Kirsty Murray – författare

Nineteen contributors from India and Australia—including Printz Award–winning author Margo Lanagan and New York Times bestsellers Justine Larbalestier and Samhita Arnir—team up to create a “rare treat of speculative literature” in this groundbreaking feminist collection that “bursts with imagination” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).A post-apocalyptic Little Red Riding Hood. Girls and boys turning the tables on creepy old cat-callers. Female pirates rescuing abused women. A futuristic cooking show. These are just a few of the stories told in Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean, a feminist speculative fiction collection, born of a collaboration between Australian and Indian writers. Finding themselves inspired to action after crimes against women dominated national conversations, the editors of this collection paired writers and illustrators from India and Australia together to write stories, graphic novels, and even a play that reimagine what girls can be and see themselves as. The results are stunning. Some of the authors worked together, some wrote stories along a similar theme, but all seventeen stories blend magical realism and self-confidence in a powerful and inspiring way.

When Alice decides to start a book club, she imagines sharing cupcakes and stories with her best friends. She''s not at all sure she wants know-it–all Sophie to be a member . . .

When the rain stops it's time to go puddle hunting.Ruby and Banjo and Mum go up the street, and into the park, over the bridge and down to the riverflats where the puddles lie waiting…Splosh it, Ruby! Splosh it, Banjo! Splosh it, Mum!A glorious celebration of splashing and squelching all the way home.

NOTABLE BOOK: 2024 CBCA Book of the Year, Early ChildhoodOn sunshiny mornings, we go shadow catching.Inside, outside, in our home and in our neighbourhood, shadows dance around us from morning through to night.Our shadows are so tall, then small, then tall again in sunlight, lamplight and even in the moonlight.A wonderful picture book about playfulness and the joy of light and movement.

One girl - could she be the last girl alive? One boy, pursued by reckless men who have kidnapped him from his fathers. Bo and Callum go in search of a safe haven, a place to call home. But where can they turn and who can they trust? When every stranger is a threat, does their only hope lie in reaching Vulture's Gate?Following a journey that takes them across barren deserts and lost valleys, Bo and Callum must discover how to survive alongside runaway boys and crazed religious terrorists, in a world with an uncertain future.And what is the disturbing secret at the ruined city's core?