We are delighted to announce we have sold world rights for Drawing Nudes While Making Other Plans by Zoe Gaetjens to Penguin Random House Australia.

Drawing Nudes While Making Other Plans is a YA novel about finding yourself where you least expect to…in a room full of naked people!

Change has always made 17-year-old Cleo anxious, or more anxious than usual. Thankfully her older sister has been by her side, protecting and preparing her through the creation of numerous plans. However, now that she doesn’t have her sister to lean on, not only are Cleo’s Summer Plans thwarted, but she is left alone and adrift. And so Cleo finds herself at the Australian Art School in Sydney for a summer-long Life Drawing Program. With a group of teenagers she doesn’t know, Cleo will navigate new friendships, first love and wonky penises.

PRH plans to publish the title in May 2026.

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We are delighted to announce we have sold world rights for The Adventures of Pongo & Stink by Lisa Nicol to Penguin Random House Australia.

The Adventures of Pongo and Stink is a hilarious tale about two fed up farm pigs who set off on an audacious adventure to live a life of luxury by donning zip-up suits and impersonating dogs. Exploring the difficulties of trying to be someone you’re not and the consolatory power of true friendship, The Adventures of Pongo and Stink is an uproariously funny and emotionally satisfying novel for young readers aged 6-10. With wonderful illustrations by Karen Blair, who could resist a pig in a dog suit?

PRHA plans to publish the title in hardback in November 2025.

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Special intensive 2-month Mentoring program with Laura Harris

How to write, revise, polish and pitch your junior fiction work

 or your picture book.

 Bookings now available for August, September and October 2025

Special price – $1,200

If you are looking for curated, one-on-one guidance with your writing or illustrating, we are here to help.

An extension of an appraisal or a consultation, this special fast and focussed mentor package includes four, half-hour sessions over the course of eight weeks. We will meet every other week, you will be provided with detailed feedback, we shall set writing and editing goals for subsequent meetings, create a writing timetable and you will redraft art and text in-between.

For junior fiction works up to 10 000 words – and for picture book creators.

Who should consider this Mentoring Program?


Anyone working on junior fiction for children and picture books. Maybe you have an entire draft—or several! —and you’re not sure how to revise. Maybe you have an idea in your head, and you’re not sure how to get it on the page. Maybe you’re somewhere in the middle. Let’s work together to make your stories come to life!

This package aims to support writers to realise their vision for the manuscript, stay on track, finish the work and realise opportunities for publication.

If that sounds like you, we can’t wait to hear from you!

For further information and bookings contact us at 

hello@lauraharrispublishing.com.au 

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