Congratulations to author Lian Tanner for her novel, Rita’s Revenge, being recognised in the 2023 NSW Literary Awards.
Rita's Revenge has been shortlisted for the
Rita’s Revenge is a middle grade novel for 8-12 year olds published by Allen & Unwin in July 2022
Congratulations Lian. Rita is such a clever and funny book. Well deserved!
Congratulations Allayne Webster for being selected by iBby for an
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A YA paperback for 11+ published in 2019 by UQP
International Board on Books for Young People - Category 2 - Portrayals of Disability. This section includes picture books, fiction, and nonfiction titles that depict people who are d/Deaf or have disabilities. Two Australian titles were selected.
'Sensitive' is about a teenage girl living with chronic atopic eczema. It was shortlisted for the 2020 Australian Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, and has since been published in Russia.
Fantastic recognition. Well done!
Congratulations to author Deborah Abela on receiving an Australia Council Literature Grant for
A middle grade verse novel for 7-12 year olds due for publication 2024 by Penguin Random House.
When a lonely girl helps her Nanna escape from a prison-like nursing home – AKA Alcatraz - she not only saves her Nanna but reunites her fractured family and makes her first real friends.
Each year the Australia Council awards grants for new work and Deborah was lucky enough to receive one for her new novel.
Congratulations Deborah. Fantastic news!
