news and things
The Big Backyard Plan
Review — Telarah Public School Library, 23 March 2025.
Author Visit — Storytime at Quick Brown Fox, 22 March 2025.
Picture Story of the Month, Lamont Standing Order, 22 March 2025.
Review — Get Kids Booked, 17 March 2025.
Review — Your Kid’s Next Read Podcast Episode 193, 11 March 2025.
Review — Picture Book Book Club, 11 March 2025.
Launch — Book Launch with Laura Stitzel and Deb Frenkel at Readings Carlton, 8 March 2025.
Window Display — Readings Carlton, 7 March 2025.
Review — Abby’s Fabulous Library, 3 March 2025.
Podcast Guest, Words and Nerds Podcast, 3 March 2025.
Book Signing — Brisbane Bookshop Tour, 1 March 2025.
Radio Interview — ABC Book Nook, 27 February 2025.
Review — Just So Stories, 27 February 2025.
Review — The Bottom Shelf Blog by Barbara Braxton, 26 February 2025.
Review — Readings Review by Tamuz Ellazam, 25 February 2025.
Review — Julie Grasso, 24 February 2025.
Review — Maggie Dent, 21 February 2025.
Review — Milo and Posy Reading, 18 February 2025.
Partnership — Neighbourhood Every Day’s Tell Us Your Story Competition, 1 February 2025.
Upcoming Titles — Arts Hub, 10 January 2025.
Like a gannet
Review — Melissa Elk, 23 January 2025.
Review — Reading Time CBCA, 7 January 2025.
Book of the Day — Mansfield Readers and Writers, 18 December 2024.
Gift Guide — Kinokuniya Sydney, 3 December 2024.
Review — Telarah Public School Library, 23 November 2024.
Review — Rebecca Grant, 23 November 2024.
Post — Top 16 Picture Books of the Year, Brenton Cullen, 19 November 2024.
Review — Just So Stories, 17 November 2024.
Storytime — Storytime and Craft at Boardwalk Books, 16 November 2024.
Review — Meg Rowe, 5 November 2024.
Review — Milo and Posy Reading, 5 November 2024.
Review — Sandhya Parappukkaran, 1 November 2024.
Book Signing — Brisbane Book Shop Tour, 28 October 2024.
Launch — Book Launch with Deb Hudson, 26 October 2024.
Review — The Bottom Shelf Blog by Barbara Braxton, 16 October 2024.
Guest Author Blog Post — PaperbarkWords Blog, 12 October 2024.
Book Signing — Love your Bookshop Day, Boardwalk Books, 12 October 2024.
Newspaper Article — The Northern Rivers Times, 10 October 2024.
Interview — The Quick Six Interview with Romi Sharp, 9 October 2024.
Video Interview — LBE Hackney Youtube, 7 October 2024.
Picture Book of the Month — Farrells Bookshop October Newsletter, 6 October 2024.
Radio Interview — ABC Book Nook with Bridie Tanner, 3 October 2024.
Interview — Kid’s Lit Lounge with Claire Thompson, 1 October 2024.
Illustration by Deb Hudson
Kirsten Ealand
Guest Speaker — Read Between the Wines, 13 March 2025.
Podcast — The Book Deal Episode 17, 23 January 2025.
Interview — Australian Writers’ Centre, 5 November 2024.
Interview — Twelve Curly Questions with Kids Book Review, 22 October 2024.
awards
Runner Up — CBCA NSW Branch Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program
Longlist — CBCA NSW Branch Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program
Pitch It Comp — Special Judges Mention - Individual Judges Favourite
Winner — 2021 Write Links Mentorship
Shortlist — 2021 Write Links Mentorship
Fourth Place — Suzanna Leonard Hill’s Annual Halloweenie Contest
Finalist — Suzanna Leonard Hill’s Annual Halloweenie Contest
Travel Grant — NSW Writers Centre
