The Currawong Letter
A quiet, monthly note from a small Australian picture-book press.
Around five hundred words, once a month. About the books we are making, the country they come from, and the slow craft of publishing well. No urgency. No noise.
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One letter a month. Around five hundred words. Sent on a Tuesday morning.
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What you can expect.
Cadence
Once a month.
One letter every four or five weeks, sent on a Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Across the launch month of Clara the Carolling Currawong in December 2027 the cadence steps up to weekly, then returns to monthly.
Length
Around 500 words.
Short enough to read with a cup of tea. Long enough to say something worth reading. One image, sometimes. One thought, always.
Subject
The books, the bush, the work.
Children's literature. Reading aloud. Illustration as a slow craft. The Australian landscape that shapes what we make. Glimpses behind each book as it reaches the printer.
What it isn't
No sales pressure.
No flash sales, no urgency, no exclamation marks. When a new book is ready, you'll be the first to know — quietly. The rest of the time the Letter is just correspondence.
From the archive
Past editions.
The Letter goes to subscribers first — and stays with them. A month after each edition lands, a short fragment appears here. The full correspondence stays with the people who asked for it.
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No. 01
The first letter
A first, quiet note from the press — and why we are starting with reading aloud.
This edition sends to subscribers on 24 November 2026. A short fragment will appear here from late December.
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No. 02
Windows and mirrors
A slow note on representation in children's books — and what the mirror sees back.
This edition sends to subscribers on 22 December 2026. A short fragment will appear here from late January.
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No. 03
Who gets to be the hero
A slow note on the boys and girls of the picture-book shelf — and on a small bird who refused both.
This edition sends to subscribers on 27 January 2027. A short fragment will appear here from late February.
Preview: how an archived edition will appear
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No. 00
An example edition
A one-line tease that mirrors the preheader of the as-sent email.
There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over a house when a child is being read to. Not silence — the page turns, the small interruptions, the question that arrives three pages late — but something steadier than that. A held attention …
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“Quiet correspondence from a small Australian picture-book press.”
— The Currawong Letter, masthead
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