I am delighted to share that Legend of the Lighthouse Moon has been longlisted in the 2026 DANZ awards!!! Congratulations to all the longlisted authors. The DANZ Children’s Book Award, launched in 2024, stands for The Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children’s Book Award and has been created to recognise, award, and celebrate…

A Light on the Rocks was officially released on 28th January and it has been a whirlwind ever since! I have been meaning to share the events on my blog and in my newsletter, but have been too busy out in the world, visiting bookshops and libraries, on tour across the Limestone Coast to Portland…

Award-winning author Kate Gordon is highly skilled at combining humour with heart in a way that feels natural and true-to-life in her books. The next book in her Secret Detectives Club series – The Table Cape Crusader – will keep young readers turning the pages to discover who is carrying out the dastardly deeds occurring…

I sat down and looked at my blog today and realised I hadn’t posted since October! The reasons are many, including the fact that in the last couple of months of 2026, I was head down, working on getting A Light in the Rocks ready to go to print before Christmas. This was no small…

A chat about why connections to our past are so important to our present and to raising our hope for the future. Featuring Black Cat and Alice in Wonderland from my childhood, as well as Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen from reading with my sons. Why books are so important in connections. Why…