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JdM creators shortlisted in the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards!
Absolutely wonderful to see JdM creatives shortlisted in the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA’s)! Jess Racklyeft & Kate Mildenhall, Tess Woods and Clare Wright!
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'Seven Wherewithal Way: Into the Faerie Realm' by Samantha-Ellen Bound
Journey to the Realms of Seven Wherewithal Way one final time in this heart-stopping conclusion to Samantha-Ellen Bound’s epic portal fantasy series.
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'Lyrebird' by Jane Caro
Lyrebirds are brilliant mimics, so if they mimic a woman screaming in terror and begging for her life, they have witnessed a crime. But how does a young, hung over PHD student and a wet behind the ears new detective, convince anyone that a native bird can be a reliable witness to a murder, especially when there is no body and no missing person?
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JdM creators in the CBCA 2025 Book of the Year Awards, Notables
Absolutely thrilled and delighted that as Jacinta celebrates her 21st year as an agent, and The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) marks their 80th anniversary – and the two are converging in this, the 2025 Book of the Year Awards that features a few JdM creators on the Notables!
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Newsletter February 2025
New newsletter just dropped for February 2025!
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Danielle Binks starts a Substack!
Agent and author Danielle Binks has started her own Substack!
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Clare Wright shortlisted in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025!
Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy by Clare Wright has been shortlisted in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025.
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Anna Clark explores 'The complex history of beach shacks'
Anna Clark, Professor in Public History, at the University of Technology Sydney and author of Making Australian History and The Catch is back, this time exploring the complex history of beach shacks!
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'Fearless Beatrice Faust: Sex, Feminism and Body Politics' by Judith Brett
Fearless Beatrice Faust celebrates, explains and questions her struggle to change both herself and her world. Drawing on public records and private writings, award-winning biographer Judith Brett creates a compelling and psychologically nuanced portrait of a gifted, argumentative woman who refused to be a victim.
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'To Stir With Love' shortlisted in the Indie Book Awards 2025
Congratulations to author Kate Mildenhall, and illustrator Jess Racklyeft for their Indie Book Awards 2025 Children’s shortlisting of To Stir With Love (Simon & Schuster Australia) picture book!
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'Stinkbug' by Sinéad Stubbins
In this wildly original and deeply unhinged story, Sinéad Stubbins turns her keen but empathetic eye on the lies we tell about ourselves in order to belong. Part anxious millennial fever dream, part searing workplace satire, this corporate gothic novel is perfect for fans of Yellowface, Nightbitch and Such a Fun Age.
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'Australia: First Numbers' by Jess Racklyeft
From the bestselling creator of CBCA Shortlisted Australia: Country of Colour comes a new board book range celebrating Australia and introducing first concepts for babies and toddlers.
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'Unbury the Dead' by Fiona Hardy
Unbury the Dead is a superbly fresh and pacey high-stakes drama with two irresistible heroines.
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Emerging YA romance author Aurelne Thian joins JdM!
The first (of many) YA stories that Danielle will be pitching on behalf of Aurelne will be Dear Campus Cupid – which is Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before with all the misunderstandings and miscommunications of a modern day Pride and Prejudice.
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JdM authors selected in 'The Australia Institute Essential Reading List 2024'
Thrilled and delighted to see four Jacinta di Mase non-fiction creator’s books selected for The Australia Institute Essential Reading List 2024
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