KBR warmly congratulates author Andy Griffiths in his sparkling new role as the Australian Children's Laureate for 2026 - 2027!
Internationally acclaimed and best-selling children’s author Andy Griffiths is the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2026 and 2027, sharing his mission ‘Reading is an Adventure!’.
'Reading was always an adventure to me. It’s like each book is a little doorway into another world. That is the true pleasure of reading and I wanted to give that to the next generation. The thing I’m most looking forward to in my Laureate term is getting out there into the wild and leading children and their parents on wild imaginative adventures. To be able to get out around Australia and show how a whole family can get involved in their child’s reading journey is a dream come true.
I am honoured to have been chosen as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2026 and 2027. My passion for connecting children to the power of books, reading and literacy has been the driving force for my work as a children’s author over the past three decades and the Laureateship is both an opportunity to extend that work and, at the same time, to be a proud representative and advocate for the vibrant community of equally passionate Australian children’s book creators.'
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