The 2019 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week theme is ‘Reading is my Secret Power’. So let me get you sorted for Book Week in August! FOR KIDS AND TEENS The perfect secret power… Who would ever... More
Selection as a Feature Text for Older Readers as part of the Summer Reading Club in 2018 was the first large scale recognition that Black Cockatoo (Magabala 2018) had received. It was such thrill to see our book on posters in libraries... More
We are a little excited that Black Cockatoo (Magabala 2018) has been selected as a text on the NSW Premier Reading Challenge grade 5-6 reading list! The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) is available for all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 9,... More
Could we be any more amazed that Black Cockatoo (Magabala 2018) has been listed in contention for another award this year? We are overwhelmed with the positive recognition for our debut book. Who would ever have guessed that a little story about... More
As an avid reader seeing one of the CBCA stickers gets me to stop and pick up books that I might not have given a chance. In our wildest dreams we would never imagine seeing one of those stickers on... More
We are so overwhelmed and excited to be shortlisted for the Readings Children’s Book Award 2019. Readings have been an amazing in helping share our book to the wider market. Soon after our launch in 2018 we made two of... More
Sorry all you mob… I’m doing a children’s book review again! The teacher in me couldn’t help it! So just click away from this page if you came here looking for some skutta Aboriginal YA book suggestions ;p Idea Jar-... More
I was lucky enough to attend one of author, Tristan Bancks, StoryBoard writing workshops at Bangalow NSW where some of the scenes of the book were inspired! So needless to say- I loved this book because I had a connection.... More
Hakea has been an English teacher for 10 years while Carl grew up as an Aboriginal person in a remote community and has worked in Education for over 10 years. Sooooooo when it came to creating the education resources to... More
Wow! Clare Atkins’ second novel, Between Us, is a must read for every Australian… especially you. 10 Reasons to Read Between Us (Black Inc Books 2018) Hear asylum seeker voice: It’s a chance to get inside the head of a... More