AI could write this post in 2 seconds flat, maybe it could even write a book in the same amount of time…But one thing that AI can’t do is write with heart, emotion, lived experience.It’s a scary two edged sword... More
2025 has been BIG. And we’ve dropped the ball.Emails and inboxes without reply. Offers of festivals, events and school talks we just couldn’t commit to. Late replies for book edits. Things we’ve had to cancel. This year has been Hakea’s... More
We’d play the game… “I love you to the tree”, “I love you to the car”, “I love you to the clouds”, “I love you to the star” getting bigger and bigger and further and further with the kids. A... More
The much anticipated final book in the ‘Black Cockatoo’ series ‘Ngurra Home’ is here. Since 2018 you’ve followed 12 year old Jaru girl Mia, as she learnt about her place in her culture and community and began exploring her identity... More
Halls Creek in the Kimberley Western Australia is almost as far away from the big AFL stadiums as you can get. Perth’s Optus Stadium just a little 30+ hr drive down south. Barefoot, adventurous First Nations kid, Krstel Petrevski grew... More
Why choose ‘Tracks of the Missing’ for your high school novel study? Easy to access text- comparatively shorter than some similar texts used in novel studies in the Australian Curriculum such as ‘Jasper Jones’ (Craig Silvey) or ‘Deadly Unna’ (Philip... More
Have you read our new junior/middle fiction book yet? The first book in the Kimberley Kickers biography series, ‘Jy Goes for Gold’, is out now! Based on the life and stories of Jy Farrar, remote outback kid turned Gold Coast... More
Did you know that National Children’s Week is coming up on 19th-27th October 2024? If you are a parent or a teacher or a librarian- you might like to celebrate it with your young people. This year the theme is... More
Book Week is coming up: 17-23 August… are you ready? Now is the time to be thinking about what your little people might be going to their book parade as. Or if you are a teacher… what your little people... More
Did you know it’s almost launch week for ‘Backyard Tennis’ the next picture book in my Blak&Write Fellowship winning series, Backyard Sports. What you didn’t know was the story behind it… The series was dreamed up on a long trip between... More