Alphabet Soup Books

School holidays activities: poetry with Meg McKinlay!

Meg McKinlay poetry workshop In this fun activity led by children's author and poet Meg McKinlay, you'll craft short, one-of-a-kind poems using words and phrases cut out from magazines and old books. Mix and match different styles, fonts, and colours to bring your poem to life in a whole new way. Let’s turn ordinary words int...

Submissions for the poetry anthology for children are now closed.

Closing Friday 21st February

Calling all WA poets! Submissions are open for children’s poetry anthology - Fremantle Press Fremantle Press and Alphabet Soup Books are excited to announce that submissions are open for a poetry anthology for children, the companion to Right Way Down and Other Poems. The anthology, to be published in 2026, will be co-edited by Rebecca M. Newman and Dr Sally Murphy. Rebecca said, ‘We are ...