Debut MG for Caroline Stills

Congratulations to author Caroline Stills on the publication of

A Gift from the Birds

with cover illustrations by Jessica Smith

a middle grade fiction for readers aged 8+ published by Text Publishing

Winner of the 2024 Text Prize, Caroline Stills’s debut novel, A Gift from the Birds, is a sensitive, heartfelt story about loss and grief, and finding comfort in unexpected places.

Purchase this beautifully heartfelt book HERE

Award for Caroline Stills

Congratulations to author Caroline Stills on receiving the

Text Prize 2024 for

A Gift from the Birds

A middle-grade novel to be published by Text Publishing

Late 2025

Caroline Stills has won the $10,000 Text Prize for her debut middle-grade novel A Gift from the Birds. Awarded annually, the Text Prize aims to unearth incredible new books for young adults and children by Australian and New Zealand writers.

Congratulations, what an incredible prize and we cannot wait to read this book next year!