Hello!

Thanks for visiting my website. My name is Penny Tangey and I write fiction for young people.

My first picture book, Granbad, illustrated by Peter Baldwin and published by University of Queensland Press, is out now.

My latest middle-grade books are As Fast As I Can published by University of Queensland Press and Creswell Eastman: The Man who Saved a Million brains published by Wild Dingo Press.

I’ve had three previous novels published by University of Queensland Press, Loving Richard Feynman, Clara in Washington, and Stay Well Soon.

You can look me up on Facebook.

From the Blog

Large brown double doors. Glass in centre of panels has patterns etched in frosting and the words 'public library'

18.06.24

Richmond history in the library: babies, bands and dodgy librarians

Original doors from the Richmond Town Hall Library, Bridge Road – now installed at Richmond Library, Church Street. I co-host In Those Days with Christina Adams. In the podcast we read digitised newspapers from Trove, the National Library of...

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Young girl with long straight hair standing on the grass at a campsite. In the background is a tent and groups of people.

03.05.24

On the Verge

Recently my friend digitised the 1997 video of our school orchestra tour of outback New South Wales. Titled ‘On the Verge of the Outback’, it’s styled as a fly-on-the-wall documentary and was made by the school chaplain. We don’t...

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20.11.23

5 fashion mistakes to avoid for the rest of your life

ONE: Shorts without pockets Ambling in your local park, listening to all things you can’t hear, you spot a treasure on the ground. You bend to pick up the glittering prize and hold it up to the light. Yes...

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