A heartwarming story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found. This special resource has been created in partnership with the Australian Library and Information Association for National Simultaneous Storytime 2025.
An operatic and surreal story blending myth and scripture, politics and farce, Carpentaria is an epic of the Gulf country that portrays life in the precariously settled coastal town of Desperance in north-western Queensland.
Deborah Frenkel is a writer of books, billboards, and the words on the back of cereal boxes, which to date is probably her most widely read work (and certainly the most crunchy). Her picture books include the award-winning Naturopolis (2022) and The Sydney Harbour Fairy (2023). She’s based on Bunurong land, in Melbourne’s Inner West, […]
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As a child Danny Snell was a reluctant reader, so it was pictures rather than words that drew him to the wonder of books. Danny went on to study graphic design and illustration at the University of South Australia and he now works as a picture book illustrator and author. His books have won a […]
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Alexis Wright is a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. She is the author of the prize-winning novels Carpentaria, The Swan Book, and, most recently, Praiseworthy. Her works of non-fiction include Take Power, an oral history of the Central Land Council; Grog War, a study of alcohol abuse in the Northern […]
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