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In the Kelp Forest

Aunty Patsy Cameron Reena Balding Belinda Casey

A stunning picture book that explores the beauty and strength of Country beneath the waves and celebrates the living kelp forests, their creatures, and deep Cultural knowledge of Tasmania’s First Nations people. Kelp forests have intricate lives and play a key role in the balance of our oceans and seas....

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Trouwerner

Aunty Patsy Cameron Martin Flanagan

Trouwerner is an inviting yarn between Elder Aunty Patsy Cameron, the 28th Tasmanian Governor Kate Warner, and journalist Martin Flanagan. It weaves through the coming-into-being time, Trouwerner’s colonisation and the lies of history, to the power of truth-telling and hope for the future. It is a story of kinship and...

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Sky Country

Aunty Patsy Cameron Lisa Kennedy

NOTABLE, 2025 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EARLY CHILDHOOD SHORTLISTED, 2024 SPEECH PATHOLOGY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CHILDREN'S BOOK An ancient story of creation that describes two Ancestral Beings who came down from the Milky Way to create the...

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Sea Country

Aunty Patsy Cameron Lisa Kennedy

WINNER, 2022 TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARDS, PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS, MINISTER FOR THE ARTS' PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS AND CHILDRENSHORTLISTED, 2022 TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARDS, MINISTER FOR THE ARTS' PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS AND CHILDRENNOTABLES, 2022 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EARLY CHILDHOODSHORTLISTED, 2022...

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Respect

Aunty Fay Muir Sue Lawson Lisa Kennedy

NOTABLES, 2021 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EARLY CHILDHOOD LONGLISTED, 2021 INDIE BOOK AWARDS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS LONGLISTED, 2021 AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS, CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR Respect is the first title in the ‘Our Place’ series of four children’s picture books which welcome...

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A stunning picture book that explores the beauty and strength of Country beneath the waves and celebrates the living kelp forests, their creatures, and deep Cultural knowledge of Tasmania’s First Nations people. Kelp forests have intricate lives and play a key role in the balance of our oceans and seas....

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Trouwerner is an inviting yarn between Elder Aunty Patsy Cameron, the 28th Tasmanian Governor Kate Warner, and journalist Martin Flanagan. It weaves through the coming-into-being time, Trouwerner’s colonisation and the lies of history, to the power of truth-telling and hope for the future. It is a story of kinship and...

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NOTABLE, 2025 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EARLY CHILDHOOD SHORTLISTED, 2024 SPEECH PATHOLOGY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CHILDREN'S BOOK An ancient story of creation that describes two Ancestral Beings who came down from the Milky Way to create the...

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WINNER, 2022 TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARDS, PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS, MINISTER FOR THE ARTS' PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS AND CHILDRENSHORTLISTED, 2022 TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARDS, MINISTER FOR THE ARTS' PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS AND CHILDRENNOTABLES, 2022 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EARLY CHILDHOODSHORTLISTED, 2022...

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NOTABLES, 2021 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EARLY CHILDHOOD LONGLISTED, 2021 INDIE BOOK AWARDS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS LONGLISTED, 2021 AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS, CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR Respect is the first title in the ‘Our Place’ series of four children’s picture books which welcome...

NOTABLE, 2025 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EARLY CHILDHOOD SHORTLISTED, 2024 SPEECH PATHOLOGY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CHILDREN'S BOOK An ancient story of creation that describes two Ancestral Beings who came down from the Milky Way to create the...

WINNER, 2022 TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARDS, PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS, MINISTER FOR THE ARTS' PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS AND CHILDRENSHORTLISTED, 2022 TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARDS, MINISTER FOR THE ARTS' PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS AND CHILDRENNOTABLES, 2022 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EARLY CHILDHOODSHORTLISTED, 2022...

Trouwerner is an inviting yarn between Elder Aunty Patsy Cameron, the 28th Tasmanian Governor Kate Warner, and journalist Martin Flanagan. It weaves through the coming-into-being time, Trouwerner’s colonisation and the lies of history, to the power of truth-telling and hope for the future. It is a story of kinship and...

A stunning picture book that explores the beauty and strength of Country beneath the waves and celebrates the living kelp forests, their creatures, and deep Cultural knowledge of Tasmania’s First Nations people. Kelp forests have intricate lives and play a key role in the balance of our oceans and seas....

NOTABLES, 2021 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EARLY CHILDHOOD LONGLISTED, 2021 INDIE BOOK AWARDS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS LONGLISTED, 2021 AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS, CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR Respect is the first title in the ‘Our Place’ series of four children’s picture books which welcome...

  Congratulations to Aunty Patsy Cameron and Lisa Kennedy, their children’s picture book Sea Country has been shortlisted in the 2022 Tasmanian Literary Awards.  Aunty Patsy Cameron is a highly regarded Elder, author, researcher and cultural historian, who recognises the need for an Aboriginal voice and perspective in the interpretation...

  Magabala Books is thrilled to announce that Always Was, Always Will Be and Sky Country are 2025 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Notables. The CBCA Notables list acts as the longlist for the Awards and is an important part of the awards calendar. Always Was, Always Will Be by Aunty...