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Maura Pierlot

IMG_61601 June 2019

It’s hard to describe the feeling when you find you first title on the shelves – shock, relief, elation, pride and perhaps a healthy dose of nerves (will it sell?). I’m getting used to discovering The Trouble in Tune Town in my travels, and was honoured to see it featured alongside other wonderful titles in the local creators’ bookshop at this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia National Conference in Canberra.

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Published by Maura Pierlot

Maura is an award-winning author, playwright and filmmaker based in Canberra. Fragments, her acclaimed play, book and web series, is now a feature-length film touring festivals. Maura’s picture books include Alphabetter – A Better You and Me, from A to Z (Affirm Press, 2024) and What Will You Make Today? (Storytorch Press, 2023). She runs The Book Bench Project in Canberra and holds a Ph.D. in philosophy. Click ‘About’ to read more.

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