International Women’s Day Spotlight ✨ As we continue the countdown to International Women’s Day (March 8), we’re celebrating inspiring women from our Aussie STEM Stars series. Today: Veena Sahajwalla ♻️🔬 — ‘green’ engineer and recycling champion. Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla, 2022 NSW Australian of the Year, is transforming the way we think about waste. Her groundbreaking technologies don’t just recycle — they re-form waste into valuable new products. Her Green Steel™ Polymer Injection Technology replaces coal with recycled tyres and plastics in steel-making, reducing carbon emissions. And her vision of microrecycling means communities everywhere could turn waste into resources locally. One person’s trash really can become another person’s treasure. Her story is brought to life for readers aged 9–13 by author Julianne Negri 📚 — showing young readers that science can change the world. #BalanceTheScales #IWD2026 #AussieSTEMStars #VeenaSahajwalla #WildDingoPress

Did you know that Ben Doherty—senior reporter with Guardian Australia, former foreign correspondent covering south-east Asia, and three-time Walkley Award winner—is also the author of the novel Nagaland: A Novel Inspired by a True Story? Prompted by a diary that arrived bearing the message, “We live forever through our stories. Tell ours,” Doherty began a journey into the life and legends of the Naga people of north-east India. Nagaland follows Augustine’s story — a love shaped by family, culture and communal conflict — interwoven with myth, memory and political upheaval. Available via the link in our bio. #Nagaland #BenDoherty #WildDingoPress #AustralianLiterature #BooksThatStandTheirGround

International Women’s Day Spotlight ✨ As we continue the countdown to International Women’s Day (March 8), we’re celebrating inspiring women from our Aussie STEM Stars series. Today: Skye Blackburn-Lang 🦗🌱 — eating bugs for the planet. As a child, Skye’s pets included a tarantula named Fluffy and a giant burrowing roach called Woodstock. She always knew she wanted to study insects — and she did. Now Australia’s first farmer of edible insects, Skye combines bug science and food science to show that insects are an eco-friendly, high-protein food source for the future. Even top chefs are using her ingredients. Most of all, she loves inspiring young people to follow their passions — even if those passions are a little unconventional. Her story is brought to life for readers aged 9–13 by author Dianne Wolfer 📚 — proving that science can be bold, creative and delicious. #BalanceTheScales #IWD2026 #AussieSTEMStars #SkyeBlackburnLang #WildDingoPress @bugshop @diannewolfer

Books that stand their ground: The Tiniest House of Time by Sreedhevi Iyer From colonial Burma in the 1930s to nationalist Malaysia in the 1990s, to Hong Kong and Australia, The Tiniest House of Time spans continents and decades in an intimate and sweeping family saga. At its heart are two women — grandmother and granddaughter — bound by story, memory and history. As Sandhya returns to her dying grandmother’s bedside, the past unfolds: lost homelands, forbidden loves, political unrest and the repeating cycles of trauma and prejudice. This is a rare window into the untold histories of the Indian diaspora — a novel about inheritance, displacement and what women carry across generations. “Smart, beautiful, tough and wise. Not to be missed.” — Junot Díaz Available via the link in our bio. #TheTiniestHouseOfTime #SreedheviIyer #WildDingoPress #AustralianLiterature #booksthatstandtheirground

International Women’s Day Spotlight ✨ As we continue the countdown to International Women’s Day (March 8), we’re celebrating inspiring women from our Aussie STEM Stars series. Today: Maddy McAllister 🌊⚓ — shipwreck detective. From fishing and snorkelling off Busselton as a child to becoming fascinated by stories of shipwrecks along Australia’s coast, Maddy’s love of the sea started early. As a teenager and certified SCUBA diver, she discovered maritime archaeology — and never looked back. Her research into historic shipwrecks, including the infamous Batavia, helps uncover stories hidden beneath the ocean’s surface — stories of survival, courage and human endeavour. Her journey is brought to life for readers aged 9–13 by author Deb Fitzpatrick 📚 — encouraging young readers to follow curiosity wherever it leads. #BalanceTheScales #IWD2026 #AussieSTEMStars #MaddyMcAllister #WildDingoPress @debfitzpatrick9 @shipwreckmermaid

