Ryan O’Neill
Ryan O’Neill was born in Glasgow in 1975 and lived in Africa, Europe and Asia before settling in Newcastle with his wife and two daughters. His fiction has appeared in Seizure, The Best Australian Stories, The Sleepers Almanac, Meanjin and Westerly…
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White Sunday
White Sunday is a charming own-voices story that welcomes us into the home of a Samoan family, …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Litea Fuata
Illustrator:
Myo Yim
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Publishing
Published year:
2022
Myo Yim
Myo Yim is a Korean author and illustrator living in Byron Bay, Australia. Her first book, To the Forest Night, was published by Yellow Imagination Books in South Korea in 2019. Myo also has a book called Rajah Street with Walker Australia.
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Litea Fuata
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Litea Fuata moved to Brisbane, Australia, when she was six years old, with her parents and siblings. Litea comes from a very big Samoan aiga (family) with lots of nieces and nephews and plenty of siblings and cousins…
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Walk of the Whales
When all of the whales in the ocean leave their home to walk around on land, people don’t quite …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Nick Bland
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Publishing
Published year:
2021
Nick Bland
Nick was born on a farm in Victoria's Yarra Valley, the son of two school teachers. When he moved to the bush at the age of 6, he discovered a wonderful new world and his creativity bloomed. Nick always wanted to be a cartoonist and a writer, but it …
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The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name
When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he knows he’s got to do something about his long …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Sandhya Parappukkaran
Illustrator:
Michelle Pereira
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Publishing
Published year:
2021
Sandhya Parappukkaran
Sandhya Parappukkaran left her job as a Food Technologist so she could put her feet up and read. Then she rediscovered her passion for children’s books. She writes stories with themes of ‘embracing your cultural identity’ inspired by her South …
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Michelle Pereira
Michelle Pereira is an illustrator who spent her childhood in Nairobi, Kenya and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Communication Design and became a professional illustrator after a somewhat …
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What About Thao?
From the author of the bestselling Thai-riffic, Con-nerd and The Other Christy comes a funny and …
Year:
Secondary
Author:
Oliver Phommavanh
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2022