Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea (National Library of Australia, 2011) is an exciting retelling of the true story of teenager Grace Bussell, who helped to save the passengers and crew of the SS Georgette, which was wrecked off the Western Australian coast near Margaret River in 1876. Grace rode her horse into the surf [...]

The National Library of Australia’s Pictures Collection contains a treasure trove of sketchbooks from the nineteenth century. They range from impressive leather-bound albums, with marbled endpapers and gold engraving, to battered, pocket-sized sketchbooks. Each sketchbook tells the story of both its artist and the places and people they depicted. Opening these books is like taking [...]

Reviews and other publications

‘Glories of Gibbs and gumnuts’, The Canberra Times, 26 November, 2011: Panorama 28-29
‘Family and Friends’, Australian Book Review, November 2011: 68-67
‘Perfect Partnerships’, The Canberra Times, 29 October 2011: Panorama 32
IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2011, catalogue compiled by Heidi Cortner Boiesen. IBBY Documentation Centre of Books for Disabled Young People, [...]