SCBWI Award for Marjorie Crosby-Fairall

Congratulations to illustrator Marjorie Crosby-Fairall

SCBWI Summer Conference 2023 Portfolio Showcase Honor Awardee

The SCBWI annual Summer Portfolio Showcase is a career-launching opportunity for illustrators—a juried showcase which get their illustrations in front of the top publishing professionals working today. This year’s format was a three-image portfolio.

Portfolios were judged as a whole, not on any individual image. The judges were looking for:
Children’s book publishing appropriateness.
Consistency of a strong illustrative “voice” throughout.
Fresh and unique styles.

See here for details of the SCBWI Summer Conference 2023 Awards

Huge congratulations Marjorie from all of us!

Award Shortlist for Deborah Abela

Congratulations to author Deborah Abela.

Her novel,

The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

has been shortlisted in

Sisters In Crime Davitt Awards 2023

A Junior Fiction paperback for 8-12 year olds published by Penguin Random House 2022

Arlo lives with his mouse and uncle above their bookshop. When a girl called Lisette begs him to hide her from a murderer, he’s swept into a world of kidnappings, dragons and an enemy determined to destroy everything he loves.

This is the fourth award shortlisting for the novel, along with a CBCA Notable, YABBA, KOALA and Kroc Award and The Speech Pathology Awards.

Fantastic achievement. Fabulous book! Congratulations Deborah!