Book Launch: Washpool
6pm, Thursday 7 March
The Book Cow
47 Jardine St, Kingston ACT 2604
A magical middle-grade adventure about two sisters who need to rely on their own wits and each other when they're pulled into a new world, from black&write! fellow and bestselling author, Lisa Fuller. Sisters Bella and Cienna are different in lots of ways. Bella is quiet and shy, and Cienna is always surrounded by friends. One thing they have in common is their love for the local swimming spot, Washpool. One weekend, while they are at Washpool with their family, the girls are transported to a different world. They then encounter enigmatic Esura, who encourages them to venture further into Muse, where the Summer Feast – a time when many peoples gather for a week of fun and games – is due to start.
But when they find out Lady Dragon's egg is missing, Bella and Cienna must use their smarts to help with the search and bringing the egg back to safety before they figure out how to get back home.
Lisa Fuller is a Wuilli Wuilli woman from Queensland, also descended from Wakka Wakka and Gooreng Gooreng peoples. She's lived on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands (Canberra) since 2006, where she is a lecturer at the University of Canberra. Lisa is an award-winning writer, editor and literary agent. She loves to play and finds herself working and publishing in varied spaces. Her work often grows from love, for her daughter, niblings, Country and community.
Lisa's previous work includes Ghost Bird which won ACT Book of the Year Award (2020), Griffith University YA Book Award (2020), Readings Young Adult Book Prize (2020), and The Norma K Hemming Award (2020). It was short listed for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards (2022) and the Ethel Turner Prize for YA Literature.