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Winning QLA author Lisa Shanahan & judges
Chairing Graeme Simsion BWF
Lunch with James Patterson
PRH lunch with Jennifer Niven
My YA column in Weekend Australian 4/19
Presenters IBBY Athens 2018
Chairing Rajith Savanadasa BWF
YA column Weekend Australian
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Tag: Hakea Hustler

Dirrarn by Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler

Dirrarn by Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler Illustrated by Dub Leffler Published by Magabala Books “Mia felt so far from home. Growing up in a remote outback community, she had still faced her share of bullies. She’s dealt with it in her own way then. Telling a teacher sometimes worked, other times a big brother […]

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Black Cockatoo by Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler

Inside the CBCA Shortlist Black Cockatoo (Magabala Books) is written by Jaru & Kija man Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler and is illustrated by Dub Leffler, who also illustrated Sorry Day, which is shortlisted in the CBCA Eve Pownall category. It is a memorable story about an Aboriginal family living in the Kimberley. Thirteen-year-old Mia […]

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Aboriginal Australians adventure Affirm Press Allen & Unwin animals art birds Bloomsbury book awards book review books Book Week bullying Bush CBCA climate change community conservation Country courage disability diversity dog dogs dystopia environment family fantasy fiction First Nations friends friendship grief Hachette Australia Hardie Grant Children's Publishing HarperCollins historical fiction history hope humour identity Imagination Inside the 2024 CBCA Shortlist Inside the 2025 CBCA Shortlist Inside the CBCA Shortlist kindness life light literary fiction Lothian Childrens Books love LoveOzMG LoveOzYA Magabala Books magic music mystery natural world nature Pan Macmillan Australia Penguin Random House Poetry Puffin racism reading refugees resilience respect romance Scholastic Australia Text Publishing UQP Walker Books Australia wonder writing
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