Debut PB for Marjorie Crosby-Fairall

Congratulations to author and illustrator Marjorie Crosby-Fairall on the upcoming publication

Emmie Builds Something New

a hardback for ages 4-7, which will be published in the US on 30th September 2025 by Red Comet Press, with the Australian version being published on 1st November 2025 by Affirm Press.

Join Emmie, a clever inventor living in her attic kingdom, as she battles a mischievous interloper with her ingenious creations, discovering that true friendship can emerge from even the most unexpected challenges.

Click HERE to purchase Marjorie’s debut book, which has been described as being an inventive, detailed, and unexpectedly tender book, which celebrates the power of imagination and the surprising places it can lead.

Sydney Book Launch:
1st November 2025, 10.30am at Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe. RSVP: rachel@gleebooks.com.au

Finalist Bologna Portfolio Award for Marjorie Crosby-Fairall

Congratulations to illustrator Marjorie Crosby-Fairall for being selected as a Finalist for the Bologna Portfolio Award.

The "Bologna Portfolio Award" aims to recognize the illustrator's portfolio as a fundamental tool for professional development, emphasizing its primary role as a means to access new job opportunities and as a communication tool between the illustrator and key players in the publishing industry.

The purpose of the initiative is to highlight those characteristics of the portfolio, such as clarity of presentation and consistency of language, that make it a professional facilitator between the world of creativity and content production.

After its debut at the Guadalajara fair, the new "Bologna Portfolio Award" had its first Italian stop at the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2025. On this occasion, participation in the award was exclusively dedicated to the finalist illustrators of the 2025 Illustrators Exhibition, as a recognition of their talent.

The qualification phase for the final selection of the winner took place on April 3rd as part of the "Portfolio Marathon 2025" initiative, held within "The Illustrators Survival Corner" program during the Bologna Children's Book Fair.

New PB Board Book for Jackie Hosking and Marjorie Crosby-Fairall

The much-loved Australian reimagining of Edward Lear’s nonsense poem “The Owl and the Pussycat,” now in board book published by Walker Books Australia.

The Croc and the Platypus

The croc and the platypus trundled off
in a rusty old Holden ute.
They took some damper and tea in a hamper
and bundled it up in the boot.

Congratulations to author Jackie Hosking and illustrator Marjorie Crosby-Fairall!