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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2020 recipient City of Melbourne COVID-19 Arts Grants for ICU – a pandemic nurse’s story
- 2014 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Undertake professional mentorships and develop a business strategy to generate income as a writer
Awards for Works
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Follow Your Gut
Melbourne
:
Scribe
,
2024
28248583
2024
single work
information book
children's
'A timid Bifidobacterium named Biffy is forced to leave their family and become part of a new community, in the gut of a newborn human baby.
'Follow Your Gut is a comic that ate a biology textbook. It's an epic adventure set over the first three years of a new life, exploring one of the most important relationships you will ever have - the one with your gut microbiome.
'Created by artists, scientists, and educators, this story is for anyone who's curious about the human-microbe symbiosis, and what all those trillions of bacteria are doing down there in your intestines!
'Inspired by the latest research, Follow Your Gut includes a fascinating and detailed appendix that explains the amazing science behind the story.' (Publication summary)
- 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
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Squishy Taylor and the Secret Envelope
Richmond
:
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
,
2019
15639546
2019
single work
children's fiction
children's
'A hilarious junior fiction series from Ailsa Wild about solving mysteries, blending families and leaping to conclusions!
'Sita ‘Squishy’ Taylor is a cheeky, sneaky 11-year-old who lives with her dad and step-family in a very crowded apartment. Luckily for Squishy, their building is huge ... and there's always plenty of mysteries to investigate!
'What's the best thing about hotel swimming pools?
Can you live in two different places at once?
How do you hide in plain sight?
How do you make the biggest choice of your life?
'Australian superstar Squishy Taylor is a curious, likeable and instantly relatable hero for all kids aged 6 and up. She’s part of a blended family – a new kind of normal for so many kids, whether it’s a Modern Family or more of a Brady Bunch. Between nightly Skype-chats with her mum, dealing with a noisy baby or her two new ‘bonus sisters’, there’s always a new challenge or exciting mystery to solve. Squishy Taylor and the Bonus Sisters (#1) was listed as a Notable Book in the 2017 CBCA Awards, and was shortlisted for the 2017 Readings Children’s Book Prize. Squishy Taylor and the Tunnel of Doom (#6) was shortlisted for the Wilderness Society’s Environment Award for Children’s Literature in 2017. '(Publication summary)
- 2020 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Eight to 10 Years
- 2020 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Children's Novel
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Squishy Taylor Versus the Mayor
Richmond
:
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
,
2018
13813325
2018
single work
children's fiction
children's
'Sita ‘Squishy’ Taylor is a cheeky, sneaky 11-year-old who lives with her dad and step-family in a very crowded apartment. Luckily for Squishy, their building is huge – and there's always plenty of mysteries to investigate! Like ...
- Why is the mayor being so SNEAKY?
- How do you make someone look fake-sick?
- How many dumplings are too many dumplings?
- What is the Boss of the World doing at Jessie’s violin concert?' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
- 2019 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Children's Novel
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