April 26th, 2025Children’s book set at Bullarto Reservoir

Kate Foulds’ debut children’s book, Grumps and the green fishing rod, will be published next month. The picture book carries the stories of four generations through simple, traditional narration and stunning photographs taken in a beautiful bush setting. 

Kate is a Central Victorian short fiction/memoir writer who grew up on the family farm in Musk before becoming a regional newspaper journalist. 

Kate’s short fiction, Grandma’s Gift, was published in the anthology, Mother – Memories, Moments & Stories. Her Flash Fiction, Acorn, was shortlisted for the inaugural Minds Shine Bright Writing Confidence Competition 2022. 

Kate completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Deakin University with majors in English Literature and Sociology and had poetry published in the student publication, Indigo Explosion. 

In 1994 Kate gained a graduate cadetship at Kyneton’s Midland Express office and was a journalist at The Bendigo Advertiser between 1997 and 1999.

As a police and court reporter at the Advertiser, Kate wrote a news story judged a first-place winner at the 2000 Crime Stoppers International Conference in Canada – topping nominations from around the globe including London, New York, Miami and Vancouver. 

Kate has also worked in a range of public relations, marketing and media officer roles. She has a son and twin daughters and lives in Daylesford. 

Grumps and the green fishing rod will be available from Paradise Books in Daylesford.