https://www.karysmcewen.com/home daily 1.0 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626a1b8e20dff048ff724511/51f59346-81a8-49c5-9c27-c491e412bfda/TextDigital_TPBTC_Assets2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626a1b8e20dff048ff724511/e4ef487b-7791-4f79-8b13-8a617af31904/9781922790705.jpg Home - The Paperbark Tree Committee by Karys McEwen Twelve-year-old Art and his younger brother Hilary are great friends, best friends. When they move to Melbourne from a small town in Queensland things seem to be easy for Hilary, who is still in primary school, but Art struggles to fit in, and he’s become a target for school bully Jack. His dad is too busy to give him much attention, but Art has his stepmum, Sally, who is always ready to listen. And there’s the paperbark tree. Art and Hilary climb into its branches and hold a secret meeting whenever they need to sort things out. The only problem is Art’s not sure he still wants to be part of the paperbark tree committee. He’s getting older and he thinks he needs to solve his problems on his own. The Paperbark Tree Committee is a heartfelt story about growing up and leaving childhood behind; it’s about family and being a good brother, fitting in and finding friends, and about making mistakes and learning from them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626a1b8e20dff048ff724511/2b6b3ff7-ff4b-4fc2-9e3c-4cc0706c1fe3/9781922458377.jpg Home - All the Little Tricky Things by Karys McEwen All the Little Tricky Things is a charming, heartfelt novel about a time when everything is changing, and a girl who’s trying to make sense of it all. It’s the start of the summer holidays and twelve-year-old Bertie is worried. Next year she’s going to a high school in the city, while all her friends stay behind in Merri, the small town she’s lived in all her life. To help her feel better prepared for high school, her best friend, Claire, makes a list of tasks Bertie has to complete over the summer. They start working through the list together, only to find that some of the cracks in their friendship are beginning to show. Soon, Bertie’s not even sure she’ll have one friend by the end of the summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626a1b8e20dff048ff724511/c2c63084-89b4-4b66-8735-6fdaa465ffad/a5d8bf7328496a0bbe99cbd7c13b35843092c793-4x3-x304y0w4864h3648.jpg Home - Interviews Better Reading Paperbark Words Connections (SCIS) Story Box Library HerCanberra Star Mail The Harvey Reporter Rebecca Sparrow Words & Nerds Podcast Karys McEwen talks about All the Little Tricky Things (YouTube) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626a1b8e20dff048ff724511/4f900416-a4ed-4d36-8f55-31aa0e1d75e6/TextDigital_TPBTC_Assets4.jpg Home - Reviews Books + Publishing Sydney Morning Herald / The Age Better Reading Your Kids Next Read Podcast Story Links ReadPlus Lamont Books Magpies See Red Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626a1b8e20dff048ff724511/f6e55a30-556b-4afb-933d-fd2fddd0b656/279854405_10166660572680436_6631923609182878396_n.jpg Home - Upcoming Events The Paperbark Tree Committee Book Launch / The Kids’ Bookshop WA Book Tour 2025 (contact for more details) Melbourne Writers’ Festival (MWF) 2025 Past Events Stonnington Library Autumn Holiday Program Melbourne Writers’ Festival (MWF) 2022, 2023 & 2024 CBCA VIC Branch Book Club Books for the Middle Years / The Kids’ Bookshop All the Little Tricky Things Book Launch / Readings Kids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626a1b8e20dff048ff724511/3e99c9fb-c7c3-4eff-97fc-ce2d3299842a/fa9365e55664429da4ad6a20f48de88e_author.jpg Home - About the author Karys McEwen is a school librarian, bookseller, vice president of the Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and education advisor for the Melbourne Writers Festival. She is passionate about the role libraries and books can play in the wellbeing of young people, and she writes the substack I Read A Lot. All the Little Tricky Things is her debut middle-grade novel. Her second middle-grade novel, The Paperbark Tree Committee, will be published in April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626a1b8e20dff048ff724511/8d7b20b3-43e6-47e0-ba4e-5029c7ab221b/JUNE-EDM-CBCA-KarysMcEwen-article-1623375901.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Home