Book Week Author Event: R.A Spratt

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025 at 06:00 am UTC+10:00

47 Jardine Street Kingston ACT 2604 | Canberra

The Book Cow - Kingston
Publisher/HostThe Book Cow - Kingston
Book Week Author Event: R.A Spratt
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We are very excited to be hosting bestselling children's author R.A Spratt at The Book Cow during Book Week 2025! Pop in for a special after school Author Event, meet Rachel and chat all about her incredible stories.
A LITTLE ON SOME OF R.A SPRATT'S BOOKS:
Friday Barnes - When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to an exclusive boarding school that turns out to be a hotbed of crime.
The Adventures of Nanny Piggins - It all starts when Nanny Piggins (the world’s most glamorous flying pig) runs away from the circus and goes to live with the Greens as their nanny. The Green children, Derrick, Samantha and Michael, fall in love with her instantly. Who could not fall in love with a Nanny whose only job qualifications are her astonishing ability to be fired out of a cannon and her amazing ability to make chocolate cake, sometimes both at the same time?
Epically Good Greek Myths - Featuring sword-happy heroes, badly behaved Gods, a monstrous minotaur, a narcoleptic dragon and more nymphs than you can poke a stick at!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
R.A. Spratt was born in the UK and lived in Dursley, Gloucestershire – a town immortalised by Harry Potter’s deeply unpleasant relatives – until she was two years old. Then, like many ambitious English people cursed with regional accents so strong no other British person can take them seriously, her family moved to Australia. The tedium of growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney was fertiliser to the growth of R.A.’s imagination. The only thing for a kid to do was get on a bicycle and go to the library, so R.A. Spratt did just that. Once there, she read everything, devouring the books of Arthur Ransome, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, Robin Klein and Judy Blume, and audiotapes of Shakespeare productions and Sherlock Holmes dramatisations. And so, her young mind was formed, and set on the path of becoming the extraordinary author she is today. Now based in Bowral NSW, she's the bestselling writer of dozens of absurd and witty books including Friday Barnes, The Adventures of Nanny Piggins, The Peski Kids and the Shockingly and Astonishingly Good Stories collections. Her podcast, Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt, has had over 6 million downloads and connects R.A. with story-lovers across the globe. For more information, visit raspratt.com
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47 Jardine Street Kingston ACT 2604, 47 Jardine St, Kingston ACT 2604, Australia, Canberra

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