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BSFA shortlist!

We Who Are Forged In Fire has been shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Awards in the Best Fiction for Younger Readers category! As mentioned in earlier posts, I
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We Who Are Forged In Fire is out today

It’s here! We Who Are Forged In Fire, the sequel to We Who Hunt The Hollow, is out today. It really doesn’t feel that long ago I was celebrating the
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Aurealis Award shortlist!

We Who Hunt The Hollow has been shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for best young adult novel! The Aurealis Awards are Australia’s premier speculative fiction awards. As I am a
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We Who Hunt The Hollow is a CBCA Notables

We Who Hunt The Hollow has popped up on the Notables list for the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year award for older readers! The Notables are
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We Who Hunt The Hollow wins the VPLA for Young Adults 2023

We Who Hunt The Hollow has won the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Young Adults! I’m blown away. It is a huge honour, and I’m so very grateful. The
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Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2023 shortlist

Thrilled to share the news that We Who Hunt The Hollow has been shortlisted in the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. It’s an absolute honour to be on this list
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A stack of books: Museum of Broken Things; What We All Saw; Sugar Town Queens; We Who Hunt The Hollow; Sunburnt Veils; and Underground

The Readings Young Adult Prize shortlist

I’m so excited to share that We Who Hunt The Hollow is on The Readings Young Adult Prize shortlist for 2022, alongside these amazing books. It’s such an honour to
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Book love: Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings

Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s freighter the Jonah breaks down in a strange rift in deep space, with little chance
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We Who Hunt The Hollow release!

It’s April, which means We Who Hunt The Hollow is now officially out in the world! There she goes, my little book baby – she’s all yours now! “Priscilla is
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Sydney Writer’s Festival

I’m so happy to announce that I will be appearing in this year’s line up for the Sydney Writer’s Festival! What a pinch-me moment. I’ll be appearing with legends Amie
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Book love: Only A Monster by Vanessa Len

Don’t forget the rule. No one can know what you are. What we are. You must never tell anyone about monsters. Joan has just learned the truth: her family are
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Cover reveal!

I’m super happy to reveal the ~stunnnnning~ final cover for We Who Hunt The Hollow. I could never have imagined such a beautiful cover for my book in my wildest
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Book love: City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn

As darkness closes in on the city of shattered light, an heiress and an outlaw must decide whether to fend for themselves or fight for each other. As heiress to
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It’s going to be a real book!

Exciting news! I’ve signed on the dotted line and am thrilled to announce that my debut book WE WHO HUNT THE HOLLOW will be published by Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
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None Shall Sleep book with flowers on table

Book love: None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

It’s 1982, and the innovative FBI Behavioral Science section is breaking new ground. Emma Lewis and Travis Bell, two teenagers with valuable skills, are recruited to interview convicted juvenile killers
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Ampersand Prize shortlist

I’m delighted to share that my YA manuscript WE WHO HUNT THE HOLLOW has been shortlisted for this year’s Ampersand Prize by Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing. The Ampersand is an
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