To Stir With Love (Hb)

Description

From the acclaimed author, and bestselling illustrator, this beautiful, heartfelt collaboration celebrates the magic of grandmothers (and their secret recipes).  Grandma's cake is golden and scrumpti-licious and always big enough for everybody.'It's my everything cake,' Grandma says. 'My grandmother's grandmother gave it to her, and my grandmother gave it to me.'Grandma makes her everything cake for every special occasion. Sometimes she needs a little help when her memory wobbles, but that's what family are for.  Multi-award-winners Kate Mildenhall (The Mother Fault; The Hummingbird Effect) and Jess Racklyeft (Welcome, Baby, to This World!; Iceberg) join forces to share this utterly charming story about grandmothers, celebrations and the family connection of food.  Complete with Grandma's everything cake recipe ... and room to write down your own family favourite.

Author description

Kate Mildenhall is a writer and teacher. Her debut novel, Skylarking, was named in Readings Top Ten Fiction Books of 2016 and her bestselling The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2020 Aurealis Awards. Kate teaches creative writing and co-hosts The First Time podcast - which features conversations with Australian writers - and is currently undertaking a PhD in creative practice at RMIT University. Kate lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands, with her partner and two children. Kate's third novel is The Hummingbird Effect. Find out more about Kate at katemildenhall.com or connect via Twitter (@katemildenhall), Instagram (@kmildenhall) or Facebook (facebook.com/katemildenhallwriter). Jess Racklyeft is a children's book illustrator based in Melbourne. She has illustrated 35 picture books, and won several awards including a CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award (2022). Working primarily in watercolours, she also likes to experiment with collage, digital and acrylic mediums, as well as create greeting cards, abstract paintings and work on client projects. Her study is found by a farm in inner city Melbourne and filled to the brim with picture books.