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featuring
Ashleigh Barton
Jemima Shafei-Ongu
Jade Goodwin
Melissa-Jane Fogarty
We celebrated the release of the 2025 Notables list from CBCA
there will be
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Four fabulous member authors/illustrators who will talk about their work
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The National video release of the Notables list from CBCA
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Launch of the 2025 Collide! Book Trailer Competition.
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Snacks
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Bubbles
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Time to catch up with your NSW Branch besties
Ashleigh Barton
​Ashleigh Barton is a bestselling children's author from Sydney.
She is the author of several picture books including What do you call your Grandma? (CBCA Shortlist 2022), What do you call your Grandpa? (CBCA Notable 2021), and How do you say I love you? (CBCA Notable 2023). She is also the author of middle grade novels including Solomon Macaroni (2022 and 2023) and Freddie Spector Fact Collector (2024).
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Ashleigh will be telling us about her new release How to Sail to Somewhere.
Jemima Shafei-Ongu
Jemima Shafei-Ongu is a Sydney-based writer committed to promoting inclusion and representation in children’s literature. Combining a professional background in psychology and teaching, Jemima explores themes of belonging, connection and wellbeing. Jemima is the author of two picture books, Aslan and Benny and A Lemon for Safiya, (Penguin)
Jade Goodwin
Jade Goodwin is a First Nations illustrator from Australia with curly brown hair and a big imagination. When she was a little girl, she loved spending time in her grandparents’ screen-printing studio, creating all sorts of fun things with the studio supplies.
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Jade has illustrated and will join Jemima to talk about Aslan and Benny and A Lemon for Safiya, (Penguin)
Photo Credit: Travis De Vries
Melissa-Jane Fogarty
Melissa-Jane Fogarty is a kidlit author/illustrator and freelance editor and writer. She’s of Mununjali descent, living on Darkinjung land, NSW, Australia. With Dylan Finney her new book is Tubowgule is published by Hachette
Launch of Collide with the CBCA Notables!
Book Trailer Competition 2025
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