Join us as we throw a book party to celebrate the release of award-winning author Gabrielle Tozer's latest release Before We Met; a timely and moving picture book that captures the excitement, hope and love within families of all shapes and sizes.

Before we met, I made a wish

upon a starry night ...

To bring you home into my arms,

to fill our world with light.

Waiting to meet a new addition to your family is a special time as you dream of the joy to come. This beautiful picture book is a heartfelt and moving tribute to the anticipation and excitement that a child can bring, and the ways in which a family can be created, including IVF and adoption. A joyous celebration of growing families of all shapes and sizes from award-winning duo Gabrielle Tozer and Sophie Beer.

Gabrielle Tozer is an award-winning author, freelance writer and editor based in Wagga Wagga in regional New South Wales. She is the author of eight books, including The Unexpected Mess of it All, Before We Met, Can’t Say It Went to Plan, Remind Me How This Ends and The Intern, which won the 2015 State Library of Victoria’s Gold Inky Award. Her work has also been featured in anthologies including Teacher, Teacher (edited by Megan Daley) and Begin, End, Begin (edited by Danielle Binks). She loves sharing her passion for storytelling and creativity with readers and aspiring writers, and has worked as a mentor for the Regional Arts Network's Horizon program, Regional Arts Australia's Regional Scribes program and ABC's Heywire initiative. She has also appeared at numerous literary events, including the Sydney Writers’ Festival, the Somerset Festival of Literature, StoryFest Out West, Riverina Readers Festival and the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s national conference. Gabrielle is currently writing another novel for HarperCollins and collaborating on two more picture books with award-winning illustrator Sophie Beer.