Sandy Bigna Author

📚 Writer/reader/reviewer 📚 Rep’d by @Jacinta_DiMase 📚Little Bones (MG) out with UQP now!! 👇🏼

[Sandy Bigna Author @SandyBigna]

Some junior fiction reads on my review pile. Spot any you’ve read (or want to read?) #aussiekidsbooks

[YABBA Awards @YABBA_Awards]

⭐️CONGRATULATIONS to the authors, illustrators and publishers shortlisted in the 2026 YABBA Awards!!

[Linda Weste @WesteLinda]

Out now #YA #VerseNovel ONCE UPON TOMORROW by @KComer_writer Themes inc. Climate Change, ChatGPT & AI, Rights of girls & women, and Importance of libraries. Heads up @PETAAConnect @ReadinAustralia @LibrariesNZ @melblibrary @mvlibraries Also see VN databases @NatCentAusChLit

[Sandy Bigna Author @SandyBigna]

In case you missed it, Little Bones has been shortlisted in the NSW Literary Awards! Love this photo 🤩🎉

[National Centre ACL @NatCentAusChLit]

We're dismayed at children's drop in reading for pleasure, right? This hard-hitting article details what we as book lovers can and SHOULD do - https://t.co/MTr498k4ck

[MARION @marion_writers]

Time is running out to apply for Between the Lines 2026, our facilitated reading program for writers with an active practice, facilitated by award-winning authors Shannyn Palmer and Zoya Patel.

Find out more and apply now: https://t.co/PTxC2oEQV7

[National Centre ACL @NatCentAusChLit]

Are you ready? 27 May is National Simultaneous Storytime. Just imagine thousands across Australia reading 'Luna Roo' - the mind boggles! More details and heaps of resources here https://t.co/6d6tqwVTDF

[Linda Weste @WesteLinda]

Wonderful to see #MG #VerseNovel LITTLE BONES by @SandyBigna shortlisted for the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature.
Teaching resources for LITTLE BONES in the #VerseNovel databases of @NatCentAusChLit
Heads up @PETAAConnect @ReadinAustralia @LibrariesNZ

[MARION @marion_writers]

Applications for Between the Lines (BTL) close on 24 April!
BTL is our facilitated reading program for writers with an active practice. We're delighted to have award-winning authors Shannyn Palmer and Zoya Patel as our facilitators for this year's program.
https://t.co/PTxC2oEQV7

[Ashleigh Meikle, Kid Lit and Disability Advocate @TheBookMuse1]

Books about ANZAC Day - this list has been taken from books I know about, and the links in the post will have many more books to explore about Australians and war.

https://t.co/ozGqyEMAm6

https://t.co/JtcUoX8xYC

[Sandy Bigna Author @SandyBigna]

To celebrate one year of Little Bones being out in the world I’ve been re-sharing some reviews. Thanks for the love and support for Little Bones! 🎉🩵 @UQPbooks

[Sandy Bigna Author @SandyBigna]

Lovely to see Little Bones here! Thank you @BorrowBox

[BorrowBox @BorrowBox]

Congratulations to the authors who won the 2025 @aurealisawards. Dive into dark mermaids, twisted fairy tales, haunted arenas, and futuristic wastelands with these award-winning stories on #BorrowBox.

@kellinthewoods @roannelau @freyamarske @sandybigna @KimberleyTweets

[National Centre ACL @NatCentAusChLit]

Fabulous theme for a poetry prize. Go @marion_writers ☺️

[Linda Weste @WesteLinda]

Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts!
CBCA Notables for Older Readers THE FOAL IN THE WIRE by @robbiecoburn & DRIFT by @harry_pip plus CBCA Notables for Younger Readers LITTLE BONES by @SandyBigna @robbiecoburn & SONG OF A THOUSAND SEAS by @ZanaFraillon Congratulations all!

[Sandy Bigna Author @SandyBigna]

So thrilled that Little Bones has won Best Children’s Fiction book in the Aurealis Awards 2026! Thanks to everyone who has read and loved Little Bones. This award is such an honour! @UQPbooks

[National Centre ACL @NatCentAusChLit]

Have you heard the good news? Andy Griffiths is Australia's 9th Children's Laureate! What does he plan to do? https://t.co/8eTg9D63Ye

[MARION @marion_writers]

MARION presents The ACT Literary Awards annually to recognise and celebrate the achievements of writers from the ACT and surrounding regions.

The 2026 Awards are open to books published in 2025 by writers based in the ACT and surrounding areas.

https://t.co/5MZJPirAbt

[Sandy Bigna Author @SandyBigna]

@hmdpublishing @UQPbooks Thanks so much!

[Sandy Bigna Author @SandyBigna]

So thrilled to share that Little Bones has been shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards in the Best Children’s Fiction category! So honoured to be shortlisted alongside some incredible Aussie kids books 📚✨ @UQPbooks #loveozmg

[Sandy Bigna Author @SandyBigna]

Love Karen’s verse novels and so excited for this new one!

[Linda Weste @WesteLinda]

Looking forward to reading #YA #VerseNovel Once Upon Tomorrow by @KComer_writer - @HachetteAus
Heads up Verse Novel Enthusiasts inc @NatCentAusChLit Pre-Order at https://t.co/GfZRG7RsDl

[National Centre ACL @NatCentAusChLit]

Who's a fan of verse novels? 'Your Kids Next Read' podcast surveys this field & recommends NCACL's verse novel resource 🥰 https://t.co/ppyKzebG3e