Matt Zurbo: 365 kids books in 365 days

Today I’m super excited to share my Q&A with Matt Zurbo, the author of various published young adult novels (two of which have been shortlisted in Australia for the prestigious Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award)a nonfiction publication on an oral history of Australian-rules football and eight children’s books. Matt’s been working on a really cool project aptly titled Cielo365Stories where he’s been writing a story-a-day dedicated to his little baby daughter Cielo. And best of all? All the stories are FREE to read online.

The New York Times called it ‘ an unconventional labour of love’. When they heard about the project, they literally flew down to Tasmania (where Matt’s based) to interview him for the story.

He calls the project ‘ an ode to my little daughter, a love letter to her if you will’. It’s his way of giving back to the world. “ Imagination trumps ignorance and violence” he says, hopeful that some of these stories will inspire a love of reading in kids.

Q: The thing that has struck me the most as I’ve been reading your stories is how you’ve managed to keep up a daily practice of writing a story a day — what’s driving you and where do you get most of your inspiration from?

A: Inspiration is easy. I’ve already thought of five stories this morning. Making time to write…