Meet Dr Helen Edwards, Award-winning Australian Author, Speaker & Psychology PhD.
Dr Helen Edwards is an award-winning Australian author and speaker who writes diverse stories of nature, magic and history. Helen has a PhD in Psychology and a long background working in mental health. Her aim is to raise hope through stories, because without hope, we have nothing.
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Helen offers author talks and workshops in schools, at libraries, festivals and more, across Australia. She has a vast background of different experiences, including founding a charity and running this award-winning organisation for 16 years. She is an advocate for type 1 diabetes, neurodiversity and ensuring all children see themselves in books.
She is an experienced speaker and has presented sessions across a range of audiences, topics and age groups. Helen has an ability to engage children and adults alike with warmth, humour and a passion for nature, history and magic.
If you're looking for a presenter who speaks from the heart, who laughs loud and loves deep, who's passionate about people and planet, and who understands we come in a glorious rainbow of human beings, Helen is your person.
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Helen's Journal
On Gallant Wings is Launched!
Adelaide Launch On Gallant Wings has officially flown into the world, with a lovely book launch for family and friends at The Gums, Tranmere in Adelaide on Saturday 12th April. The sun was shining, the trees were shady, and the company was magnificent. A perfect afternoon. It was exactly what I hoped. An intimate group,…
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Legend of the Lighthouse Moon Wins Forevability Award
I was delighted and honoured when Legend of the Lighthouse Moon made the shortlist in Category two of the Forevability Awards earlier this year, along with some amazing authors and their books. So, you can imagine my shock to discover that Legend of the Lighthouse Moon came in FIRST place in the Forevability awards Category…
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SoXiety by Tamlyn Teow
In a melancholic city of towering skyscrapers, bombarding billboards and blinding screens, resides a dopamine addicted society. The hustle and bustle of day precedes the lonely isolation of night, as they return, alone, to soulless utilitarian apartments where screens consume their remaining waking hours. Spiralling further into depression and anxiety, consuming more but never being…
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On Gallant Wings : Letters From Home Part 2
On Gallant Wings is out tomorrow! A story can take years from the glint of an idea to a real, sweet smelling book you can hold in your hands. There can be years of pitches and rejections and editing. Celebrations occur on signing a contract, revealing a cover, the anticipation that can build for months ……
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On Gallant Wings: Letters From Home
On Gallant Wings is nearly here and I am getting very excited! One of the many interesting aspects of the book is the use of letters between main character Ava and her older brother Fred, her dad, and her best friend Kazuo. These are scattered throughout the book and written in cursive, to show the…
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Parrot Place by Susanne Gervay
Susanne Gervay is an author who says she writes for young people so they can ‘laugh, learn, love and be courageous in a challenging world.’ She also writes for adults so that they can explore ideas with kids that excite and empower them. As the child of refugees, she sees story as the secret ingredient…
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On Gallant Wings Launch Events
On Gallant Wings will officially be launched in Canberra at The Book Cow on 29th March and in Lake Boga at the Catalina Flying Boat Museum on Anzac day! I will be holding a more intimate gathering in Adelaide for On Gallant Wings, as the next book, The Disappearing Circus, written with award-winning author Kate…
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Faraday – A Community Rediscovered, by Robyn Howarth
I first met author Robyn Howarth in Lake Boga, Victoria, on one of my research visits to the Catalina Flying Boat Museum for my WW11 novel, On Gallant Wings. Robyn’s partner, David Mark, provided me with lots of support and information. I was delighted to meet Robyn and hear about her own writing project. So,…
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On Gallant Wings Pre-Orders
Beautiful Lake Boga is one of the main settings for On Gallant Wings. We stumbled across it over 20 years ago, on our way from Adelaide to Melbourne. Back then, there was the Lake, little town, the underground bunker, and a Catalina Flying Boat sitting on the dirt. I was mesmerised by the story of…
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