ABOUT DIMITY POWELL
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Award winning children’s author, Dimity Powell loves to fill every spare moment with words. She writes and reviews exclusively for children and is the Managing Editor for Kids’ Book Review.
Her word webs appear in anthologies, school magazines, junior novels, as creative digital content, and in picture books. Her junior novel, PS Who Stole Santa’s Mail? debuted in 2012. The Fix-It Man was her first published picture book with EK Books (2017). At the End of Holyrood Lane (2018), Pippa (2019) and Oswald (2020) follow. Her digital narrative, The Chapel of Unlove commissioned for the interactive Story City App, was Shortlisted for the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards 2016.
Dimity is a seasoned presenter both in Australia and overseas and is a Books in Homes Role Model Volunteer in Australia. She believes picture books are food for the soul and should be consumed at least 10 times a week. If these aren’t available, she will settle for ice-cream.
Dimity is an active member for SCBWI Australia East NZ and is often seen heading a team of enthusiastic Roving Reporters at their Conferences.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Why I write
I write because I love to read. The desire and comfort of curling up with a good book is sometimes more intense than the need to create one of my own however much I enjoy the challenge, discipline and art behind the craft. I write for children because it’s fun, reflective and because children are often so much smarter than adults. Words and stories shaped my world as a child. If I can influence, astound, entertain and make a lasting impression on even just one child, then my worth as an author and reason to continue writing has been met.
PUBLICATIONS - View in Bookstore
- Books
- Magazine Articles
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An Eggspensive Venture
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Blast Off The School Magazine
2009
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Marcie's Green-eyed Monster
(Article)
The Looking Glass Magazine, Vol Two Ireland
2012
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Perfect Prue
(Article)
KOOKIE Magazine, Issue 6 March 2019
2019
