The Midwatch has been shortlisted for the ARA Historical Novel prize in the Children’s and Young Adult category. Hooray Jude and congratulations to all the shortlisted authors.

Happy publication to the German edition of The Midwatch School for Unwanted Girls, out now with Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH.

Judith Rossell has been awarded a Davitt Award for The Midwatch (Hardie Grant). Congratulations to Jude and to all the other winners!

Congratulations to Sophie Beer and Lauren Draper who are finalists for the Queensland Literary Awards for their respective works Thunderhead (Allen and Unwin) and Return to Sender (PanMacmillan).

Coming this October from the amazing Judith Rossell….Spud and Snowball and the Fancy Fish (Harper Collins) – a hilarious illustrated fiction book for emerging readers and cat lovers.

Libby’s Footy Adventures is out now! This wonderful picture book comes from three-time premiership winner Libby Birch, with by our wonderful client Robin Tatlow-Lord.

Cover reveal! We cannot wait for Another Year Around the Sun, written by Katrina Germein and illustrated by our amazing client Alice Lindstrom.

The wonderful Claire Mabey has been awarded the NZSA Best First Book Award win for her middle-grade novel The Raven's Eye Runaways (Allen and Unwin). Congratulations Claire!

Georgina Chadderton’s brilliant middle-grade graphic memoir Oh Brother (Penguin Random House) is now available for pre-order. Oh Brother will be published simultaneously in Australia, the US, the UK and Canada in February 2026. Hooray Gina!

Sophie Beer and Dave Petzold have both been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards! Hooray!

I am thrilled to welcome Bella Suckling to her new role as Associate Agent!

Happiest publication to We Saw What You Started – the epic YA debut from our amazing client Carla Salmon.

The Forbidden Journal of Rufus Rumble: Legend of the Fang is now out on bookstore shelves! This wonderful series for reluctant readers is illustrated by our fabulous client Robin Tatlow-Lord.

Judith Rossell’s The Midwatch has been awarded the BookPeople Kids’ Reading Guide Children’s Book of the Year⁠. Congratulations to Jude and to all those nominated!

The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls has been named an Amazon Best Book of the Year (So Far)! Congratulations Jude!

Little Rabbit and the Moon, the gorgeous picture book written by our wonderful client Inda Ahmad Zahri and illustrated by Claire Wee, is out now with Little Book Press!

How wonderful to reveal the gorgeous cover for the US edition of Sally Soweol Han’s Nightsong, set for US release on May 27th with Bloomsbury. Congratulations Sally!

An amazing FIVE Starred Reviews for The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls!

★ “[An] extraordinary adventure…Rich, quirky language and a well-imagined early-20th-century setting…provide an immersive backdrop for the girls’ foray into detective work…Terrifically evocative black-and-white illustrations extend the narrative…Cinematic, amusing, and exciting: a slightly subversive, delightfully empowering, all-around winner.” – Kirkus, starred review 

The exciting YA debut of our wonderful client Carla Salmon is now available for pre-order! We cannot wait to see this thrilling mystery on bookstore shelves this coming July.

Out now a stunning DEBUT from Melissa-Jane Fogarty (illustrated by Dylan Finney), TUBOWGULE a fascinating and inclusive history of one of Australia's greatest landmarks, the Sydney Opera House, and the land on which it is built.