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1 March 2019

Podcast: The Amazing Jackie French

Podcast: The Amazing Jackie French

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Jackie French, award-winning Australian author, joins Cheryl Akle this week to discuss her vibrant career and to share her infectious love of books and reading.

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Podcast Guest: Jackie French

Jackie French AM is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time); 2014–15 Australian Children’ Laureate; and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year.

Jackie was born in Sydney grew up on the outskirts of Brisbane, and is still not dead. She has lived for more than 40 years at the top of the gorge in the Araluen Valley, where her ancestors lived too. Only one school she attended burned down. This was not her fault.

Some of Jackie’s books have sold millions of copies and won over 60 awards in Australia and internationally. Others were eaten by the wombats.

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                    Jackie French
                    About the author

                    Jackie French

                    Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 2014–2015 Australian Children's Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016 Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children's literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia's most popular children's authors and writes across all genres — from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi to her much loved historical fiction for a variety of age groups. ‘Share a Story' was the primary philosophy behind Jackie's two-year term as Laureate.

                    Books by Jackie French

                    Diary of a Wombat
                    Bruce Whatley, Jackie French

                    Diary of a Wombat

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                    Baby Wombat's Week
                    Bruce Whatley, Jackie French

                    Baby Wombat's Week

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                      Pennies for Hitler
                      Jackie French

                      Pennies for Hitler

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                        To Love a Sunburnt Country
                        Jackie French

                        To Love a Sunburnt Country

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                        Hitler's Daughter
                        Jackie French

                        Hitler's Daughter

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                          Fire
                          Bruce Whatley, Jackie French

                          Fire

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                          Waltz for Matilda
                          Jackie French

                          Waltz for Matilda

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                          Night they Stormed Eureka
                          Jackie French

                          Night they Stormed Eureka

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                          Wombat Wins
                          Bruce Whatley, Jackie French

                          Wombat Wins

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                          Cyclone
                          Bruce Whatley, Jackie French

                          Cyclone

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                          1. Catherine says:
                            15 January 2020 at 3:33 pm

                            This all sounds fascinating! I am reading “Let the land speak” at present. I will read more by Jackie I am sure. Catherine

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