Andrea Rowe is an award-winning children’s author, and community story teller. Her best-selling debut children’s book Jetty Jumping (Hardie Grant) won 2022 CBCA Picture Book of the Year – Early Childhood. She is the 2020 winner of the Hal Porter Short Story Award and Highly Commended for the 2022 Newcastle Short Story Award and her works appear in anthologies and magazines. Widely published as a freelance writer, Andrea is the Founder of the Peninsula Writers’ Club and an advocate for Australian literature
Website andrearowe.com.au
Instagram @andrearowe_coastwriter
Jetty Jumping
While Milla’s friends take big, brave jumps off the jetty, Milla stays on the blistering wood, scared of what lurks below. But when Milla accidentally falls off the edge, she discovers the beauty of the deep, dark sea – and her summer changes forever.
Andrea Rowe and Hannah Sommerville perfectly capture the challenges of childhood – and the joy of letting go – in this homage to summer.
Events at Mansfield Readers and Writers Festival 2023
Masterclass: Legacy writing – write your memories and milestones
Sunday 5 March 2:00 – 3:30 pm
$60 / $50 concession
Panel: Memoir, what is it good for?
Saturday 4 March 4 – 5 pm
$25 / $20 concession
Story time: Jetty Jumping with author Andrea Rowe
Sunday 5 March 11 – 12 pm
$25 / $20 concession
