Thanks to all the readers and parents who came along to the launch of my curated exhibition of paper-themed weird and wonderful objects from the Powerhouse museum collection on Saturday.

I was honoured to be the keynote speaker at the QSLA Future Libraries Conference last month, where I also got to present awards to teacher librarians for their contributions in Queensland's school library communities. Thank you very much for having me! x Andy #QSLAFutureLibraries

Hey, YOU, do you remember 2025? What a fun year that was! And the best thing is that it’s not over yet... The October edition of #ANDYSNEWS is out now! ⭐ mailchi.mp/4b0f4d46322e...

It’s been great to meet so many adventurers on the YOU & ME tour so far. Thanks for showing me your amazing creations and costumes so far! #YouandMe #PeanutButterBeast #BookWeek2025 @macmillanaus.bsky.social

Calling all young adventurers! The countdown is on... are YOU ready to face the PEANUT BUTTER BEAST? 𝙔𝙊𝙐 & 𝙈𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙋𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙏 𝘽𝙐𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝘽𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙏, illustrated by Bill Hope, hits shelves soon! Out 19 August 2025 from Pan Macmillan Australia. www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781761269004/

So, you’ve heard of the Knucklehead twins, Jimmy and Johnny . . . but have you heard of Knucklepup? Get ready! The second 𝙔𝙊𝙐 & 𝙈𝙀 adventure, written by Andy Griffiths and illustrated by Bill Hope, hits shelves 19 August. @macmillanaus.bsky.social

Next month, I'll be celebrating the release of my new book 𝘠𝘖𝘜 & 𝘔𝘌 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 with events in Melbourne, Gold Coast and Sydney. Tickets are now available at andygriffiths.com.au/events #AndyGriffiths #NewBook #You&Me #AustralianTour

Voting is now open for the Dymocks Kids' Top 51! From now until 31 July 2025, you can vote for your favourite Andy Griffiths titles, and get automatic entry to win 1 of 5 $51 Dymocks Gift Cards. 📦 Vote here: www.dymocks.com.au/voting/kids-... @macmillanaus.bsky.social #dymockskidstop51

Calling all young adventurers: The Peanut Butter Beast is glooping its way to the UK on the 21st August and YOU can pre-order a signed copy from Waterstones now! www.waterstones.com/book/you-and... @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social

Your support of the ASRC Telethon can help people rebuild their lives in safety and help create a fairer, more welcoming Australia for refugees. A set of books from the Treehouse series are part of their #WorldRefugeeDay auction asrc.org.au/auction Donate at donate.asrc.org.au/telethon

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⭐️ Andy Griffiths Extravaganza Join me at Willy Lit Fest 2025 for a morning of mayhem and literature! Sunday 22 Jun 10:30 - 11:30am Williamstown Town Hall Free, bookings essential. Tickets at: willylitfest.org.au #freeevent

🥜 NEW BOOK ALERT 🥜 Down in the depths of a ridiculously, absurdly, silly-ly deep hole, something is stirring . . . Calling all young adventurers: are YOU brave enough to face the Peanut Butter Beast!? Out 19 August 2025. Available for pre-order now: andygriffiths.com.au/new-book/

Thank you to the wonderful people who came to hear from Edward van de Vendel and I at Bij Donner in Rotterdam – my last stop in the Netherlands. Edward translated the Treehouse series books for over a decade, and it's been great to share with so many readers and fans over the years!

