Larrikin House
Just as the bestselling worldwide smash hit My Shadow Is Pink challenged tired stereotypes of gender, so does Larrikin House’s new release My EXTRAordinary Mum by debut author and prolific podcaster Dani Vee.
In light of recent events, the conversation about the perceptions of women has never been so important. ‘My EXTRAordinary Mum’ is a fun, feminist and quirky story about a mother who with her daughter reclaims her identity after motherhood. Dani Vee was tired of how mothers are portrayed in books (in fairytales they are dead, missing and evil OR they’re the nurturer reigning in the fun!) This mum is fun, engaged and adventurous! She rollerblades, jumps in the water without her swimmers, rock climbs and takes her daughter on adventures without a destination in mind!
Bestselling author/ illustrators Matt Cosgrove and Scott Stuart have endorsed the book on the back cover too! It will also be released in America in January 2023 as ‘My EXTRAordinary Mom!’
Talking points may include:
- Hosting a podcast from zero to 50,000 plays a month, and meeting her writing heroes.
- Securing a nine book deal with Larrikin House.
- Moving from being an educator, podcaster, author and into publishing.
- How women have to fight to maintain their identity after motherhood.
- Women and mothers can be fun too!
- How being a single mother should not be taboo.
- The subtle quirky feminism behind the book.
- Patriarchal motherhood.
- Post-natal anxiety and why the superwoman is dead
Additionally, Dani Vee is the host of the hugely popular podcast Words and Nerds that has over 52,000 PLAYS a month and is dominating the literary podcast landscape! She has spoken to the who’s who of the literary world including Trent Dalton, Matthew Reilly, Tara Moss, Andy Griffiths, Jackie French and more. She also appears on the Booktopian Podcast every month too!
The book has attracted a lot of media attention prior to release:
- Booktopia – Ten Questions/ in person signing/ TikTok
- Mamamia article and review
- 2SER radio 107.3
- So You Want To Be A Writer podcast (over 1 million
/Public Release.
