Elise Hurst
Elise Hurst is an illustrator, author and fine artist. She has illustrated over 50 books and is known worldwide for her surreal vintage images in paintings, cards and her own books. Her most recent picture book, Adelaide's Secret World, was …
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Girl on Wire
A poignantly beautiful story from the CBCA Shortlisted author of Suri’s Wall, Lucy Estela, and …
Year:
Primary, Year 5
Author:
Lucy Estela
Illustrator:
Elise Hurst
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2018
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Gabrielle Wang
Gabrielle Wang is an author and illustrator, and the Australian Children's Laureate for 2022 to 2023. Born in Melbourne of Chinese heritage, her maternal great-grandfather came to Victoria during the Gold Rush and her father was from Shanghai. Her …
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A Ghost in my Suitcase
An award-winning magic realism story for 10+ readers about finding yourself, ghost-hunting, Chinese …
Year:
Primary, Year 6
Author:
Gabrielle Wang
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2009
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Solli Raphael
At 12 years of age, Solli Raphael was titled the youngest ever winner of the Australian Poetry Slam held at the Sydney Opera House after he performed 'Australian Air' – a poem about political wisdom, environmental awareness and the importance of …
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Limelight
Age is no barrier to creating poetry that inspires social change and positive action. Award-winning …
Year:
Primary, Year 6
Author:
Solli Raphael
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2018
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Jeanine Leane
Jeanine Leane is a Wiradjuri writer, poet and academic from south-west New South Wales. Her first volume of poetry, Dark Secrets After Dreaming: A.D. 1887–1961 won the Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry, and her first novel, Purple Threads, won …
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Purple Threads
Winner of the David Unaipon Award, an engaging, moving and often funny yarn about growing up in the …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Author:
Jeanine Leane
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
2011
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Eileen Chong
Eileen Chong is an Australian poet of Chinese descent. She was born and raised in Singapore, and came to Australia as an adult migrant. She started writing poetry in 2010, and is the author of eight books published in Australia and the United States…
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Burning Rice
These poems were written while Eileen Chong was an Australian Poetry Fellow in 2011–2012, mentored…
Year:
Secondary, Year 11, Year 12
Author:
Eileen Chong
Publisher:
Pitt Street Poetry
Published year:
2012
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