Abbey Lane wins NSW State Library Emerging Children's Author Award

Congrats to Abbey Lane on winning

The State Library of NSW Emerging Children’s Author Award - Category 2

The NSW State Library has the option to publish Abbey’s future children’s fiction picture book about Ethel Turner

For ages 3 - 7.

There is not an actual book at this stage. Abbey’s story ‘The Legend of the Duck’ was the winning entry in this category.

What a thrill - congrats again Abbey!

Lian Tanner wins Patricia Wrighton Prize

Huge congrats to Lian Tanner on winning the

2020 Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature
in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

for her picture book

Ella and the Ocean

Illustrated by Jonathan Bentley

Published by Allen and Unwin, in hardback

For ages 4 - 6.

Ella and the Ocean is a very Australian story of drought and renewal, of family, imagination and the power of hope.

What an honour - congrats again Lian!

Lesley Gibbes' and Judy Watson's non-fiction picture book CBCA shortlisted

Huge congrats to SCBWI members Lesley Gibbes (author) and Judy Watson (illustrator) on the shortlisting of

Searching for Cicadas

for the

2020 CBCA Eve Pownall Award.

Published by Walker Books, in hardback.

This heartwarming story about a child and a grandfather searching for cicadas is part of the award-winning narrative non-fiction Nature Storybooks series.

Great stuff - congrats again and fingers crossed Judy and Lesley!