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‘Not Just a Piece of Cake’ takes the reader behind the books. It’s about risk-taking: intellectual and physical.
This quirky memoir shares the diverse workstyle of a long term author, who also has a family. And who writes for adult as well as child audiences.
Grief and Loss in Schools aims to support teachers and schools by providing discussion topics, play scripts and engaging activities to allow students to work through thoughts and feelings they may be having.
Wasted? Curriculum linked for Science Week and Beyond
(Many schools using as a discussion text)
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Wasted? by Hazel Edwards
Faced with visa challenges, the asylum seekers prove to be innovators, not victims.
Rights Available for Screen or Translation
Asylum seekers ,Climate Change solutions and Outback eccentricity are topical. So is Antarctica’s scientific potential. Exotic settings include mid- ocean Giant Garbage patches trading bio-fuel.
Hazelnuts’ Doco
A 50-year creative journey in children’s literature and education, directed by Kim Edwards.
Deborah Niland’s 2025 Archibald submission of Hazel’s portrait
Not hung, but a mutually creative experience for a book now 46 years old, celebrating Deborah’s versatility as an artist. Note the hippopotamusing in the background.
Hazel’s picture books are designed to appeal to all ages, (parents often read and reread favourites!) but especially three to eight year olds – for sharing or reading by themselves, using the illustrations as clues
The Hippopotamus Picture Book series
From starting school to visiting hospital or having a new baby in the family, each of the Hippopotamus books visits a first-time childhood challenge with the reassurance of a big imaginary friend.
Useful for Aspiring Writers of all Ages
‘Writing for Young People’ workshops:
Check Hazel’s Book page to get copy or Calendar of Events for workshops
Recent Interviews
Answering fun questions about being a readaholic (who also reads in the bath) as well as a ‘vintage’ author across 50 years of being published.
A Life’s Work: Hazel Edwards OAM’s Extraordinary Writing Journey
Crafting a Family Legacy: The Art of Writing Non-Boring Family Histories / Hazel Edwards
Wasted? by Hazel Edwards
Faced with visa challenges, the asylum seekers prove to be innovators, not victims. Drawing on their resources, they repurpose, recycle and re-create a new state trading bio-fuel via the mid-ocean garbage patches. Teenage Kit illustrates how you can draw a new future as activists turn to science. But what happens in this new world order?