May 2009. Sally has been working on a number of projects including a book about India, a novel and a couple of picture books. She has also been running workshops on writing and illustrating picture books, and is looking forward to doing some school workshops next term. A small exhibition of Sally’s work is currently showing at Adelaide Health Care.

In October 2008, Sally spent three weeks in Brisbane thanks to a May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust Creative Time Fellowship. As well as working on a novel, she spent a fun afternoon making lanterns with children at the State Library, culminating in a lively lantern parade, conducted writing and illustration workshops with school groups, and spoke at a High Tea for the Trust. Many thanks to the May Gibbs Trust for their generous support.

Sally has illustrated two new releases from Sunbear Publishing, What Colour were the Dinosaurs? and a junior novel TEN.

Sally received a high commendation in the 2008 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, for her drawing Daintree. This is the third consecutive year that she has been shortlisted.for the prize. Greeting cards featuring details of Daintree, are available at the South Australian Museum shop.

Cards featuring the illustrations from The Most Beautiful Lantern are available from the Festival Theatre Shop, and some of her hand-made cards are now at Bimbo in Rundle Street. For orders and enquiries about cards or prints please contact Sally via the contact page.

In February Sally appeared at the Perth Writers' Festival, and was at Wordstorm, the Darwin Writers' Festival in May. While in Darwin she also undertook some research for the new novel she is currently working on.

In March and April she spent three weeks at at Varuna, a writers' centre in the Blue Mountains, on the second year of a three-year fellowship awarded last year to work on her second novel. Sally led the Term 2 discussion on Global EdNet, exploring how celebrations and festival change and adapt, and can provide ways of bridging cultural boundaries. During the year she visited a number of city and country schools for writer/illustrator talks and workshops. See contact page for how to book workshops and talks.