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Kitty Black new picture book cover reveals

Check out the gorgeous covers for Kitty Black’s new books – Lucy and Sad, and Max and Worry, the first books in the Follow Your Feelings series. Illustrated by Jess Rose, these are stories about small people with big emotions. Coming in September through Affirm Press.

Max and Worry cover
Lucy and Sad cover

Cover reveal for Ilsa Evans’ next novel

Presenting the fun-filled, ever-so-quirky cover of best-selling author Ilsa Evans’ next book – The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer.  Coming 1st September through HQ Fiction/HarperCollins.

The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer_cover

The Very First You cover reveal

Scott Stuart’s next picture book, The Very First You, will be published by Bright Light / Hardie Grant in July. You can preorder it here. Check out the gorgeous cover.

The Very First You cover

Scott Stuart and Kristen Bell launch ‘Scott Talks’ interview series 

We can’t wait for Scott Talks to launch on 30 March 2021. This Instagram Live series will feature incredible guests that will aim to inspire, educate and get us all thinking about how we can help the next generation ( and even ourselves) lead authentic lives. The first episode features none other than Hollywood royalty Kristen Bell!

You can log on to this event at: https://www.instagram.com/scottcreates/ 

Scott Stuart and Kristen Bell

ABC sports journalist Alister Nicholson to publish picture book with Allen & Unwin

Backyard matches, classic catches, and dreaming of a century at the MCG…   We’re delighted to share the news that Alister Nicholson, one of Australia’s best-known radio and TV sports journalists, will be publishing his first picture book with Allen & Unwin in late 2021 – a funny and quirky celebration of Australia’s favourite summer sport.  

Scott Stuart’s next picture book to be published by Scholastic 

We are excited to share the news that Scholastic Australia has acquired Scott Stuart’s newest picture book – an incredibly funny, clever and utterly unique tale about a pair of feuding geese, collective nouns and quirks of the English language. This will be Scott’s third book planned for release in 2021!

Cover reveal for Graham Seal’s Condemned

Check out the evocative cover of Condemned by award-winning author Graham Seal. This fascinating, broad-scale exploration of the convict trade brings to light the true extent of this cruel strand in the history of the British Empire. It will be published by Yale University Press in May 2021.

Condemned cover

Pandemic: The Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20 by Ian W Shaw 

Ian W Shaw’s next book, Pandemic: The Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20, will be published by Woodslane. Ian’s ninth book tells the story of the Australian experience of the Spanish Flu and of those who fought it and sometimes lost their lives to it. One of the first books to be published on the topic, it provides a much-needed historical perspective on the Australian experience of Covid-19.

Pandemic cover

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