers Festival’s Book Doctors!

The team at Boffin Books are raving about their Book of the Week. Read on to hear more about it...

This week we chat to Kristy from New Edition Bookshop about their Book of the Week...

Want to see an even bigger and better Scribblers Festival in 2019 and help more kids be a part of it?

Want to get to know A.J. Betts? Read on...

Getting to the Scribblers Festival is as easy as easy as a hop, tag & board. Stay tuned for everything you need to know for the weekend!

Still unsure whether you’re coming to our inaugural Scribblers Festival? Well we’ve got 7 a great reasons you SHOULDN'T MISS out!

Get into Scribblers Festival mode with these great books from our guest authors and illustrators...

We get to know Natalie from Dymocks, Claremont...

We’re taking the guesswork out of choosing what to do first at the Scribblers Festival Family Program. If you like…

Get to know Carolyn from Millpoint Caffe Bookshop...

Want to get to know Scribblers guest Meg McKinlay? Read on...

Want to learn more about Scribblers guest PJ Lynch? Read on...

Get to know your young podcasters who'll be interviewing our guest authors and illustrators in the Conversation Caravan...

"Be the kindest person you can when dealing with others and the strongest person you can when advocating for your work." Find out what else Campbell has to say about his creative life...

Getting to know Nicki Greenberg...

Get to know the team at Dymocks, Joondalup...

Getting to know Kelly Canby...

Sneak peek of what's to come at our Mother's Day Market...

Check out our Q&A with festival guest Tai Snaith...

We asked Paper Bird Bookshop director Jennifer Jackson some quick questions...

It’s a community space. It’s a place of safety, a haven from the world. Libraries really are the gates to the future

I’m really a poet, and the poet’s art is much lighter, more fleeting than storytelling. It’s about glimpses and glances...Read More

What book is worthy of housing a golden feather? “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline (this book would be perfect because...)

To what do you owe your love of storytelling? My love of reading and books!

I’ve always been a daydreamer - spending countless hours making up worlds I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.