Sally Rippin
Sally Rippin is the best-selling author of the Billie B Brown and School of Monsters series, as well as Wild Things, her book for adults.
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Sally Rippin
Sally Rippin is a best-selling and beloved author for children, and the eighth Australian Children’s Laureate. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters. Sally also recently published Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Don’t as a resource for adults wanting to better support neurodivergent and dyslexic children in the home and classroom.
Sally was named the eighth Children’s Laureate for 2025 – 2025: the national ambassador for reading and Australian children’s literature. In this role, Sally aimed to create public awareness around learning difficulties as well as the most effective practice in teaching children to read.
Sally’s advocacy work spotlights the reading challenges faced by millions of Australian children – including but not limited to discussions around neurodiversity, disability, mental health, access to books and language barriers. More recently, Sally was invited to join the newly formed Writing Australia council to advise on developing national initiatives to support writers, readers and the book industry as a whole.
Currently, as well as working on new books and her council duties, Sally is working to adapt some of her work for screen.
Festival Events
FAMILY FUN DAY with Sally Rippin
DATE March 29 TIME 10:15 am WHERECummings Room Newcastle City Hall Book nowBY THE ARTIST
