Amanda is passionate about all forms of storytelling, especially for children. She wants her stories to inspire, bring happiness, laugh out loud moments, and to be used as a platform to discuss sensitive issues raised through their subtle messages.
In the news
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ABC News
A child’s view of a parent’s depression
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ABC News explores how My Giant Sea Shell helps children understand a parent’s depression through the eyes of a child, making space for honest conversations, patience and the understanding that recovery takes time.
“How a child views a parent’s depression is tackled in the book My Giant Sea Shell”
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Blitz — Arc UNSW
Sydney Writers’ Festival interview
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Ahead of the Sydney Writers’ Festival, Arc UNSW’s Blitz talks to Amanda about the seaside moment that sparked the story, the publisher who passed because it “doesn’t have a happy ending”, and why picture books make such good conversation starters for children.
“I whispered a wish into the shell and chucked it into the ocean.”
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Podcast
Reading With a Chance of Tacos
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Amanda joins the children’s book podcast to talk about My Giant Sea Shell — illustrated by Kathy Creamer and published by Little Pink Dog Books — and how a story can carry a big subject gently, with a strength of love and encouragement.
“An important topic in our society, through the eyes of a child.”