Thanks for visiting my website. My name is Penny Tangey and I write fiction for young people.
My next middle-grade book, Music Camp will be published by University of Queensland Press in June 2025.
I’ve had four previous novels published by University of Queensland Press, Loving Richard Feynman, Clara in Washington, Stay Well Soon, and As Fast As I Can. I’ve also written a picture book Granbad, illustrated by Peter Baldwin.
You can look me up on Facebook.
Recently I was a bit shocked and appalled by the results of a study, Online Misinformation in Australia. A huge 45% of participants scored NO POINTS in the study’s test. Sometimes getting no points is a good thing, like...
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For a year I posted photos of doors on my door-dedicated Instagram account. This might seem like an oddly specific thing to do, but there are hundreds of door-focused Insta accounts and a thriving community of door appreciators around...
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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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