Hi! I’m Lachlann.

Wrangler of Angry Chairs.

Author of books for the young and the young and at heart.

Author

I write books for the young and very young. Coming 2026, Big Trouble #2.

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Educator

I deliver fun, engaging creative writing workshops for primary and secondary students, helping teachers explore how creative thinking and practice can be embedded in literacy teaching.

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Events

I design and deliver immersive creative experiences for children and young people at festivals and events.

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Big Trouble with Too Many Frogs

The angry chairs are back in their hilarious third BIG TROUBLE adventure!

Can the Dead Enders free Terrible Chicken Junior from a devious captor AND avoid the clutches of a mind-controlling frog prince?

Or will it finally all be too much trouble?

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Big Trouble with an Old Fart

The second adventure in the silly-spooky Big Trouble junior-fiction series!

The hilariously spooky Big Trouble series is back with Maddie and Clare's second adventure in Dead End! Can they beat a prehistoric mutant fart gas from zombifying everything in Dead End, including their own dad?

Will Terrible Chicken finally rule the world? And how do you defeat killer pineapples?!

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Big Trouble with Angry Chairs

The first hilarious illustrated adventure about Maddie and Clare, two kids whose surroundings keep trying to kill them!

Goosebumps meets Twilight Zone in this ridiculously funny new series from the illustrator of Last Kids on Earth! Welcome to Maddie and Clare's dead end street, where you'll find nothing ​but TROUBLE ...

Shortlisted for the 2025 Readings Prize!

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Follow me at @lachnroll

Progress shot of an underwater kingdom I’m making for an upcoming holiday activation at Earlville Library #creativekid #cairnsschoolholidays #howdoyoulibrary #childrensauthor
Spent a whole day making collaborative comics with 30 kids aged 3-17 in a big shed on the Atherton Tablelands, 2.5 hours southwest of Cairns. The rain beating down on the corrugated roof meant I spent the whole day shouting, which only added to the
Just delivered the first batch of creative pop-up packs I designed and crafted for Cairns Libraries network of 8 branches. Each pack contains a self-led story activity, and will be rotated through a couple of the branches over the next 12 months, so
Holy moly! This is so very very exciting. Big Trouble with Angry Chairs has been shortlisted for the Readings Children’s Prize! What!! High fives to my partner in absurdity @douglasbot, our publisher and guiding light @pintadoguy, the number
Having trouble thinking of a Book Week costume? Here’s a super easy idea for a pineapple mask, just like the one Maddie and Clare make for dad to save him from KILLER PINEAPPLES.🍍 #BookWeek2025 #CostumeIdeas #KillerPineapples #BigTrouble
Thanks to everyone who came past my stall (and didn’t get scared off by the ANGRY CHAIR) at the first Douglas Shire Book Festival over the weekend. The Mossman Shire Hall was filled with over 40 authors from across Far North Queensland. It was
Cairns friends! I’ll be at the @cairnstoylibrary tomorrow morning performing my duties as an official Toy Librarian. It is an important job, and I take it very seriously. There’s no messing around when it comes to play! Not when I’m
Reminder! I deliver in-class workshops where I take students on the journey through my creative process. It’s messy in the best possible way. If you’re looking for a way to ignite creative energy, get in touch via @speakers.ink #creat

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