Teachers 4 Teachers Publications is an Australian company that was set up by a group of very experienced teachers to provide high-quality, contemporary learning resources for schools. Many years of combined practical teaching experience goes into the making of our products. It is our ultimate goal to continue to provide high-quality products to schools and teachers throughout Australia and the world.
A core philosophy for all of our products is that they are easy to use–both by teachers and their students.
Harry O'Brien
Managing Director / Teacher
Harry O'Brien is a very experienced primary teacher and an award winning author. Over the last 25 years he has written numerous best-selling primary textbook series including Maths Plus, Maths Plus Mentals and Homework, The New Primary Mathematics Handbook and Spelling Conventions. Harry is the creator and major author of Maths Box Lime, Orange and Aqua. He is also a major author of the enormously popular Reading Box Yellow, Blue, Red and Green. On top of his busy publishing and writing workload, Harry oversees the day-to-day running of the company.
Lauren O’Brien
Publisher / Author / teacher
Lauren is a qualified primary teacher and the principal author and publisher of the immensely successful Reading Box Yellow.
Lauren commissioned and published the best-selling Spelling Conventions and Handwriting Conventions (NSW, QLD and VIC) series, as well as Problem Solved and the History Now series.
Lauren is the major author of the best-selling series My Wellbeing Journals, Grammar Conventions and Reading Conventions, as well as Science Now.
Kelly Moyle
Office Manager
Kelly is the backbone of the T4T team. With many years experience managing clients in varying industries Kelly now operates the accounts, inquiries and the business side of the company.
Matthew Comerford
Warehouse and Production Manager
Matthew has a degree in finance and accounting which makes him the perfect addition to the management team. Matt controls ordering, stock levels and distribution. In his downtime, Matt is involved in content creation for a new online primary mathematics resource.
Lauren Wanstall
Teacher / Author
After teaching in Korea, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia Lauren found herself to be an integral part of the T4T content creation team. Lauren is the major author of the Spelling Conventions Teachers’ Books with Games and Grammar Conventions Teachers’ Books with Games. Lauren is currently working on some great resources to add to our online portal.
Geraldine Ward
Graphic Designer
Geraldine has been a graphic designer since 1995. Prior to that she worked for news magazines as the art director of creative services, as well as design agencies in London and McCann-Erickson, Brisbane. Geraldine is currently working on our teacher resources and online materials.
Fiona Wrigley
Head editor
Since following her passion for editing, Fiona has become the very talented and thorough head editor of all T4T products. She is an invaluable member of the publishing team. Fiona was also a consultant on the Grammar Conventions, Spelling Conventions, Reading Conventions and Science Now series.
Graham Roberts
Consultant / teacher
Graham’s extensive knowledge of the fundamentals of the English language saw him become a major consultant on the Grammar Conventions, Spelling Conventions and Reading Conventions series. Graham is a retired primary school teacher who has taught in schools all over New South Wales.
Steve Murray
Author / graphic artist / teacher
Steve is a creative primary teacher with vast experience in the classroom. Steve is the major author and illustrator of our best-selling Handwriting Conventions (NSW, VIC and QLD) series. He is also a writing contributor to the Reading Box and Maths Box series.
Steve has freelanced as a commercial artist for many, many years. His unbelievable artistic talents saw him become the national runner-up in the prestigious Walkley Awards for Excellence in Editorial Graphics. Steve is a major contributor to the artwork provided within our products.
Greg Purcell
Author / teacher
Greg Purcell is a very experienced primary teacher, former school executive, lecturer and author of many best-selling primary products including Maths Plus, Maths Plus Mentals and Homework, Handwriting Conventions (5-6) and Problem Solved. Greg is also a contributor to the Reading Box series.
John Barwick
Author / teacher
John Barwick is a recently retired teacher and headmaster. Throughout his career, John has authored over 50 educational resources, many of which are best-sellers. His recent publication, our Australian Curriculum based History Now series which is being very well received by teachers all over Australia. John looks forward to continuing his passion for education and working on many more fabulous resources with T4T in the future.
Deborah Reinholtd
Author / teacher
Debbie’s admirable passion for mathematics saw her join the T4T team as a contributing author of the Maths Box series. Debbie was discovered after she won the well-deserved 2012 Primary Maths Teacher of the Year award. She continues to work with T4T as a consultant for all of our mathematics-based resources.
Julie O’Brien
Consultant / teacher librarian
Julie’s love for primary teaching has spanned a 30 year career, with her last decade spent as an extremely enthusiastic teacher librarian. Julie’s fondness for literature and children’s books led to her becoming a consultant on the Reading Box, Grammar Conventions, Reading Conventions and Spelling Conventions series. Julie is also a contributing author to the Reading Box and History Now series.
Don't Forget
Harley!
Our office French bulldog. His hobbies include stealing Harry's USB sticks out of his computer tower and tearing up cardboard boxes in the warehouse. He is an essential component of our staff wellbeing plan.