The Paperbark Tree Committee

My new middle grade novel is here!

Today is the day that The Paperbark Tree Committee is officially available in stores and online. Hooray! This quiet little book no longer belongs to me. It belongs to you, the reader. Please be gentle with it.

I hope that The Paperbark Tree Committee finds its way to anyone who might need it. And that it engages young people, and their families, and opens up discussions about finding your place, being an older sibling, found family, bullying, and secretly loving the daggy old music they play on classic hits stations.

Here are some (but not all) of the places you can currently buy it:

• The Kids’ Bookshop

• Readings

• Dymocks

• Avenue Bookshop

• Hill of Content

• QBD

• Gleebooks

• Collins Booksellers

• Riverbend Books

My preference would be if you contact your local, independent bookshop and order it from there!

Later this week I am heading along to a few Melbourne bookshops to sign stock, including Readings Kids, Dymocks Collins Street, and Avenue Bookstore in Albert Park. If you head there any time after Friday, …