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Deb Abela's REAL shortlistings for New City

May 30, 2020

Congrats to the amazing Deborah Abela on her latest REAL shortlistings -

YABBA, KROK and KOALA Awards

for

New City

Published by Penguin Random House, in paperback

For ages 8 - 13.

After surviving the floodwaters, sea monsters and sneaker waves of Grimsdon, Isabella and her friends escape to New City, a seemingly perfect world, with ornithopters, ice tornados and a brand new bad guy.

New City is the second book in the Grimsdon trilogy about kids living in a climate-changed world. You can read more about New City and see the trailer for the three books here.

What an incredible achievement to be so perennially popular with your readers - congrats yet again Deb!

In Awards Tags Deborah Abela
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Abbey Lane wins NSW State Library Emerging Children's Author Award

May 30, 2020

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!

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Lian Tanner wins Patricia Wrighton Prize

April 28, 2020

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!

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