Tashi and the Forbidden Room

Anna Fienberg grew up in a house filled with books. Her mother was a teacher librarian who relished stories as much as chocolates. Anna started writing stories when she was eight, but never imagined being an author. She studied psychology, fascinated by the dark world of dreams. She gave up counselling after an unfortunate incident with an enraged man and a chair (he missed!), began writing and became the editor of School Magazine.

Anna and Barbara Fienberg write the Tashi stories together. When Anna was a child, Barbara read bedtime stories to her and they would travel to all the secret places in the world through books. They started making up the Tashi stories when Barbara remembered how, when she was a child, she used to tell stories, creative fibs... whoppers! And kids would crowd around, dying to hear her latest tale – and over many cups of tea they cooked up Tashi!

Tamblyn Lord is an Australian actor and voice artist. He has featured extensively in Australian theatre and television for over 35 years, appearing in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, The Secret River, Satisfaction and Cliffy. He has previously narrated Lian Hern's Tales of the Otori trilogy and The Inheritance by Gabriel Bergmoser. He is also recognisable as the voice of the meditation and mindfulness app Smiling Mind.