I have a personal website to share with you all! We will continue to share this website and our social media at this stage too. I will also branch out with my own website to mainly feature my football expertise... More
We have been busy working on new stories and learning lots about being authors. Here is an update for all our followers and supporters. We continue to work with our editor and writing mentor Shel Sweeney from A Worded Life... More
Super excited to announce that I will be working on a middle reader series with the support of the Arts Council of Australia. Indie Outback series will be based on the life of a city girl who moves remote to... More
Exciting times ahead developing the Backyard Sports picture book series into something with the Black&Write! Fellowship team. Congratulations to Eunice Day for her book as well. Look forward to reading it! https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/get-involved/fellowships-awards-residencies/blackwrite/blackwrite-writing-fellowships
We were recently unsuccessful in two rounds of Arts Council of Australia grant applications… but found the advice that they then provided AFTER the rejections really useful for our future applications. We thought we would share it to help future... More
I have always loved stories. Devouring books… probably escaping reality a bit. Babysitter’s Club, Goosebumps, Obernewtyn Chronicals, Tomorrow When the War Began, Taronga, The Magic Faraway Tree, Animorphs… I can remember in year 7 sitting at the computer typing away... More
Exciting News Part One: Hachette Contract We are excited to announce that we have signed a two book contract with Hachette for Beautiful Night (2021) and an untitled manuscript (2022). Special thanks to our editor and writing mentor Shel Sweeney from... More
So winning the Honour Book for Black Cockatoo (Magabala 2018) in the 2019 CBCA Awards kind of made us a little more excited about book week… forever! And guess what… you can keep the excitement running in your classroom too for the... More
Benny Bungarra’s big bush clean up (Magabala 2018) is a book that our 3.5-year-old makes us read on repeat… so that tells us something! I think I just like how Benny’s name rolls off the tongue. The solid colour, simplistic... More
Sally Morgan and Adele Jaunn created a delightful little book Baby Bilby’s Question (Little Hare Books 2012) that compares how long a dad will love his son through the impossible combinations of Australian events. The dad shows how much he... More