Wishing Shelf Award finalist Maria Monte

Congratulations to author Maria Monte and illustrator Zoe Saunders

Finalist in The Wishing Shelf Award 2022 - Ellery's Magic Bicycle

Published in 2022, Ellery's Magic Bicycle is a hardback picture book for 6-8 year olds published by Bonny Books

The UK-based awards program is run by authors and allows indie authors to have their stories read and judged by children and teachers. They choose finalists and winners by rating each book on editing, theme, style, cover and illustrations.

Click here to see the awards page and here, to read Marie Monte’s blog about the award.

Fantastic to be receive recognition from your readers!

2023 NSW Literary Awards Recognition for Lian Tanner

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

Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature.

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!

2023 iBbY recognition for Allayne Webster

Congratulations Allayne Webster for being selected by iBby for an

Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities - 'Sensitive'

see here for details

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!