Our Story

About the founder of Alice Sallow Publishing

“Stories have the power to carry us through the highs and lows of life. May Alice Sallow Publishing entertain you, provide you with knowledge of cultural traditions and communities near the water.” Alice xoxo.

Alice childhood was based in the Northern Territory of Australia where the concept of summer and winter were foreign terms. Instead, six months of the year during the Wet Season there was suffocating humidity and bellowing cyclones. For the other six months of the year, during the Dry Season land being cracked open by the dry heat.

School holidays were spent with extended family in the southern states of Australia where the environment was completely different. From the trees to the animals everything looked and sounded foreign. Even the waterways were different, the water always seemed so much colder and the fish were different sizes and colours.

Both of Alice’s grandmothers were short stocky tough women of Irish ancestry. Their strength of character and resilence can be found in many of the stories represented by Alice Sallow Publishing. Alice’s father's mother in particular encouraged her writing and often spoke fondly and proudly of the early stories Alice wrote as a child.

When Alice was still in primary school, her family moved to Northern Ireland. Whilst there alongside the southwest winds she was swept up in stories of her ancestors and the myths and legends of the Celts. During this period of her childhood a spell was cast and a love for British folktales and travel has bewitched Alice to this day.