Tasma Walton

With long tendrils of seagrass for hair, her body is blue-green like the sea, and her tail sparkles with iridescent scales... Naynay and the Mermaid follows Naynay and her family as they dive for abalone. Her mother tells her to keep watch for one of the water spirits who protect the seas. Naynay sees the splash of a tail. Could...

Winner of the 2025 ARA Historical Novel PrizeShortlisted for the 2025 NiB Literary Award Based on the true story of Tasma Walton’s ancestor, a powerful, heart-wrenching novel about maternal love that endures against pitiless odds. Kidnapped by sealers and enslaved far from her homeland, Nannertgarrook has a spirit that refuses to bow … From her idyllic life in sea country...

Nerra, you are the next Deep Time Traveller, as your great-grandmother was before you. After discovering that she has the power to travel into the Dreaming, Nerra is curious when her great-grandmother’s box of artefacts opens for a second time. Inside, a feathered headband beckons Nerra. As she tries it on, she is whisked into the Dreaming to help the...

Nerra, you are the next Deep Time Traveller, as your great-grandmother was before you. When Nerra’s great-grandmother passes away, she leaves a box of artefacts to Nerra. Nerra is drawn to the clapsticks, which glow red hot, and when she picks them up, she is transported back in time. Dreaming is out of balance and a hero needs to help....