Some authors build careers that refuse to sit quietly. Vikki Petraitis has written 18 true crime books, created podcasts reaching millions, completed her PhD — and won the inaugural Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction Prize in 2022 for her debut novel. Her fiction is now heading to the ABC. Long before television adaptations and prize wins, she wrote Once a Copper: The Life and Times of Brian ‘The Skull’ Murphy. A deep dive into one of Australia’s most controversial police figures — charged with manslaughter (and acquitted), later awarded for valour, feared by criminals and shaped by personal trauma. Vikki’s work has always asked difficult questions about crime, justice and the people caught in between. Once a Copper remains part of that story. Available now via the link in our bio. #VikkiPetraitis #OnceACopper #WildDingoPress #AustralianTrueCrime #BooksThatStandTheirGround

International Women’s Day Spotlight ✨ As we continue the countdown to International Women’s Day (March 8), we’re celebrating inspiring women from our Aussie STEM Stars series. Today: Suzy Urbaniak 🌋🔬 — volcano hunter and STEAM warrior. Geologist, risk-taker, question-asker. Suzy Urbaniak doesn’t follow the crowd — she asks why? Winner of the 2016 Prime Minister’s Prize for her out-of-the-box teaching, Suzy champions innovation, curiosity and learning beyond the four walls of a classroom. Because life is what’s out there — in #therealclassroom. Her story is brought to life for readers aged 9–13 by author Cristy Burne 📚 — a passionate science communicator who believes learning should be hands-on, creative and bold. #BalanceTheScales #IWD2026 #AussieSTEMStars #SuzyUrbaniak #WildDingoPress @suzymareeurbaniak @cristyburne

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (And apparently six if Goodreads would allow it…) We love a thoughtful review — and this one made our day. “What can I say about this amazing book… you ARE going to want to get in on the ground floor on this one… full of intrigue, drama and genuine heart… I could not recommend this book highly enough — if there was an option for six stars, I would have used it!” That’s the kind of word of mouth that keeps a book moving. If you’ve read Revelation Beach by Susan Francis, we’d love to hear what you thought. Reviews — on Goodreads, online retailers or anywhere readers gather — genuinely help guide others to what to read next. Keep those five-star reviews coming. Six if you can get away with it. 😉 #RevelationBeach #WildDingoPress #BookReview #SusanFrancis #AustralianFiction @susanfranciswriter

Books that stand their ground. The Girl Who Left 🚢🌾 From Croatia to the Canefields by Debra Gavranich At eighteen, Marija agrees to a proxy marriage with a man she has never met — a sugarcane farmer in Far North Queensland. Leaving behind a war-scarred childhood on the island of Korčula, she boards a ship bound for Australia. It is a leap into the unknown — away from post-war Europe and towards the promise of something better. What she finds is hardship and isolation. What she builds is love, family and a future for generations to come. This is the migrant story of Australia — courage, sacrifice and reinvention. Reprinted multiple times following Debra Gavranich’s wonderful ABC Conversations interview, this is a story that continues to resonate. Have you read The Girl Who Left? You can also follow the story on Instagram @the.girl.who.left and Facebook #TheGirlWhoLeft #DebraGavranich #WildDingoPress #AustralianMigration #BooksThatStandTheirGround

International Women’s Day Spotlight ✨ As we continue the countdown to International Women’s Day (March 8), we’re celebrating inspiring women from our Aussie STEM Stars series. Today: Georgia Ward-Fear 🐍🌏 — reptile biologist, conservation ecologist and explorer. As a child, Georgia was inspired by David Attenborough’s investigations into the natural world. Today, she treks continents, kayaks remote coastlines and works across northern Australia protecting native wildlife. Her groundbreaking work using “Taste Aversion” techniques has helped reduce the devastating impact of cane toads on native species. She works closely with Indigenous ranger networks and is a passionate advocate for equity and diversity in STEM. Georgia is also a Science and Technology Australia ‘Superstar of STEM’ — helping challenge stereotypes and encourage more girls to pursue science. Her story is brought to life for readers aged 9–13 by author Claire Saxby 📚 — showing young readers that science, adventure and environmental care can go hand in hand. #clairesaxby #georgiawardfear #aussiestemstars #BalanceTheScales #IWD2026 @clairesaxbyauthor