The Fish Creek Gallery is open Thursday to Monday from 10am - 3pm. Open every day during Victorian School Holidays. Please direct all other enquiries to E; alisonlesteronline@gmail.com. Gallery Contact; 0438 869 544. If you are having issues processing online payments, try Paypal, or contact the Gallery direct on 0438 869 544 and we will be able to assist you. The 2025 Fishy Stories Festival will be held on November 15, and the writing challenge has opened...go to fishystories.org for more information, and don't forget to put Nov 15 in your diary!

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Ambassador for the National Year of Reading

Ambassador for the National Year of Reading

In 2012 I was honoured to be an ambassador for The National Year of Reading which included a national tour of the Are We There Yet? exhibition. The year wound up with a celebration at the Inverloch library where I was presented with my own surfboard, decorated by school children and with its own ...
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Australian Legends of Children’s Literature

Australian Legends of Children’s Literature

Every year since 1997, the Australia Post Australian Legends Award has recognised outstanding individuals for their part in shaping the social and cultural life of Australia. In 2019, recipients of the award were celebrated authors for young people, including Alison. The other winners were Mem Fo...
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Being the first Australian Children's Laureate

Being the first Australian Children's Laureate

For 2012 and 2013, I was the first Australian Children’s Laureate, a position created to “promote the transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians, while acting as a national and international ambassador for Australian children’s literature”. I shared ...
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