Don’t Forget to Remember Me

Thirteen-year-old Starling ‘Star’ Cooney lives with her grandfather, Roy, in Rocky Point. She has not made any friends – that is, until new student Bronte arrives. Then Roy disappears, and Star must decide who to trust as she searches for her mum.

Don’t Forget to Remember Me is a heartfelt coming-of-age novel about first love, identity and the value of true friendship.

Annie Drum is a central Victorian writer whose short fiction and poetry appear in anthologies and on the Memoria podcast. Her debut collection, Like Trees (Pomonal Publishing, 2016), launched at Clunes Booktown. She has undertaken a writing retreat in Amsterdam and received mentorship from Toni Jordan. Her years as a social worker with young people inform her storytelling.

1 May 2026 Release
Distributed by NewSouth Books