A Ghost in My Suitcase by Gabrielle Wang

The staging, by co-directors Ching Ching Ho and Matt Edgerton, the set design by Zoe Atkinson, and the lighting design by Matthew Marshall are all absolutely outstanding. But Por Por is a ghost hunter, a kind of exorcist, and Celeste will overcome her Aussie scepticism and her fears and discover that she is a ghost hunter too. In China, Celeste stays with her grandmother, Por Por (Amanda Ma) and Por Por’s adopted daughter Ting Ting (Yilin Kong), a girl Celeste’s age and grumpy at this intruder. 3 – 21 October 2018Ĭeleste (Alice Keohavong), a French-Chinese Australian girl, travels to China to scatter the ashes of her mother at the mother’s birthplace. Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon is her most recent novel.By Vanessa Bates, adapted from the novel by Gabrielle Wang. Gabi’s books also include the suspenseful The Beast of Hushing Wood for middle readers, and a sequel to the award-winning A Ghost in My Suitcase, called Ting Ting the Ghosthunter. The Wishbird was a CBCA 2014 Notable Book and was shortlisted for the 2014 Australian Book Design Awards, Yabba Awards, Kroc Awards, Koala Awards, Cool Awards and Crystal Kite Award. Gabrielle has created two popular characters Poppy and Pearlie for the highly successful 2011 Our Australian Girl series. Gabrielle's picture book The Race for the Chinese Zodiac (2010) illustrated by Sally Rippin and Regine Abos was a Notable Book in the CBCA Awards for 2011 and shortlisted for the 2011 YABBA and WAYBRA awards. Her first young adult novel, Little Paradise also received a Highly Commended in the 2011 Prime Minister's Awards. A Ghost in My Suitcase won the 2009 Aurealis Award, was a CBC Notable Book, was shortlisted for the 2011 Sakura Medal and received a Highly Commended in the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. The Pearl of Tiger Bay was shortlisted for the 2004 Aurealis Award and The Lion Drummer was a Notable Book in the 2009 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Gabrielle’s first children’s novel, The Garden of Empress Cassia, won the 2002 Aurealis Award, was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and was a CBCA Notable Book.

Her stories are a blend of Chinese and Western culture with a touch of fantasy. Born in Melbourne of Chinese heritage, her maternal great-grandfather came to Victoria during the Gold Rush and her father was from Shanghai. Gabrielle Wang is an author and illustrator, and the Australian Children's Laureate for 2022 to 2023.

A Ghost in My Suitcase by Gabrielle Wang