Congratulations to author Deborah Abela on receiving an Australia Council Literature Grant for
The Kindness Project
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!
