2018
Exciting news! My first picture book will be published by new Australian publisher Red Paper Kite Publishing next year! Check out their website www.redpaperkite.com
I am thrilled to announce that I have won two prizes in the 2018 CYA Conference writing competition—first place in Chapter Books – Younger Readers and third place in Chapter Books – Older Readers. Plus a full manuscript request from a major publishing house. Much celebrating happening!
Along with Monster Sharks, I have a middle grade fiction book coming out with Heinemann. Details early next year.
My new book with R.I.C. Publications—The History Box (Year 5)—is available now. Fascinating to write …
I am currently working on three big projects—two chapter books and a picture book. This beautiful girl is my inspiration for one of the chapter books.
2017
My book for Ready-Ed Publications’ series OzzieMaths has just been released. You can order it here: readyed.net/product/ozziemaths-series-maths-year-5/.
My new books for R.I.C. Publications are on sale. If you are teaching Year 5 and 6 Economics and Business, these are for you! Take a look: https://www.ricgroup.com.au/product/australian-curriculum-economics-and-business/.
I have also written a fabulous new History resource for R.I.C., which will be out early next year. Don’t miss it!
2016
You can now read two more articles of mine in the latest issues of HistoriCool Magazine, one on adventurer Nellie Bly and the other on Pompeii.
My two English books for Ready-Ed Publications have been released! Take a look at readyed.net/product/the-english-series-year-1and readyed.net/product/the-english-series-year-6.
2015
I am excited to announce that I have been awarded the 2014 IPEd Prize by the Institute of Professional Editors. This is an annual prize awarded for an essay written as part of a postgraduate degree in editing or a related field. More details here – iped-editors.org/News_and_events/Awards.aspx. I have been invited to speak about my essay in May at the 2015 Australian Conference for Editors, Indexers and Publishing Professionals in Canberra.
In March, my secondary resource Australia and World War I was published with User Friendly Resources. To order and see a full preview, please visit www.userfriendlyresources.com.au/australia-and-world-war-i-teaching-and-learning-about-the-great-war-10851.
My article on Nancy Wake was published in the April/May edition of HistoriCool Magazine.