Day: August 25, 2025

Any author will tell you that inspiration can strike anywhere. And in the case of Jemima Shafei-Ongu, that ‘anywhere’ was during a weekend writing competition. The competition was Furious Fiction – a monthly 500-word story challenge created by the Australian Writers’ Centre. And while her story didn’t win the top prize, it would go on to become her latest picture book, A Lemon for Safiya, published in 2025 through Hachette.