Thank you for joining the YOU & ME AND THE LAND OF LOST THINGS tour through Belgium and the Netherlands. Chuffed to receive a ‘Diamond Book award’ for The 13-Storey Treehouse, where they had a giant cake to celebrate the Treehouse series! #AndyGriffiths #LandofLostThings #EUtour

So there we were, You & Me, on the hunt for our next adventure, when we found this really deep hole. Like, really deep. There was only one way to find out how deep though. Stay tuned this Friday 2nd May, things are about to get a little . . . nutty. @macmillanaus.bsky.social

A real treat today with @andygbooks.bsky.social visiting us. Almost all of the kids have read at least one of his books and he did not disappoint! They loved every moment. Funny, engaging and a real celebration of silly! Thank you so much for stopping by Andy! @openuni-rfp.bsky.social #UkKidsLit

Chuffed that 𝘠𝘰𝘶 & 𝘔𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, illustrated by the amazing Bill Hope and published by @macmillanaus.bsky.social, has been shortlisted for this year's Russell Prize for Humour Writing. Congratulations to all shortlisted authors! 👏 #RussellPrize #HumourWriting

Thanks so much for having me at the Ginger Cat Bookshop! What a super time signing books and meeting fans and readers of the 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵!, 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 and 𝘠𝘰𝘶 & 𝘔𝘦 series, including super-fan Aaron! #AndyGriffiths #LandofLostThings #UKtour

A big thankyou for the warm welcome to the UK yesterday morning at the O2 Centre Waterstones in London where I got to meet with, talk to and sign books for many enthusiastic Treehouse and You & Me readers, including the Ukrainian publisher of our books. It’s great to be back! #LandofLostThings

Thanks so much, Plainville, MA! Catch Andy Griffiths tomorrow for the final US event on the YOU & ME AND THE LAND OF LOST THINGS tour, at Gibson's Bookstore in Concord, NH before heading to the UK! #AndyGriffiths #LandofLostThings #UStour @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

My visit to The School at Columbia University today, where a group of very excited kids responded to the image of Johnny Knucklehead on my powerpoint with a resounding chorus of 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡𝗡𝗬 𝗞𝗡𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗!!! followed by a big cheer. HINT: If you don’t have a box, you can use a paper bag instead!

Wow! Milwaukee truly outdid itself in the adventure department. #LandofLostThings #AndyGriffiths #UStour

YOU & ME AND THE LAND OF LOST THINGS, the first book in the Adventures Unlimited series - which features me and YOU — has landed in the US! @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #LandofLostThings #AndyGriffiths

I've arrived in Los Angeles for the start of the YOU & ME AND THE LAND OF LOST THINGS tour ahead of its publication here in the US tomorrow. #AndyGriffiths #LandofLostThings #UStour #WalkofFame @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

I'm very honoured to be a 2025 Deakin University Alumni Excellence Award recipient. Thank you Deakin University for this recognition of my work engaging the imaginations of young people and turning them onto the pleasures—and power—of books, imagination and literacy. @deakinuniversity.bsky.social

Read an excerpt here from 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨: thenerddaily.com/you-and-me-a... Releases in the US on April 8! #LandofLostThings #AndyGriffiths

On Tuesday 4 March, I was invited to join the Indigenous Literacy Foundation's annual Great Book Swap💙 launch with young students! This year’s Great Book Swap aims to raise $300,000 to gift 30,000 culturally relevant books to remote First Nations Communities across Australia. greatbookswap.org.au

Coming to SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE & PERTH... The 91-Storey Treehouse – LIVE on stage! Take a fantastical trip through this wild, weird and wonderful world for children 6-12 and their adults. 🎫 andygriffiths.com.au/events/

Receiving mail from readers is one of the many things I love about being an author! Thank you for sharing your amazing creations with me. If you’d like to send in a picture or a photo of something you’ve made, my address is: PO Box 731, Williamstown, Victoria 3016, Australia #FanMail #AndysFanArt

@andygbooks.bsky.social for world book day my son Tristan asked to be Terry Denton. He loves the treehouse books, thank you so much for inspiring a six year old’s love of reading!!

