You are invited

The Important Things by Peter Carnavas is now in a bookshop near you. If you are in Queensland please pop in to one of these events, we would love to see you.

Peter will be in fine form, reading his latest book and demonstrating his artistic talents. You can even purchase a signed copy of The Important Things.

Author talk and demonstration at:
Marks and Gardner
69 Main Western Rd

North Tamborine 4272
Queensland

On Saturday 8th May at 2pm
RSVP:07 5545 4992

The Important Things will be launched at:

Avid Reader
130 Boundary St
West End
Q 4101

On Sunday May 16th at 10.30am
RSVP: events@avidreader.com.au

At this launch one lucky person will receive an original illustration signed by Peter Carnavas.

We hope to see you there!

Norma Spaulding and Jacqui Grantford have just returned from a trip to beautiful Launceston in Tasmania.

They celebrated the launch of their new picture book, Molly’s Memory Jar, with a big party at Stories Bookshop, followed by a book signing at Fullers Bookshop.

I Spy Mum!

Just in time for Mother’s Day!

I Spy Mum!
Written by Janeen Brian
Illustrated by Chantal Stewart
32pp
$24.95 HB



A little boy searches for his mum. He finds all sorts of interesting mums,

a ‘waking mum’, a ‘baking mum’ ,

a ‘camping mum and a ‘stamping mum’ but

where is his Mum?

He finally spies his mum, the one that loves

him so.

‘She’s the one for me.’

A beautiful new picture book. The perfect gift for Mother's Day.

Here is the new logo -what do you think?

Here it is. The new logo for New Frontier Publishing.

We have not yet rolled it out - we thought we should get your feedback first.

Don’t worry, Nick has his armour on so tells us what you really think?

He is waiting expectantly to hear from you.

Jo Oliver has been busy

Jo Oliver has been having a lovely time launching her latest book Tatiara. The last few weeks Jo has kept busy attending numerous book events and book signings.

Jo had two helpful assistants, Annabelle and Lhotse who assisted her in launching Tatiara. Both girls were models for the young girl featured in the book.
They cut the ribbon and declared Tatiara launched.

The event was held at the beautiful Tathra Surf Club where much of Jo’s story is set.

If you missed out on Jo’s events and would like to purchase a signed copy of Tatiara you will find Jo signing copies of her book at Angus & Robertson, Camden on:

Thursday 29th April 6.30-8pm

Saturday 1st May 10am-12 noon



Jo’s stunning illustrations will be exhibited throughout May at Narellan Library.

New look for NFP

Well, we are back from our travels. Bologna provided interesting insights into the world of children’s publishing. There has been much discussion about our list and we will be making a few exciting changes. We will keep you posted.


One new development is a brand new look for NFP. We thought our logo was a little boring, so our trusty designer Nick has put his thinking cap on and come up with some stellar ideas. We wanted to keep the theme - into the New Frontier, but also give the logo an element of fun, which is somewhat lacking in the current logo. Nick is just putting the finishing touches on his magical new creation and we will post the new look next week for you to comment on.

We apologise for the lack of recent posts but after Bologna Sophia went on to London for a week and was rather busy enjoying herself. She is now back in Oz and furiously planning books, launches and birthday parties. It was Nick’s birthday this week. We had cake.

Thank you to all our followers. We are aspiring to continue to publish terrific children’s books and to be on the CBCA shortlist next year!!