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.
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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
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,…
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…
New Year, New Books & Holding onto Hope
Hello and Happy New Year! It already feels like Christmas and New Year are long ago, but it’s only two weeks into 2025… I hope that you were able to enjoy some peacful time with loved ones to close 2024 and begin 2025. We had a lovely family Christmas and my usual quiet New Year,…
The Other Side of the Clouds by Matt Samuel & Tamlyn Teow
All Finn can hear is the voice of his own sadness and at times it is overwhelming. The faint pulse of hope visits but never stays. Longing to find it, Finn rides a kite into the dark sky, calling its name. He sails over crashing waves, searching for it, but loneliness is his only reply.…
SA Literary Fellowships 2025 & SA History Trust Grants!
I am delighted to share that I have been awarded a mid-career Fellowship with the SA State Library, supported by Writers’ SA, AND a grant from History Trust of South Australia to research and write my magical historical middle-grade novel, A Light on the Rocks. I can’t believe I am going to be a Fellow…
PD McPem’s Agency For Mysterious Mysteries: The Wild Whodunnit, by Anna Battese and Ruth-Mary Smith
Children’s author Anna Battese describes herself as a ‘bookworm, baker, and children’s book maker’. From the minute you read these words, you know you’re in for a lovely ride when you enter into the world of PD McPem and her Agency for Mysterious Mysteries. The latest in this series – The Wild Whodunnit, published by…
Spies in the Sky by Beverley McWilliams
When Adelaide-based children’s author Beverley McWilliams and I first met, we discovered that we were both writing WWII stories featuring war pigeons – Bev’s set in Europe and mine in Australia. We couldn’t believe it – TWO people who were fascinated by pigeons!! We soon shared our love for animals and birds, our interest in…
The Other Shadow by Tania Ingram
Tania Ingram is a talented South Australian children’s author who has released a number of fabulous books over the past 12 months. The Other Shadow, published by Scholastic Australia, is her latest middle-grade novel. A contemporary story about eleven-year-old Thomas and his little sister Tilly, it draws you inside Thomas’s complicated world and inside his…
Legends of Living with Type 1 Diabetes – Sandra
In the next edition of Legends of Living with Type 1 Diabetes, I am sharing Sandra’s story. Every person’s experience of diagnosis and of the years that follow, is different. It’s fascinating to see how people grapple with the ups and downs, and find their way to living with diabetes. Sandra’s story is one of…
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