Sam Vincent

Winner, Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction 2023 'My Father and Other Animals is a warm, surprising and beautifully crafted book.' -Billy Griffiths, author of Deep Time Dreaming Sam Vincent is a twenty-something writer living in the inner suburbs, scrabbling to make ends meet, when he gets a call from his mother: his father has stuck his hand in a woodchipper, but 'not to worry – it wasn't like that scene in Fargo or anything'. When...

When Les winds up in a bodycast trying to impress Holly Hotley, the team helps him awesomize his plaster cocoon into a high-speed racer... that attracts the envy of super-competitive skater Ned Falcon. // Noam's newly awesomized guitar accidentally attracts beings from another world, who invite him to join their band on a tour of the galaxy.

15-year-old Eli Shane just a regular kid from the suburbs except for one thing: he comes from a long line of Shanes, each of whom has made the journey from the surface to protect Slugterra, and the slugs that make the underground world so special. Now its Eli's turn to be Slugterra's next Shane - whether he's ready or not! Unfortunately, the slugslinging tournament he enters to prove that he's ready, pretty quickly shows that he's not! So when word...

A new member joins Eli and the Shane Gang! His name is Junjie, and he is a master of the mysterious slugslinging art of Slug Fu. But even now that they have the power of five slingers, the Shane Gang find themselves in over their heads as they race to protect the ancient Elemental Slugs from an evil alliance set on using them to destroy the 99 caverns.

When Guy brings back Maz's missing Uncle Link from an uncharted island, the boys get unexpected fame and start a viral dance craze. // When evil foreign exchange students Null and Void come to Megadale, SheZow experiences mind over matter in more ways than one.

After a number of encounters with bad guys embarrass Boxter, SheZow sets out to make his police officer father look like a hero. // After Megadale creates a stamp and holiday in SheZow's honor, Guy gets so stuck up that things start sticking to him. In order to cure himself, he must learn to be humble.

Guy and his family move into Aunt Agnes's house where he finds the power ring in the basement. He puts the ring on and accidentally becomes SheZow. // SheZow speaks at SheZow Con where he ends up battling a kooky villain named Cold Finger. Maz becomes the sidekick, "Meateor Man", and helps SheZow save the day.

Eli and the Shane Gang have vanquished Dr. Blakk and the slugs he turned into feral, mindless weapons-ghouls! But a new threat emerges from beyond the 99 caverns of Slugterra: the Dark Slinger and his troop of Marauders.

Kelly gets to be SheZow for a Day and does such a good job at it that Guy gets jealous but when an angry Goof Bot returns to Megadale she'll need Guy's help. // When SheZow asks for a super court trial to contest his rejection from the all male super-group Xselsior Club, the super-villain clan S.I.C.K. decide to make their move.

Twitchy's terrified of getting kicked off the team, so he awesomizes himself into the super-brainy and super-obnoxious Count Twitchy Von Awesome. But the Count goes too far when he creates Team Monkey Awesome - a squad of super simians bent on awesomizing the whole human race... // After Noam forgets Thera's birthday, he decides to awesomize his memory - but the laser that's supposed to upgrade his wetware ends up wiping his memory instead! Now the...