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Born: Established: 2017 Orange, Orange area, Bathurst - Orange area, Central West NSW, New South Wales, ;
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1 y separately published work icon Paper-Flower Girl Margrete Lamond , Mateja Jager (illustrator), Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2023 27198962 2023 single work picture book children's 'The Paper-flower Girl creates elaborate flowers out of paper, but she has few customers. When the Giant from the Hill brings her to work for him, they soon discover they want very different things. Before long, the Paper-flower Girl is forced to create things she no longer recognises as flowers. When the exasperated Giant throws her from the Hill, the Paper-flower Girl takes with her something belonging to the Giant, incorporates it into her elaborate flowers, and attains greater success than the Giant.'  

(Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Secret Boat Mark Macleod , Parramatta : Dirt Lane Press , 2023 26422103 2023 selected work poetry children's 'The Secret Boat is a collection of poems for younger readers by Dr Mark Macleod, mixing humour and whimsy with quirky ponderings, conundrums, dreams, longings and childlike observations. The poems take the reader from beachside to countryside, from revolting to delicious, from realism to fantasy, and end with a suite of bedtime meditations. Their inclusive values and playful read-aloud language make them perfect for bedtime, the classroom and play, and offer opportunities for young people to learn and to question.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon A Chicken Called Hope Danny Parker , Tamlyn Teow (illustrator), Parramatta : Dirt Lane Press , 2023 26422032 2023 single work picture book children's

'A Chicken Called Hope is a story about what happens when you rely on hope alone.

'When faced with a challenge, Hope the chicken simply hopes for the best. The trouble is, as captain of the ship Courage, she needs more than hope to get her through the peaks and troughs of life on the high seas. But Hope only learns this lesson after Courage fails her and all hope seems lost. This is a story about being prepared for the worst and hoping for the best.' (Publication summary)
1 2 y separately published work icon The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness Matt Ottley , Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2022 23827716 2022 single work novel 'The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness is an allegorical story of a boy's experience of psychosis, with mental illness represented as a fantastical tree whose flowers are ecstasy and whose fruit is unbearable sadness. Stunning drawings and paintings lead the reader through the boy's early discovery of his strangeness, his surrender to the disease (an all-consuming tree), the ensuing psychotic journey, and eventual self-acceptance. The recording of a full orchestral score composed by the author-illustrator accompany the book.' (Publication summary)
 
2 y separately published work icon Just One Bee Margrete Lamond , Anthony Bertini , Chris Nielsen (illustrator), Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2021 23827598 2021 single work picture book children's 'Just One Bee is a story of hope, determination and never giving up: the story of One-bee and her dream to revert desolate wastes back to fields of flowers. But to change a desert to meadowland she needs to go it alone because when she comes across another bee, she discovers not only is he hoarding a single precious flower and a queen bee, but he refuses to believe positive change is possible. Other-bee does all he can to quash One-bee's dream. But One-bee’s persistence, patience and optimism eventually prove Other-bee wrong, and she shows him how dreams can come true.' (Publication summary)
30 y separately published work icon Where Happiness Hides Anthony Bertini , Jennifer Goldsmith (illustrator), Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2020 21055127 2020 single work picture book children's

'Happiness can be found in little things.

'Where Happiness Hides is a story we often tell our children and ourselves. It is about children who find pleasure in small things: in a bowl of soup, in beetles, in discovery, in sunshine and shadow, in disappointment and in hope. Meditative and inspiring, this story invites readers to savour the moments and minutiae of everyday life.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon The Snowman's Wish Sophie Masson , Ronak Taher (illustrator), Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2020 20360467 2020 single work picture book children's

'THE SNOWMAN’S WISH is the story of a snowman who so loves the sights, smells, touch and sounds of the children playing in the park around him, he wishes he could stay forever. When springtime comes, the snow melts and the snowman vanishes, but a beautiful flower grows in his place, showing that wishes can come true, but not always in the ways we expect.

'A story of hope and transformation.'

Source : publisher's blurb
1 y separately published work icon Paperboy : A Patchwork of Memories Danny Parker , Bethany MacDonald (illustrator), Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2019 18513932 2019 single work picture book children's

'A story about bouncing forward when faced with adversity, and about making creative choices in the face of change.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Winter of the White Bear Martin Ed Chatterton , Martin Ed Chatterton (illustrator), Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2019 18513869 2019 single work picture book children's

'Winter Of The White Bear is a lavishly illustrated picture book about Little Bear whose happy life in the Great Forest is suddenly changed by the arrival of an unwelcome visitor: White Bear. When White Bear forces Little Bear to come with him and hunt for him in the northern Ice Lands, Little Bear must dig deep inside herself to find the inner strength to escape. Exciting, touching and thought-provoking, Winter Of The White Bear is a picture book like no other.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon The Dream Peddler Irena Kobald , Chris Nielsen (illustrator), Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2019 15396897 2019 single work picture book children's

'Once upon a time a boy was born.
He laughed. He kicked.
He grew.
He wondered, and had many dreams.

When a boy leaves home, he meets a peddler of dreams, the like of which dreams the boy could never have imagined. But these gleaming dreams come at a terrible cost.

The cost of truth. The cost of his family. The cost of his self identity.

Only the healing power of regret, determination and unconditional love can reverse the nightmare.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Leaf Stone Beetle Ursula Dubosarsky , Gaye Chapman (illustrator), Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2018 14918856 2018 single work picture book children's

'Leaf Stone Beetle is a gentle and charming tale about a leaf, a stone and a beetle whose lives are disrupted by a storm. They lose their communities, their homes and their moorings, but by chance and effort they find solace and new community with each other. 

'In the deftly talented hands of Ursula Dubosarsky, Leaf Stone Beetle is also a meditation on disruption, transience and eternity.'  (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear Margrete Lamond , Heather Vallance (illustrator), Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2017 11616451 2017 single work picture book children's

'A tale of cruelty, loyalty and love.

'Fox and Bear were true friends. They were close-as-can-be friends, through and through friends... except for one thing.

'Fox was quick and slick and sly, and Bear was dumber than a pile of rocks. But that's how it was.

'And it didn't matter. Then Fox stretched the string of friendship until it snapped and they weren't friends any more.

'The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear is the story of two friends who fall out with one another, and about what happens next. It is outrageous, passionate and poignant, and the bittersweet ending is as ambiguous as any friendship in real life.

'A mash-up of several Norwegian folk tales, The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear is told with wit and verve by Margrete Lamond, and the darkly brooding charcoal illustrations are by acclaimed artist Heather Vallance.' (Publication Summary)
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