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Pre-order my ‘top secret’ new book!

SECRET AGENT MOLE is my brand new graphic-novel series with Scholastic Australia!
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‘Book 1: Goldfish-Finger’ is out on March 1st. ⁠

Here’s the blurb:

Max is a mole on a mission.

With Helen Hippo and June Bug by his side, Max must stop the evil Goldfish-Finger from stealing a priceless, solid gold fish-finger. This dangerous, top-secret mission will involve explosions, a naked mole rat, and being flushed down a giant toilet. Will Max and the team defeat the fiendish fish?

Time to rock and mole!

⁠This amazing cover comes courtesy of the genius that is Hannah Janzen. She took my sketch and made it so much better than I thought it could be. Thanks heaps, Hannah!⁠
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You can pre-order Secret Agent Mole, Book 1 from all the usual places – or click the links below.

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Stellarphant on the 2022 White Ravens List

This is completely unexpected and wonderful news!

The White Ravens List is a prestigious international children’s book honour given to a select number of books each year.

From the official website:

Throughout each year, the language specialists at the International Youth Library select recently published books that they consider especially noteworthy. This >>premium label<< is given to books of international interest that deserve a wider reception on account of their universal theme and/or their exceptional and often innovative artistic and literary style and design.

This year, the >>White Ravens<< contain a selection of 200 notable children’s and young adult books from 53 countries published in 37 languages.

Stellarphant makes the Better Reading Kids Top 50

Brilliant news: Stellarphant has come in at #36 in the Better Reading Top 50 Kids Books!

Every year, Australians have their say about their favourite children’s books in the Better Reading Top 50 Kids . The list always features a mix of classics, picture books, middle-grade and YA.

This is the first year I’ve ever had a book on the list, and I couldn’t be more surprised and chuffed! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who voted for Stellarphant!!

Events for Sept/Oct 2022

Spring has sprung, and so have the writers festivals!

The next two months are absolutely chock-a-block with fantastic festival events.

There’s an online workshop for the Brisbane Writer’s Festival, plus in-person events with the Quantum Words Festival, the Scribblers Festival, the Awesome Festival, the Melville Storylines Festival and the Lit Centre’s Celebrate Reading Conference (which may as well be a festival).

I even have an exhibition coming up all about Animals in Space.

Full details below!

Stellarphant wins CBCA Shadowers’ Choice Award

This morning I got some absolutely fantastic news …

Stellarphant has won Picture Book of the Year in the inaugural Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Shadowers’ Choice Awards! ⭐️🐘🚀

Stellarphant is a CBCA Honour Book

The Children’s Book Council of Australia awards were announced today, and Stellarphant was awarded an Honour Book in the Picture Book of the Year category!