Bright summer greetings to all lovers of good books and writing! When I write, I often feel like a mumma wombat, digging away in the dark, engineering new tunnels, scooping out new hollows and refurbishing old dens for new joeys. Occasionally, I get to bask in the sunlight of success. 2025 has been a particularly… Read more ANNE’S BIG CHRISTMAS BLOG
THE BALLAD OF JUBAL JAQUES I am delighted to have contributed to a new anthology by Tasmanian children’s writers and illustrators, led by celebrated children’s writer (Carol) Ann Martin. Since the welfare of refugees is close to our hearts, any profits from this publication will be donated towards the support of refugees in Australia and… Read more New anthology of Tasmanian Writings to Support Refugees
The Hobart Bookshop is proud to be hosting the launch by Courtney Hunt of ‘Tardigrades, nature’s toughest survivors’ written by Tasmanian author Anne Morgan, illustrated by Jennifer Falkner (WA) and produced by CSIRO Publishing. 5.30pm, Thursday 21 November, 22 Salamanca Square, Hobart. Tardigrades is a science-based picture book, suitable for people aged 5 and over. … Read more Launch of Tardigrades: nature’s toughest survivors
Planet Earth is home to some amazingly tough creatures, but would you believe that the world’s most versatile super-survivors are so tiny, you’ll need a microscope to see them? They have eight legs, but they’re not spiders. These tough micro-critters have a snout and claws, and a slow, swaying movement in water, like bears. Which… Read more It’s blast off for the Tardigrades!
Dear readers, Having left the heartbreakingly beautiful Bruny Island last June, I have returned to live full-time on the Big Island of lutruwita/Tasmania. People who know me fear that I might be suffering from Nature Deficit Syndrome right now, but there is no cause for concern. I have returned to live in Upper South Hobart,… Read more Change is in the air!
I am delighted to announce that I am now being represented by Fiona Johnson at Beyond Words Literary Agency. Perhaps it was the butterflies in Beyond Words’ logo – that’s a set of stories for another day. Perhaps it is that Fiona is a woman you have to admire. At 25, Fiona beat an aggressive… Read more New Agent and new project with CSIRO Publishing
The Ballad of Melodie Rose is the second book in Kate Gordon’s Direleafe Hall series for middle-grade girls. As with The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn, the first book in this series, Gordon has once again produced a lyrical and startlingly original novel about being kind, being human and understanding one’s place in the cosmos. A… Read more Review of Kate Gordon’s The Ballad of Melodie Rose, UQP
Do you believe in dragons? What about dragons that don’t breath fire of fly, but which are the most beautiful dancers? Weedy seadragons are amazing fish with a talent for camouflage, weird eating habits and a unique courtship dance. But their future is threatened. This beautiful book will take you into the wonderful world of… Read more The Way of the Weedy Seadragon – out now!
The Tasmania chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) hosted a How to Pitch Webinar in July this year, to prepare children’s book creators for our August PitchFest. Author/illustrator, Christina Booth, and publisher/author, Mark Macleod, of Dirt Lane Press, presented engaging talks on how to… Read more SCBWI TASMANIA PITCHFEST
Kate Gordon’s marvelous new middle-grade novel will sing to every sensitive girl or woman who has ever felt herself to be an outsider. The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn is a gothic children’s fantasy that soars above its tropes – Direleafe Hall, the once grand, but now dilapidated school for girls; Ms Gallow, the grim-faced teacher… Read more Review of The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn by Kate Gordon