Jamila has left her friends, her school, and her home in Iraq, and now she has a new home in Australia. Songbird is a tender story about belonging, about the importance of friendship and asking for help, and about the parts of our lives we keep concealed.
Be transported into dystopian cities and other-worldly societies with this ground-breaking intercontinental collection of sci-fi and fantasy writing, in both prose and graphic novel form, showcasing 20 stellar writers and artists from India and Australia.
Ingrid Laguna is an award-winning author and educator. Her books include Songbird, Sunflower, Serenade for a Small Family, Bailey Finch Takes a Stand, which was awarded best chapter book and overall primary resource winner in the 2022 Educational Publishing Awards, and Kit and Arlo Find a Way, which won the same awards in 2023. Her […]
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Kirsty Murray is a multi-award-winning author of more than 20 books for children and young adults. Based in Melbourne, she is passionate about Australian stories. Her work is published internationally and includes eleven novels as well as non-fiction, junior fiction, historical fiction, speculative fiction and picture books. Kirsty’s work is widely studied in schools and […]
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Payal Dhar has written seven books for children and young adults, and numerous short stories. She’s also a freelance editor and writer, and writes on computers, technology, books, reading, games and anything else that catches her interest.
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Anita Roy lives in Delhi and cycles to work at Zubaan, a small independent feminist publishing house. Her stories and non-fiction essays have appeared in a number of anthologies, and she has completed a first novel for children.
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