@andygbooks.bsky.social My son's costume for World Book Day 😊

That's us set for World Book Day tomorrow, with inspiration from @andygbooks.bsky.social, Bill Hope, and Jon Klassen

I've loved seeing so many readers and fans dressed as YOU for World Book Day this year. Thanks so much for sending through pictures of YOU in your adventure suits! UK fans Oliver, Freddie (age 7), Kai (age 9) and more are ready for ADVENTURE! #WorldBookDay #LandofLostThings

I'm so grateful to see The 13-Storey Treehouse in Better Reading's 2025 Top 50 Kids' Books! Each year, Australians have their say about which books and authors they love to read. The votes are in, the readers have spoken! Thanks so much Better Reading @macmillanaus.bsky.social

Hey YOU! Want to meet ME on tour for my new book ADVENTURES UNLIMITED: YOU AND ME AND THE LAND OF LOST THINGS? Check the schedule to see if I'm coming to a city near you, and get your tickets now: linktr.ee/adventuresun... #AdventuresUnlimited #UStour #booklaunch

Luka carried his official ADVENTURER'S LICENCE everywhere with him over the summer holidays, to all the amazing adventures he was having in Tasmania with his family. Happy adventuring, everyone! #AdventuresUnlimited

Thanks a “bunch” to the students of 2H at Oak Park Primary, who sent in their own bananas 🍌 drawings, based on the book ‘Mascot Madness’, the third in my ‘Schooling Around’ series! #schoolingaround #mascotmadness #FanMail

Hey, remember when you found your long lost guinea pig, Pookie, in the Land of Lost Things … and then you 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 him again? THE LAND OF LOST THINGS, illustrated by Bill Hope, is out now! @macmillanaus.bsky.social @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social

John Marsden was a passionate storyteller, teacher and staunch advocate for young people. His ability to connect with teenagers was truly phenomenal and his dedication to expanding their imaginations and horizons through his bestselling books and innovative schools was inspirational.

Hey you. Yes, YOU! Remember when you said, can you put me in your next book? Well, I have… and here you are! You can read all about YOU (and ME!) and our adventure in THE LAND OF LOST THINGS, the first book in the ADVENTURES UNLIMITED series, illustrated by Bill Hope. Out now!

Launch into the spectacular worlds of ADVENTURES UNLIMITED: THE LAND OF LOST THINGS, illustrated by Bill Hope. Out now from @macmillanaus.bsky.social & @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social #AdventuresUnlimited #LandOfLostThings

Hi, everyone. Andy here - wishing you all very happy holidays! Thanks for all the books you’ve read, all your feedback, your laughter, and your encouragement. It’s been wonderful, and I look forward to doing it all again next year. Happy holidays, and happy reading! Andy

I’ll be joining Painters and Dockers’ Paulie Stewart, Sonja Parkinson and Dave Pace in The Reindeers, in concert for the homeless. Come to Salvation Army headquarters 69 Bourke Street Melbourne, 6pm-8.30pm on Friday December 13th. Entry by donation of tin food, toys or cash. See you there! Andy

Time to wreak some HOLIDAY HAVOC! The THE 156-STORY TREEHOUSE is the perfect gift for any young reader this holiday season 🎁 Get your copy now, and check out the rest of the #TreehouseSeries! @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @macmillanusa.bsky.social @macmillanaus.bsky.social #childrensbooks #paperback

🌟 𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗬'𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗧 🌟 Receiving mail from readers is one of the many things I love about being an author! Thank you for sharing your amazing creations with me. 📬 If you’d like to send in a picture or a photo of something you’ve made, my address is: PO Box 731, Williamstown, Victoria 3016, Australia

Hello, Andy Griffiths here. Treehouse-dweller, brave adventurer AND proud ambassador for the #BIGSummerRead! Register to win prizes, engage in fun activities at your local #publiclibrary, join book clubs AND build fantastic reading skills! 👉 readbooks.com.au/bsr #summer #kidsreadingchallenge

This #conversation with Osher Günsberg peels back the curtain on what makes kids actually want to read – not what we think they should read, but what gets them genuinely excited to turn the page. Listen to this #podcast episode of Better Than Yesterday below. #kids #creativity #reading

My tree of the day — a pedunculate oak, still holding on to its leaves.