Day: December 19, 2025

Fiction writing
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Susanne Gervay on ‘Guess How I Was Born’

In this Q&A, award-winning children’s author Susanne Gervay speaks candidly about her new picture book Guess How I Was Born – a joyful, science-informed celebration of the many ways families are formed. Inspired by her own family’s experience with IVF and surrogacy, the book centres on love, honesty, and inclusion,

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