Announcements

'THE ROADWARRIOR'S DAUGHTERS' a young adult contemporary novel has been contracted by Fremantle Press, which is fitting since it is set in Western Australia.

'The Roadwarrior's Daughters' is a contemporary novel dealing with family lost and found and is about a small family living rough in an old caravan in the wilds of WA and what happens when their world comes crashing down.

I am very excited to have another YA novel out after the success of In the Dark Spaces written as Cally Black. See www.callyblack.com.

Coming 2027

'It’s all your fault.’ Ma throws the car into gear and I have to jump back to avoid being swiped by the caravan as she plants her foot. She don’t look back. She squeals around the corner lurching back onto the main road so fast the caravan almost lifts off on one side. Then she drives away with the only home I’ve ever known, that beautiful rusty bubble of tin with a green stripe on the side.

'UP FROM THE DEEP' my next middle grade novel has been contracted by Allen and Unwin.

'Up from the Deep' is a dual narrative novel told by two children in a future where Australian coastlines are flooded and the inland sea has returned. The ultra wealthy have secured safety in undersea nearly self-sufficient bubbles living in the lap of luxury and during the great floods they battened down their hatches leaving the world outside to swim or drown. But the survivors of the flooded lands have taken up refuge on a range top nearby salvaging and rebuilding their shattered lives mindful of the need for community and the errors of the past. One child from each world become unlikely friends who learn to put aside their preconceived ideas of each other because they desperately need each other's help.

Coming May 2027

There is such good tension in the hostility between the Landies and the Subbies that the reader soon discovers is built on 15 years of misinformation being spread in both communities.

The Apprentice Witnesser is open for pre-orders from your favourite bookshop or direct from Allen and Unwin.

OUT ON 1 MAY 2024!

Bastienne Scull is nearly twelve years old and lives a simple life as an apprentice to the Witnesser of Miracles in a small village mostly populated by women and girls. Basti knows that miracle-hunting is a lot like mystery-solving, and her little world is full of wonder and intrigue and unexpected adventure.

Great news!

'The Raven's Song' is out on Audible! Published by Bolinda Publishing and read by the amazing Claire Warrillow.

The Raven's Song was announced as an Honour Book in the Children's Book Council of Australia Book Awards for younger readers! (That's like tied for 2nd!) They said:

"Masterfully written and engaging, each object, action and word choice is purposeful. Pandemics, climate change and conservation, are the backdrop for this story, told in a way that never intrudes on the reader's journey and desire to explore the world. It provides parallels between our own reality and the resulting in an engaging and thought-provoking read."

We are over the moon!

Great news!

09 March - 'The Raven's Song' was shortlisted in the Aurealis Awards Best Children's Fiction

28 March - 'The Raven's Song' was shortlisted in the CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers

15 May - 'The Raven's Song' was shortlisted in the Western Australian Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year

17 May - 'The Dog Runner' AND 'Across the Risen Sea' were both shortlisted in the YABBA Awards, the CROC Awards and the KOALA Awards.