8-House Publishing Auction!

I can’t believe I’m writing this, but last week I found myself in the middle of an auction for ANZ rights to my new YA fantasy series!!! I still feel like I’m living in a dream, so let me rewind and tell the story from the beginning. About six weeks ago, I finished writing a…

ABIA Awards Night

I can’t believe I’m writing this, but last week I flew to Sydney for the ABIA Awards (Australian Book Industry Awards), and WHISPER ended up winning the Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year award!!!!!!! Seriously, that is SO CRAZY and I’m still in some surreal state of “What-just-happened?!“ It was such a brilliant night…

WE THREE HEROES – Blurb Reveal

I’m thrilled to share the blurb reveal for WE THREE HEROES — the next book in The Medoran Chronicles (coming this September)!! Just a reminder that this is a full-sized book and it’s super important to read it before VARDAESIA (coming in February) because *things happen* that you need to know about before starting the final book. Also! We’re…

Moana = Happy Sigh

I (finally) went to see Moana at the cinemas on Thursday and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head since then. Honestly – it was sheer brilliance. I laughed, I cried, I felt like being one of “those people” at the end and clapping my heart out. Above all, I remember…

NYWF Catch Up… and Cover Reveal News!

Where on Earth has the time gone? I feel like it’s been ages since I last wrote a proper post here! At first I was head down, tail up and solely focused on finishing the third book in The Medoran Chronicles—and if you follow me on social media you would have seen when that happened and all the…

Author Q&A

I’m at the National Young Writers’ Festival at the moment and before my final YA panel tomorrow arvo I’m being video interviewed for a BookTube Q&A – so if you have any questions related to writing, books (by me or others), publishing, or anything else, please comment below! There are no limits so ask as…