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!

What a joy to reveal some glowing early praise for The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls, set for US release in late May. This wonderful book has already received THREE starred reviews!

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.

CBCA Shortlists have been announced and its so wonderful to see Gracie Joy Rufus Bean the bus! Congratulations to Dave Petzold and WE LIVE IN A BUS!

So wonderful to see another shortlisting for the beautiful MIDWATCH! Congratulations to you Jude, to publisher Chren and the team at Hardie Grant Children’s. And congrats to these other beautiful and deserving books.

We are thrilled to announce that Sophie Beer’s beautiful THUNDERHEAD has been optioned for film by the wonderful team at LateNite Films!

Now representing: Claire Mabey!

We are thrilled to welcome our newest client Claire to the ABA family. Welcome Claire.

The Big Backyard Plan, written by Kirsten Ealand and illustrated by our client Laura Stitzel, is out now with Affirm Press! It is a joyful picture book about big dreams, best friends and removing the things that divide us.

Sally Soweol Han’s beautiful picture book The Colours of Home is out now with Thames and Hudson Australia. The Colours of Home is a sun-speckled story about one little girl connecting the two countries she calls home through the matching of colours.

Judith Rossell’s The Midwatch, Sophie Beer’s Thunderhead, Lauren Draper’s Return to Sender and Felice Arena’s Cheese and Pasta have all been long-listed for the 2025 Australian Book Design Awards. Congratulations to all of the beautiful books long-listed this year!

Congratulations to Lauren Draper, Judith Rossell, Sophie Beer, Dave Petzold, Kim Siew and Sally Soweol Han, who have all been awarded spots on the CBCA Notables List. Hooray!

Very exciting to share some very well-deserved praise for Felice Arena’s My Big Secret, recently released with Penguin Random House.