Welcome to Walker Books Australia
Walker Wednesday allows authors to submit their manuscripts to Walker Books’ award-winning editorial team on the first Wednesday of each month. We are currently accepting submissions of middle-grade and young adult fiction from Australian and New Zealand authors.
Walker Books Australia is the leading children’s publisher in Australia and New Zealand.
A Monster Calls, the bestselling novel about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness, now a major motion picture.
The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate
By Dean Hale, Shannon Hale
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Hardback, AUS $19.99, NZ $22.99
Noseholes and elephants! A pet-eating monster interrupts a perfect playdate with Princess Sneezewort . . . but who is that new masked avenger?
Once Upon a Small Rhinoceros
By Meg McKinlay
Illustrated by Leila Rudge
Hardback, AUS $24.99, NZ $27.99
“Don’t you wish,” said the small rhinoceros, “that you could see the world?” And so begins this delightful picture book by award-winning creators Meg McKinlay and Leila Rudge.
Pirate McSnottbeard in the Zombie Terror Rampage
By Paul Whitfield
Illustrated by Paul Whitfield
Paperback, AUS $14.99, NZ $16.99
A fast and funny pirate romp for fans of Mr Gum and Barry Loser. Packed with comic art and more gags than you can wave a kipper at.
ABC Pop-Up
By Courtney Watson McCarthy
Illustrated by Courtney Watson McCarthy
Hardback, AUS $29.99, NZ $34.99
Whether you’re a young child or a design connoisseur, the clever associations in this diminutive pop-up will charm you in a big way.