Join bestselling children’s author Ashleigh Barton as she speaks about her latest book, How to Sail to Somewhere. In this interactive session, you will have the opportunity to ask Ashleigh about her books and the inspiration for her writing.  

About the book  

Beatrice Glass — Bea — lives in a tiny fishing village that’s sleepy all year until the summertime when the tourists flock in and most of the locals leave.  

But summer is also when Bea’s favourite person in the entire world, her Uncle Byron, comes to stay.  

Ashleigh Barton is a children’s author and copywriter. Before writing full time, she pursued her love of books (children’s books especially) by working in some of Australia’s biggest publishing houses, running marketing and publicity campaigns for globally renowned authors and illustrators. Ashleigh has previously published six successful and highly acclaimed picture books and two junior fiction series and has been recognised on the CBCA Notables and/or Shortlist in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025. She lives in Sydney with her husband, three children and their dog.