Awards
Artist Residency. Presented by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. 2021.
The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, for Sorry Day (2018). Presented by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. 2019.
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CBCA Honour Book, for Black Cockatoo (2018). Presented by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. 2019.
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Outstanding Achievement in Literature Award Finalist, for Once There Was a Boy (2011). Presented by Deadly Awards. 2012.
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Shortlisted for Book of the Year Award, for Once There Was a Boy (2011). Presented by Speech Pathology Australia. 2012.
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Award Finalist, for Pemulwoy 1. Presented by TAFE NSW. 2001.
Book Fairs & Festivals
Virginia Festival of the Book, 2021
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Sydney Writer's Festival, 2021
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Bendigo Writers Festival, 2020
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Kimberley Writers Festival, 2016
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US LIbrary of Congress National Book Festival, 2015
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Edinburgh International Book Festival, 2015
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Eye of the Storm Alice Springs Writers Festival, 2013
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Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, 2012
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Bologna Children's Book Fair, 2011
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Exhibitions & Collections
United States Library of Congress, Once There Was a Boy, 2015.
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Collaborators
Authors, Illustrators, Artists, Educators:
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Banksy
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Coral Vass
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Tom Angleberger
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Morgan Sally
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Shaun Tan
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Colin Thompson
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Kirli Saunders
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Norman Jorgenson
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Kristy Murray
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Nola Turner-Jensen
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Caitlin Smith
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Tania Crampton-Larking
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Sharon Thorpe
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Liam Lawson
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Renee Roberts
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Sherri Davidson
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Ron Jackson
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Publishers:
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Magabala Books
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National Library Australia
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Laguna Bay Publishing
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Indij Readers Ltd.
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HIPPY Australia
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Oxford University Press
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Omnibus Books
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